The undefeated leader, Paris Saint-Germain, without the Argentine Lionel Messiand his escort, Lens, will open the year this Sunday with a transcendent match for the 17. Date of the French Ligue 1.

The match, which will be played at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, is scheduled for the last round of six to be played on January 1 and can be seen live on ESPN and Star+ from 4:45pm in Argentina.

Champion Paris SG (W14, D2) leads the tournament with 44 points and seven points clear of Lens, which has Argentine defender Facundo Medina in its ranks.

The Parisian team comes from the penultimate Racing Strasbourg (2-1) beaten at home with difficulty in the first match after the World Cup in Qatar, for which he had all his figures except Messi.

The Argentinian world champion will join the squad next week after spending the end-of-year celebrations in Rosario, where he celebrated winning the World Cup with the national team.

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Monday: Racing Strasbourg-Troyes (11am), Lille-Reims (1pm, Star+), Montpellier-Olympique de Marseille (3pm, Star+) and Rennes-Nice (5pm, ESPN and Star+).