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Lee Kang-in (23-Paris Saint-Germain) is expected to start for Paris Saint-Germain against Lorient in a match that could clinch the French Ligue 1 title early.

PSG will host Lorient at the Stade du Mustoir in Lorient, France, on Friday at 2 p.m. ET for the 29th round of the 2023-24 French Ligue 1.

PSG could clinch the Ligue 1 title early. PSG currently leads the league with an impressive 19 wins, 9 draws, and 1 loss (66 points). They are 11 points adrift of second-place AS Monaco and will clinch the title if PSG can beat Lorient and Monaco fail to win against LOSC Lille at 4:00am on the same day.

With the league title on the line, Lee Kang-in is expected to start in the crucial Lorient game. Lee started last weekend's win over Olympique Lyonnais from the bench. He then came on for Gonzalo Hamus in the 36th minute with the score 4-1 and victory assured, playing nine minutes before finishing the game.

Lee played 13 minutes in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Barcelona in midweek. For the second consecutive game, Lee was a late substitute, which is why he is expected to start.

Ahead of the Lorient game, French publication L'Equipe predicted that PSG would play a 4-3-3 formation. They predicted that Lee Kang-in would start in a three-man defense alongside Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele. Fabian Luis, Manuel Ugarte, and Warren Zaire-Emery would form the midfield, with Nuno Mendes, Luka Hernandez, Marquinhos, and Ashraf Hakimi in the back four. Gianluigi Donnarumma was in goal.

French publication Le Parisien also predicted that Lee would start. However, unlike Leclerc, they predicted that he would start in the middle of the park rather than in a three-man defense. Le Parisien also predicted that PSG would go with a 4-3-3 formation, with Mbappe, Hamus, and Dembele in a back three. In the middle, Lee, Ugarte, and Luiz would line up, while the back four would be Mendes-Hernandez-Milan Skriniar-Hakimi. Donnarumma was in goal.

Lee has a chance to win four titles in his first season at PSG. He has already won the French Super Cup and is currently in the hunt for the league title. They're also in the final of the Coupe de France and in the last four of the UEFA Champions League.