Bookmakers anticipate undemanding victory for Paris Saint Germain when Lorient visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

The Ligue 1 overall standings tell the truth about these squads up until now, with Paris Saint Germain leading Lorient by 37 points. Get your full match preview:

Insights:
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have the fewest scored goals (24) in Ligue 1

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lorient have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-12-22 (win-draw-loss) from 42 matches.

This looks to be an interesting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligue 1 with 13 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Nice here at Parc des Princes, Paris Saint Germain has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

No payout for Paris Saint Germain in their previous match, an away game at Monaco that ended in defeat 0-3. Midfield player Verratti got a match rating of 7.93 in that game, the max score being 10. Verratti hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 86 successful passes (of 96 total).

Ahead of that match, PSG won a home game hosting Bordeaux (3-0).

Goals decide football matches and Paris Saint Germain are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 14 league matches. PSG are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parc des Princes in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 14 matches.

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Lorient form and stats

Lorient have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-5-8 (15 played). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Lorient are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Lorient have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matthieu Dreyer. It's been 192 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 1.

Lorient's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Strasbourg that finished 0-0. Dreyer was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.4. The agile goalkeeper Dreyer topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Clermont at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lorient as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Many of these goals have come late in the matches; more than 50 % (10 goals) after the 60th minute. As for defending, Lorient rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Lorient has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Paris Saint Germain and Lorient have played each other before this season: Lorient - Paris Saint Germain 1-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Paris Saint Germain won eight games, one match ended with a draw and Lorient managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
15 goals
PSGD. Hélio Pereira
D. Hélio Pereira
5 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
5 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Saint Germain Lorient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 15 29
20 13 4 Won W 0 2 6
5 1 0 Drew D 0 5 10
4 0 0 Lost L 3 8 13
59 34 12 Scored S 2 13 24
27 7 2 Conceded C 11 29 43
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 86%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 66%
59% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 47% 34%
34% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 47% 28%
14% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 14%
55% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 48%
34% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 31%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 34%
 
5.6 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.4
4.6 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.9 5.2
1.9 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 2 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.9 15.8 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 10.8 11.2
5.3 5.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.6
38% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 22% 23%
 
11.9 10.9 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.7 12.3
4.2 3.6 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lorient have the fewest scored goals (24) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Paris Saint Germain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Lorient.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most points (40) at home in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most points from losing position (21) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Ligue 1

  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 29 20 5 4 59 27 14 13 1 0 34 7 15 7 4 4 25 20 32 65
2 Olympique Marseille 29 15 8 6 45 27 15 6 5 4 24 17 14 9 3 2 21 10 18 53
3 Rennes 29 16 4 9 63 28 15 11 1 3 39 10 14 5 3 6 24 18 35 52
4 Nice 29 15 6 8 39 23 14 7 3 4 18 14 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 50
5 Strasbourg 29 13 9 7 50 32 14 8 3 3 28 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 18 48
6 Lille 29 12 10 7 38 35 14 6 6 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 46
7 Monaco 29 12 8 9 43 30 15 8 4 3 29 13 14 4 4 6 14 17 13 44
8 Lens 29 12 8 9 45 39 15 7 5 3 26 16 14 5 3 6 19 23 6 44
9 Nantes 29 12 6 11 36 31 15 9 2 4 24 14 14 3 4 7 12 17 5 42
10 Olympique Lyonnais 29 11 10 8 40 37 15 7 5 3 25 18 14 4 5 5 15 19 3 42
11 Montpellier 29 12 5 12 43 40 15 7 3 5 24 18 14 5 2 7 19 22 3 41
12 Reims 29 8 12 9 32 31 14 4 6 4 18 13 15 4 6 5 14 18 1 36
13 Brest 29 9 8 12 36 43 14 5 3 6 21 22 15 4 5 6 15 21 -7 35
14 Angers SCO 29 8 8 13 32 41 15 6 1 8 16 18 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 32
15 Troyes 29 7 8 14 27 42 14 3 6 5 13 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -15 29
16 Lorient 29 6 10 13 24 43 14 4 5 5 11 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -19 28
17 Clermont 29 7 7 15 28 51 14 3 5 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 28
18 Saint-Etienne 29 6 9 14 29 51 15 3 6 6 18 27 14 3 3 8 11 24 -22 27
19 Metz 29 4 11 14 26 52 14 1 6 7 15 25 15 3 5 7 11 27 -26 23
20 Bordeaux 29 4 10 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 14 2 5 7 18 41 -32 22

Paris Saint Germain:
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 Paris Saint Germain 29 20 5 4 59 27 14 13 1 0 34 7 15 7 4 4 25 20 32 65
2 Olympique Marseille 29 15 8 6 45 27 15 6 5 4 24 17 14 9 3 2 21 10 18 53
3 Rennes 29 16 4 9 63 28 15 11 1 3 39 10 14 5 3 6 24 18 35 52
4 Nice 29 15 6 8 39 23 14 7 3 4 18 14 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 50
5 Strasbourg 29 13 9 7 50 32 14 8 3 3 28 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 18 48
6 Lille 29 12 10 7 38 35 14 6 6 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 46
7 Monaco 29 12 8 9 43 30 15 8 4 3 29 13 14 4 4 6 14 17 13 44
8 Lens 29 12 8 9 45 39 15 7 5 3 26 16 14 5 3 6 19 23 6 44
9 Nantes 29 12 6 11 36 31 15 9 2 4 24 14 14 3 4 7 12 17 5 42
10 Olympique Lyonnais 29 11 10 8 40 37 15 7 5 3 25 18 14 4 5 5 15 19 3 42
11 Montpellier 29 12 5 12 43 40 15 7 3 5 24 18 14 5 2 7 19 22 3 41
12 Reims 29 8 12 9 32 31 14 4 6 4 18 13 15 4 6 5 14 18 1 36
13 Brest 29 9 8 12 36 43 14 5 3 6 21 22 15 4 5 6 15 21 -7 35
14 Angers SCO 29 8 8 13 32 41 15 6 1 8 16 18 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 32
15 Troyes 29 7 8 14 27 42 14 3 6 5 13 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -15 29
16 Lorient 29 6 10 13 24 43 14 4 5 5 11 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -19 28
17 Clermont 29 7 7 15 28 51 14 3 5 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 28
18 Saint-Etienne 29 6 9 14 29 51 15 3 6 6 18 27 14 3 3 8 11 24 -22 27
19 Metz 29 4 11 14 26 52 14 1 6 7 15 25 15 3 5 7 11 27 -26 23
20 Bordeaux 29 4 10 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 14 2 5 7 18 41 -32 22

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