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FC Lorient

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FC Lorient will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-0 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Nice.

In that game, FC Lorient managed 49% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Nice got 19 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Morgan Sanson (22'), Jérémie Boga (53') and Evann Guessand (90') scored for Nice.

FC Lorient have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 vs opposing sides over the course of their last 6 matches. In those meetings, FC Lorient have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 11. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.

Their past results show that FC Lorient:

• are unbeaten in the league by Paris Saint-Germain in their previous 2 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Paris Saint-Germain

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PSG come into this game after a 4-1 Ligue 1 win to beat Lyon in their most recent match.

In that match, Paris Saint-Germain managed 63% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Paris Saint-Germain, the scorers were Lucas Beraldo (6') and Gonçalo Ramos (33', 42'). Lyon got 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Nemanja Matić (3' Own goal) and Ernest Nuamah (37') scored for Lyon.

In their last 6 clashes, Paris Saint-Germain have amassed a total of 14 goals. Paris Saint-Germain have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. Over that period, their defenders have seen 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Paris Saint-Germain:

• have not been beaten by FC Lorient in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 21 league matches away from home. What a run it has been.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 31/01/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with FC Lorient winning 2 of those games, PSG 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from Les Merlus and 11 belonging to Les Rouge-et-Bleu. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 1 on 12/08/2023 and the score finished Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 FC Lorient.

In that game, Paris Saint-Germain managed 78% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

At the other end, FC Lorient had 4 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Bastien Dechepy.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Lorient

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the FC Lorient gaffer Régis Le Bris to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Quentin Boisgard (Metatarsal fracture) is out of contention.

It seems likely that Les Merlus may well use a 3-4-3 system featuring Yvon Mvogo, Formose Mendy, Nathaniel Adjei, Souleymane Toure, Panos Katseris, Imran Louza, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Darline Yongwa, Ayman Kari, Mohamed Bamba and Julien Ponceau.

📰 Team News: PSG

PSG boss Luis Enrique has some current player fitness concerns. Sergio Rico (Fitness) and Presnel Kimpembe (Achilles tendon rupture) are those who can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that Les Rouge-et-Bleu seem likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, choosing Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Hernandez, Nuno Mendes, Warren Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Kang-In Lee, Ousmane Dembele, Kylian Mbappe and Bradley Barcola.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that FC Lorient must be fancied to breach the defence of this Paris Saint-Germain lineup, but a single goal probably won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a close game with a 1-2 victory for Paris Saint-Germain when all is said and done. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 16:02 24/04/2024