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Paris Saint-Germain

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PSG will be looking for another win after a 1-4 Champions League victory over Barcelona.

In that match, Paris Saint-Germain managed 67% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Paris Saint-Germain, goals were scored by Ousmane Dembélé (40'), Vitinha (54') and Kylian Mbappé (61', 89'). At the other end, Barcelona had 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Raphinha (12') scored for Barcelona.

Fixtures with Paris Saint-Germain have proved to be absorbing ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 22 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 15 of them belonging to Paris Saint-Germain.

Taking a look at their past results, Paris Saint-Germain:

• are unbeaten in their previous 11 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Lyon

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Lyon will go into the meeting following a 4-3 Ligue 1 win with the downing of Brest in their previous match.

In that match, Lyon had 52% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Lyon, goals were scored by Corentin Tolisso (18'), Alexandre Lacazette (70'), Nico Tagliafico (79') and Ainsley Maitland-Niles (105'). Brest had 22 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Steve Mounié (60') and Romain Del Castillo (64', 67') scored for Brest.

Over the course of their previous 6 clashes, Lyon have helped themselves to a tally of 16 goals. Lyon have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, they’ve had 7 goals go against them. Let’s see if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Coming into this contest, Lyon have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 21/03/2021 shows that PSG have won 4 of these and Lyon 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 from Les Rouge-et-Bleu and 6 being from Lyon. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 4 on 03/09/2023 when the final score was Lyon 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain.

That time, Lyon had 31% possession and 19 shots at goal with 8 on target. Their only player to score was Corentin Tolisso (74').

For their opponents, Paris Saint-Germain got 22 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Kylian Mbappé (4', 45'), Achraf Hakimi (20') and Marco Asensio (38') scored.

The match was refereed by Eric Wattellier.

ℹ️ Team News: PSG

Sergio Rico (Fitness) and Presnel Kimpembe (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be available for PSG boss Luis Enrique.

We think that Les Rouge-et-Bleu should line up in a 4-3-3 system for this one, utilising Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Danilo Pereira, Nuno Mendes, Warren Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz, Ousmane Dembele, Kylian Mbappe and Bradley Barcola.

ℹ️ Team News: Lyon

Owing to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Lyon boss Pierre Sage has no fitness concerns at all coming into this game.

We believe Lyon seem most likely to play in a 4-3-3 system, going with Anthony Lopes, A. Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Jake O'Brien, Henrique Silva, Maxence Caqueret, Nemanja Matic, Orel Mangala, Rayan Cherki, Alexandre Lacazette and Said Benrahma.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Lyon have the ability to get a goal against this Paris Saint-Germain side, but it possibly won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We think that it’s going to be a close game with a 2-1 win for Paris Saint-Germain after 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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

Victor Martins, 18:01 21/04/2024