Potentially still feeling the effects of a gruelling Champions League contest with Newcastle United, Paris Saint-Germain resume their Ligue 1 title charge away to Le Havre on Sunday.
Les Parisiens benefitted from a contentious VAR decision to hold Newcastle to a 1-1 draw in midweek, while their hosts also took a point off of Nantes last weekend.
Attacker Andre Ayew almost undid all of his side's hard work when he was sent off just two minutes after being brought on as a substitute, but even with an inferior amount of players on the field, Le Havre still kept a wasteful Nantes at bay to take a point back to base.
Since the October international break, all of Nantes, Monaco, Lens and Metz have shaken hands on a goalless draw with Le Havre, who also have a 2-1 win over Toulouse sandwiched in the middle of that quartet of stalemates, seeing Elsner's side build up a respectable five-game unbeaten run before the visit of the champions.
Matching their lack of firepower with defensive fortitude, the sturdy hosts find themselves in the top half of the rankings in eighth place - thanks in no small part to a league-high seven draws - and only a three-point gap separates them from Lens in the Conference League berth.
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