Paris Saint Germain vs Strasbourg pre-match info: Visitors face a difficult task at Parc des Princes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

Game week two of the Ligue 1 season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Paris Saint Germain - Strasbourg preview:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Last season, Paris Saint Germain's league statistics were 26 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 86 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Paris Saint Germain managed 13-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with 44 goals and 14 conceded.

A strong away win for Paris against Troyes the last match, as Mauro Icardi and Achraf Hakimi were on target. Kylian Mbappé, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.12 (out of 10). Mbappé served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 8 times. Keylor Navas loved the game against Troyes. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.

Prior to that, an away loss at Lille in the Super Cup.

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Strasbourg form and stats

Let's have a look at how Strasbourg performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 28/29 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Angers SCO with 0-2 on the scoreboard. The attacker Ludovic Ajorque got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Ajorque hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Lorient.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Strasbourg's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Strasbourg managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.

Head 2 Head

Paris Saint Germain-Strasbourg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Paris seven wins, Strasbourg one win, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Icardi Rivero
M. Icardi Rivero
1 goals
Paris Saint GermainA. Hakimi Mouh
A. Hakimi Mouh
1 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Saint Germain Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Paris Saint Germain Last season Strasbourg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
26 13   Won W   7 11
4 1   Drew D   4 9
8 5   Lost L   8 18
86 44   Scored S   28 49
28 14   Conceded C   29 58
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 79%
61% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
39% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 32%
16% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
37% 32%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
50% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 26%
16% 21%   Failed to Score F T   21% 26%
 
5.7 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.3
3.9 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 4.9
2.1 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
7 5   Red cards R C   2 3
 
14.7 16   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 10.8
5.5 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.2
41% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Clermont 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Paris Saint Germain 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lille 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
6 Metz 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Lens 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Lorient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Monaco 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nantes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Saint-Etienne 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Nice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Reims 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Troyes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
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 Lille 38 24 11 3 64 23 19 10 7 2 28 11 19 14 4 1 36 12 41 83
2 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 4 8 86 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 19 13 3 3 42 14 58 82
3 Monaco 38 24 6 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 19 12 1 6 33 21 34 78
4 Olympique Lyonnais 38 22 10 6 81 43 19 11 3 5 42 23 19 11 7 1 39 20 38 76
5 Olympique Marseille 38 16 12 10 54 47 19 10 5 4 32 23 19 6 7 6 22 24 7 60
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 52 40 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 12 58
7 Lens 38 15 12 11 55 54 19 7 7 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 60 62 19 7 4 8 34 35 19 7 8 4 26 27 -2 54
9 Nice 38 15 7 16 50 53 19 7 3 9 25 30 19 8 4 7 25 23 -3 52
10 Metz 38 12 11 15 44 48 19 5 5 9 19 26 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 47
11 Saint-Etienne 38 12 10 16 42 54 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 7 4 8 22 25 -12 46
12 Bordeaux 38 13 6 19 42 56 19 7 4 8 19 21 19 6 2 11 23 35 -14 45
13 Angers SCO 38 12 8 18 40 58 19 6 3 10 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 31 -18 44
14 Reims 38 9 15 14 42 50 19 4 8 7 16 21 19 5 7 7 26 29 -8 42
15 Strasbourg 38 11 9 18 49 58 19 4 5 10 21 29 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 42
16 Lorient 38 11 9 18 50 68 19 10 2 7 31 29 19 1 7 11 19 39 -18 42
17 Brest 38 11 8 19 50 66 19 8 4 7 32 33 19 3 4 12 18 33 -16 41
18 Nantes 38 9 13 16 47 55 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 6 5 8 26 26 -8 40
19 Nimes 38 9 8 21 40 71 19 3 5 11 22 39 19 6 3 10 18 32 -31 35
20 Dijon 38 4 9 25 25 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 19 3 3 13 17 42 -48 21

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Strasbourg:
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 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Clermont 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Paris Saint Germain 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lille 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
6 Metz 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Lens 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Lorient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Monaco 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nantes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Saint-Etienne 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Nice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Reims 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Troyes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.