PSG is steadily advancing towards securing the Ligue 1 title. Last weekend, they delivered a resounding 5 - 2 victory over Brest, their upcoming opponents in the Champions League, in an away game. This triumph has propelled them to 50 points for the season. It's only the sixth time in history that a team has accumulated such a high point total after merely 20 games.

Out of the previous five instances, four were achieved by PSG teams. The only exception was Lyon during the 2006 - 07 season. On each of these occasions, the teams that reached 50 points after 20 games ultimately went on to claim the Ligue 1 title.

The victory against Brest not only underlines their unbeaten domestic record this season but also maintains their 10 - point lead over Marseille at the top of the league table.

It is their work in the final third which has seen them pull clear at the top, and they will also look to extend a run of scoring in 38 of the 40 home games Luis Enrique has taken in charge of the club.

Over the past 13 games, PSG have been unstoppable, winning 12 and scoring 36 in the process, including a 2-0 win over Le Mans in the Coupe de France last 16 on Tuesday night.

Monaco are up next, and they have become familiar opponents of late, locking horns in the league shortly before Christmas, and in the Trophee des Champions at the start of the year, with the Parisians winning both.

PSG have not faced a club more often than Monaco (113), and they have become dominant in this fixture, scoring 27 in their last nine meetings at home, and losing just twice here since the Qatari takeover.

Monaco's record against the other teams in the top-five this season has been their undoing in the race for the automatic Champions League places.

A draw against Lille is the only point Adi Hutter's side have taken in those four meetings this season, losing the other three against Nice, Marseille and upcoming opponents PSG, despite leading in all of them.

Away form is also cause for concern, because Monaco are on their worst run on the road for over five years, having won none of their last four away from the Stade Louis II.

An early red card did not help in their 3-0 loss at Inter Milan last midweek either, seeing them fail to finish in the Champions League's top eight, and adding two more games to their schedule against Benfica this month, but that defeat at San Siro is the only game they have not won in their last four.

The response to that chastening defeat in Italy was to come from behind and beat Auxerre 4-2 last weekend, with new signing Mika Biereth scoring a hat trick to keep them in the top three for the time being.

Clubs continue to jostle for position in and around the Champions League places though, with Monaco in third, three points behind Marseille, a point clear of Lille, and three ahead of Nice entering the weekend.

Monaco's defence, and notably their full-backs will have to be at the top of their game to stop Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembele here, with the two in absolutely scintillating form of late.

Dembele has scored back-to-back hat tricks, with 14 goals in eight games, while Barcola has notched up 10 goal contributions across his last seven games, including the clincher against Le Mans in midweek.

After letting Marco Asensio, Milan Skriniar and Randal Kolo Muani leave on loan towards the end of the transfer window, PSG are now facing a few injury worries, and particularly in midfield, with Joao Neves and Warren Zaire-Emery doubtful.

Biereth's hat trick last weekend means he is set to be Monaco's starting striker ahead of Breel Embolo, with Folarin Balogun and George Ilenikhena also out injured.

Aleksandr Golovin was forced off at half time in that win over Auxerre and is believed to be carrying a minor injury, while hamstring injuries are also keeping defensive duo Jordan Teze and Wilfried Singo on the sidelines at present.

Singo's absence means there will be no faceoff with Gianluigi Donnarumma again, after the Monaco man inadvertently raked his studs down the face of the PSG keeper in the reverse fixture, leaving the Italian needing numerous stitches.

Paris Saint-Germain possible starting lineup:

Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Fabian Ruiz, Lee, Vitinha; Barcola, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

Monaco possible starting lineup:

Majecki; Vanderson, Kehrer, Salisu, Mawissa; Camara, Zakaria; Akliouche, Minamino, Ben Seghir; Biereth