Paris Saint Germain vs Strasbourg betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Parc des Princes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Paris Saint Germain leading Strasbourg by 18 points.

Insights:
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (35) in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Paris Saint Germain nor Strasbourg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain, who have the most scored goals (35) in Ligue 1, are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Parc des Princes. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Paris Saint Germain are confident in defense, having played 235 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Paris Saint Germain travelled for their previous game, a trip to Lille that ended 0-0. Before that, Paris had a home game versus Lorient which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 Paris Saint Germain home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

Goals decide football matches and Paris are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Paris have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Strasbourg form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Strasbourg are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Strasbourg might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bordeaux proved too strong as Strasbourg slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de la Meinau. Prior to that result Strasbourg won their away game at Angers SCO. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Strasbourg played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.

Strasbourg have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Strasbourg have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Paris Saint Germain wins - draws - Strasbourg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
11 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Kean
M. Kean
6 goals
StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
6 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Paris Saint Germain Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 1 8 16
10 5 2 Won W 0 3 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
4 2 0 Lost L 1 5 10
35 18 6 Scored S 3 16 22
10 5 0 Conceded C 4 14 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
56% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 56%
38% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 38%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 19%
25% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
56% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 25%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.7
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.7 15.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 10.5
5.6 6.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.1 3.3
39% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 42%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Strasbourg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (35) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+25) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 9 6 1 28 10 9 6 3 0 17 4 7 3 3 1 11 6 18 33
2 Olympique Lyonnais 16 9 6 1 31 14 7 4 3 0 16 6 9 5 3 1 15 8 17 33
3 Paris Saint Germain 16 10 2 4 35 10 8 5 1 2 18 5 8 5 1 2 17 5 25 32
4 Olympique Marseille 14 8 4 2 21 13 7 3 3 1 11 8 7 5 1 1 10 5 8 28
5 Rennes 16 8 4 4 25 19 8 4 1 3 11 11 8 4 3 1 14 8 6 28
6 Montpellier 16 8 3 5 27 25 8 4 0 4 14 16 8 4 3 1 13 9 2 27
7 Monaco 16 8 2 6 26 23 8 5 2 1 18 11 8 3 0 5 8 12 3 26
8 Lens 15 7 3 5 24 23 7 3 2 2 13 12 8 4 1 3 11 11 1 24
9 Angers SCO 16 7 3 6 21 25 8 3 1 4 7 11 8 4 2 2 14 14 -4 24
10 Metz 16 6 5 5 19 16 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 2 4 2 8 7 3 23
11 Brest 16 7 2 7 27 29 8 5 1 2 17 14 8 2 1 5 10 15 -2 23
12 Bordeaux 16 6 4 6 17 17 8 3 3 2 7 4 8 3 1 4 10 13 0 22
13 Nice 15 6 3 6 19 20 8 2 1 5 8 16 7 4 2 1 11 4 -1 21
14 Saint-Étienne 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 2 3 3 8 10 8 2 2 4 8 13 -7 17
15 Nantes 16 3 6 7 18 27 8 2 4 2 10 14 8 1 2 5 8 13 -9 15
16 Strasbourg 16 4 2 10 22 28 8 1 2 5 6 14 8 3 0 5 16 14 -6 14
17 Reims 16 3 5 8 21 27 7 2 1 4 6 10 9 1 4 4 15 17 -6 14
18 Nîmes 16 3 3 10 13 31 8 1 1 6 8 19 8 2 2 4 5 12 -18 12
19 Lorient 16 3 2 11 15 29 8 2 1 5 9 12 8 1 1 6 6 17 -14 11
20 Dijon 16 1 6 9 9 25 9 0 4 5 3 10 7 1 2 4 6 15 -16 9

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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.