📊 Form Guide

Paris Saint-Germain

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PSG fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-0 Coupe De France triumph vs Rennes.

In that match, Paris Saint-Germain had 70% possession and 10 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Paris Saint-Germain was Kylian Mbappé (40'). On the other side, Rennes had 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Matches involving Paris Saint-Germain have proved to be lively encounters lately with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen games alone, the sum total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 15 of those being chalked up by Paris Saint-Germain.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Paris Saint-Germain:

• are winless against Clermont Foot in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 10 league matches at home. A very good run at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Clermont Foot

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Toulouse in Ligue 1 competition, Clermont Foot and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Clermont Foot managed 56% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Toulouse had 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Vincent Sierro (8', 79') and Thijs Dallinga (73') scored for Toulouse.

It has become apparent that Clermont Foot have had real problems scoring goals over their previous 6 clashes, contributing the poor return of just 4. In those matches, Clermont have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 13. Previous results aside, time will tell if that trend will persist in this game or not.

Going into this encounter, Clermont Foot have not won away from home in their last 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league match between the two was Ligue 1 match day 7 on 30/09/2023 when it ended Clermont Foot 0-0 Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, Clermont Foot had 33% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Paris Saint-Germain got 21 shots at goal with 10 on target.

The referee was Marc Bollengier.

📰 Team News: PSG

It’s our opinion that Les Rouge-et-Bleu will possibly kick off with a 4-3-3 formation, utilising Keylor Navas, Achraf Hakimi, Danilo Pereira, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Kang-In Lee, Manuel Ugarte, Fabian Ruiz, Ousmane Dembele, Goncalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani.

🗞️ Team News: Clermont Foot

Due to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Clermont Foot manager Pascal Gastien has no fitness worries at all before this game.

We are inclined to think that Clermont Foot seem likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 system, giving starts to Massamba Ndiaye, Chrislain Matsima, Andy Pelmard, Maximiliano Caufriez, Jim Allevinah, Habib Keita, Yohann Magnin, Johan Gastien, Neto Borges, M. Saracevic and Alan Virginius.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Paris Saint-Germain are likely to dominate possession and create several successful chances.

In contrast, Clermont Foot might well find it a difficult task to score but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be scoring as well.

We’re therefore anticipating a comfortable 3-1 victory for Paris Saint-Germain at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:05 06/04/2024