Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Basel: French champions waltz to home victory

Paris Saint-Germain edged closer to progression to the Champions League last 16 with a controlling 3-0 win over Basel on Tuesday.

The French champions are four points adrift of Nice at the top of the Ligue 1 table in Unai Emery's first season in charge and they were second best for long periods at the Parc des Princes.

Michael Lang and Seydou Doumbia were each thwarted by the woodwork in the first half for Basel while Renato Steffen also wasted a gilt-edged chance to open the scoring for the Swiss side.

And Basel were eventually punished for their profligacy in the 40th minute as Angel Di Maria fired in his first goal of the season.

Lucas Moura capitalised on a mistake from Marek Suchy, who later became the third Basel player to hit the goal frame, to make it 2-0, with Edinson Cavani applying gloss to the scoreline with a late penalty.

Despite the underwhelming nature of the performance, PSG can seal a place in the knock-out rounds with victory in the reverse fixture in Switzerland, providing Arsenal avoid defeat against Ludogorets.