ShareParis Saint-Germain will go into the international break off the back of a victory over Troyes, though they did not have things easy.Illia Zabarnyi scored the only goal of the game as Paris Saint-Germain ground out a hard-earned 1-0 win over Troyes in Ligue 1.The European champions – who saw Maghnes Akliouche and Achraf Hakimi join their long list of absentees this week – passed up a host of chances at the Parc des Princes, but Zabarnyi's 38th-minute header restored their three-point cushion over Paris FC at the top of the table. PSG wasted no time in getting on the front foot, with Vitinha slipping Senny Mayulu through after only four minutes, only for Hillel Konate in the Troyes goal to tip the young forward's strike onto the top of the crossbar.Troyes looked more comfortable as the first half went on, but right as they seemed to be growing in stature, PSG took the lead. Desire Doue worked a short corner to Mayulu, whose cross to the far post was nodded back across goal and in by Zabarnyi. Ferran Torres passed up two chances to double PSG's advantage before half-time, failing to get a touch on Doue's centre then firing across goal and wide after being played in by the same player. But Troyes passed up a major chance to equalise soon after the restart, as Renaud Ripart latched onto Antoine Mille's through-ball but dragged his effort wide of Matvey Safonov's goal.A third opportunity came and went for Ferran, with this one being a glancing header that just drifted the wrong side of the post, and Luis Enrique's side were almost paid to pay for their prolificacy late on.Indeed, Troyes had the ball in the net seven minutes from time, with Lucas Maronnier reacting quickest after Safonov failed to hold Dermane Karim's drive, but the offside flag rescued PSG.Wasteful PSG rely on set-piece prowess Though Luis Enrique will be delighted to see PSG extend their winning run to 11 games in all competitions, their longest streak since stringing together 16 victories in 2015-16, he will be wondering how they managed to make difficult work of this game.Indeed, since the start of 2023-24, this is the fourth time a team has created at least seven Opta-defined big chances but only scored one goal in a Ligue 1 game, with all four instances being PSG. They previously had nine against Nice in April 2025, nine against Rennes and seven against Le Havre last February, in addition to eight in this game.But even when their attackers are misfiring, PSG have potential goalscorers in their ranks.They have scored 15 goals from set-piece situations in all competitions this season (nine from corners, three from indirect free-kicks, one each from a throw-in, a direct free-kick and a penalty) – the most by any team from Europe's top five leagues. Zabarnyi has scored two goals in five Ligue 1 matches this season, which is already his highest tally in a single league campaign, and only one fewer than he managed across the first six seasons of his career.He netted once in Ligue 1 with PSG last term, once in the Premier League with Bournemouth in 2023-24, and once for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League in 2020-21.Paris Saint-Germain will go into the international break off the back of a victory over Troyes, though they did not have things easy.Illia Zabarnyi scored the only goal of the game as Paris Saint-Germain ground out a hard-earned 1-0 win over Troyes in Ligue 1.The European champions – who saw Maghnes Akliouche and Achraf Hakimi join their long list of absentees this week – passed up a host of chances at the Parc des Princes, but Zabarnyi's 38th-minute header restored their three-point cushion over Paris FC at the top of the table. PSG wasted no time in getting on the front foot, with Vitinha slipping Senny Mayulu through after only four minutes, only for Hillel Konate in the Troyes goal to tip the young forward's strike onto the top of the crossbar.Troyes looked more comfortable as the first half went on, but right as they seemed to be growing in stature, PSG took the lead. Desire Doue worked a short corner to Mayulu, whose cross to the far post was nodded back across goal and in by Zabarnyi. Ferran Torres passed up two chances to double PSG's advantage before half-time, failing to get a touch on Doue's centre then firing across goal and wide after being played in by the same player. But Troyes passed up a major chance to equalise soon after the restart, as Renaud Ripart latched onto Antoine Mille's through-ball but dragged his effort wide of Matvey Safonov's goal.A third opportunity came and went for Ferran, with this one being a glancing header that just drifted the wrong side of the post, and Luis Enrique's side were almost paid to pay for their prolificacy late on.Indeed, Troyes had the ball in the net seven minutes from time, with Lucas Maronnier reacting quickest after Safonov failed to hold Dermane Karim's drive, but the offside flag rescued PSG.Wasteful PSG rely on set-piece prowess Though Luis Enrique will be delighted to see PSG extend their winning run to 11 games in all competitions, their longest streak since stringing together 16 victories in 2015-16, he will be wondering how they managed to make difficult work of this game.Indeed, since the start of 2023-24, this is the fourth time a team has created at least seven Opta-defined big chances but only scored one goal in a Ligue 1 game, with all four instances being PSG. They previously had nine against Nice in April 2025, nine against Rennes and seven against Le Havre last February, in addition to eight in this game.But even when their attackers are misfiring, PSG have potential goalscorers in their ranks.They have scored 15 goals from set-piece situations in all competitions this season (nine from corners, three from indirect free-kicks, one each from a throw-in, a direct free-kick and a penalty) – the most by any team from Europe's top five leagues. Zabarnyi has scored two goals in five Ligue 1 matches this season, which is already his highest tally in a single league campaign, and only one fewer than he managed across the first six seasons of his career.He netted once in Ligue 1 with PSG last term, once in the Premier League with Bournemouth in 2023-24, and once for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League in 2020-21.