Football background guide: Paris Saint Germain odds-on when Nice arrive

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 15.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

Nice have come here for an action-packed game versus the hosts Paris Saint Germain. Read up on the game with this thorough Ligue 1 preview!

Insights:
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Ligue 1

It's quite the trip for Nice when visiting Paris Saint Germain as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

This could be an entertaining match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Paris Saint Germain's two home games in the Ligue 1 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Parc des Princes.

A good away victory last time out for Paris Saint Germain, who won 4-1 against Olympique Lyonnais (placed 18th). Donnarumma loved the game against Olympique Lyonnais. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-1 victory. Mbappé, who usually features in attack, was the top player for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 9.01 (out of 10). Mbappé scored two goals, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 43 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Lens.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for PSG home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Paris Saint Germain as they have a new game in only four days, a Champions League match thankfully also at home. Borussia Dortmund are visiting.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Paris Saint Germain at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Nice form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligue 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 8 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Nice have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marcin Bulka. It's been 193 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 1.

Nice go into this game after a win, the home game against Strasbourg that ended 2-0. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. Todibo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.92. The defender Todibo served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Olympique Lyonnais.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Nice has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Paris Saint Germain victories, three draws and one Nice win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
5 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Asensio Willemsen
M. Asensio Willemsen
2 goals
PSGA. Hakimi Mouh
A. Hakimi Mouh
1 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Saint Germain Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 1 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 3 0 Scored S 0 1 4
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
25% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
5.2 7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 6
4.2 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1.8
1.2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.8 18.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 0 21 16.5
5.5 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 5.2
36% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 19%
 
10.8 8 4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 7.8
3.5 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Ligue 1
Paris Saint Germain Last season Nice
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
27 13   Won W   8 15
4 2   Drew D   6 13
7 4   Lost L   5 10
89 45   Scored S   24 48
40 25   Conceded C   19 37
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
84% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 66%
68% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 39%
39% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
24% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
58% 63%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
34% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
11% 11%   Failed to Score F T   21% 29%
 
5.4 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.1
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.1
1.5 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
5 4   Red cards R C   2 3
 
15.6 15.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 13.8
6.9 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.3
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 24%
 
11.9 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.8
4.2 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 4 3 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 7 5 8 10
2 Paris Saint Germain 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 5 8
3 Olympique Marseille 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
4 Reims 4 2 1 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 7
5 Brest 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
6 Lille 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 0 7
7 Nice 4 1 3 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 6
8 Rennes 4 1 3 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 6
9 Strasbourg 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 6
10 Le Havre 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 5
11 Lorient 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 5
12 Toulouse 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 5
13 Metz 4 1 2 1 6 9 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 5
14 Montpellier 4 1 1 2 7 7 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 4
15 Nantes 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 2
16 Clermont 4 0 1 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 1
17 Lens 4 0 1 3 4 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6 1
18 Olympique Lyonnais 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

Paris Saint Germain:
Nice:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 4 3 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 7 5 8 10
2 Paris Saint Germain 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 5 8
3 Olympique Marseille 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
4 Reims 4 2 1 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 7
5 Brest 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
6 Lille 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 0 7
7 Nice 4 1 3 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 6
8 Rennes 4 1 3 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 6
9 Strasbourg 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 6
10 Le Havre 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 5
11 Lorient 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 5
12 Toulouse 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 5
13 Metz 4 1 2 1 6 9 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 5
14 Montpellier 4 1 1 2 7 7 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 4
15 Nantes 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 2
16 Clermont 4 0 1 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 1
17 Lens 4 0 1 3 4 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6 1
18 Olympique Lyonnais 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -7 1

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