Match preview Ligue 1: Strasbourg - Paris Saint Germain at Stade de la Meinau

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

Strasbourg will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 30 points behind Paris Saint Germain.

The visiting Paris Saint Germain played their last game only three days ago, a Coupe de France match. That game, against Olympique Lyonnais, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Paris Saint Germain.

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Strasbourg form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Strasbourg at their home stadium (Stade de la Meinau) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Strasbourg haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 228 minutes ago. K. Zohi scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Strasbourg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Montpellier (placed 6th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Amiens SC.

Strasbourg's goalkeeper Matz Sels was extremely busy against Montpellier, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

A decent goal production from Strasbourg in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Strasbourg have conceded 14 goals.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain, who have the most scored goals (75) in Ligue 1, have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 10-1-2 from 13 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Paris Saint Germain as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Dijon game have they lost an away game, meaning Paris Saint Germain has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Two travels in a row for Paris Saint Germain, whose manager T. Tuchel could celebrate last time after the Coupe de France win against Olympique Lyonnais. That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Dijon in the Ligue 1.

As you can tell from the results above, Paris Saint Germain was very dominant against Olympique Lyonnais, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Kylian Mbappé (3), Neymar and Pablo Sarabia providing the goals. Kylian Mbappé certainly enjoyed Paris Saint Germain's last game versus Olympique Lyonnais, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory.

After this away game Paris Saint Germain return home for a Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Paris Saint Germain have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 31 goals from 13 away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Paris Saint Germain in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Paris Saint Germain - Strasbourg 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Strasbourg, three draws and six wins for Paris Saint Germain. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
18 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
12 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Icardi Rivero
M. Icardi Rivero
12 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Strasbourg Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
11 7 1 Won W 4 10 22
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
11 3 3 Lost L 0 2 3
32 22 3 Scored S 11 31 75
32 14 6 Conceded C 3 13 24
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
63% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 89%
44% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 69% 70%
22% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 52%
11% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 30%
37% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 44%
30% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 52%
41% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
4.8 4.3 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 6.5 6.7
4.2 4.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.3 3.6
1.7 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
327 188 51 Total Shots T S 88 230 461
107 56 11 Shots on Target S O 39 99 201
30% 39% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 31% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most points (31) away
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (31) away
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (75)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+18) away
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+51)
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Strasbourg.
  • Paris Saint Germain haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris Saint Germain is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 27 16 7 4 39 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 55
3 Rennes 27 14 5 8 33 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 9 47
4 Lille 27 14 4 9 34 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 7 46
5 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 16 40
6 Montpellier 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 10 2 2 26 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 6 40
7 Monaco 27 11 7 9 43 42 14 8 2 4 29 22 13 3 5 5 14 20 1 40
8 Reims 27 9 11 7 25 21 13 4 7 2 11 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 4 38
9 Nice 27 10 8 9 39 37 14 7 4 3 26 19 13 3 4 6 13 18 2 38
10 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
11 Nantes 27 11 4 12 28 29 14 6 2 6 11 11 13 5 2 6 17 18 -1 37
12 Bordeaux 27 9 9 9 39 33 13 4 5 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 36
13 Angers SCO 27 10 6 11 26 33 14 7 3 4 18 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -7 36
14 Brest 27 8 10 9 34 36 14 6 6 2 21 11 13 2 4 7 13 25 -2 34
15 Metz 27 7 10 10 25 34 13 4 4 5 16 16 14 3 6 5 9 18 -9 31
16 Saint-Étienne 27 8 5 14 28 44 13 4 5 4 14 17 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 29
17 Dijon 27 6 9 12 25 36 13 5 6 2 18 14 14 1 3 10 7 22 -11 27
18 Nîmes 27 7 6 14 28 42 14 6 2 6 17 15 13 1 4 8 11 27 -14 27
19 Amiens SC 27 4 10 13 29 48 14 3 5 6 17 23 13 1 5 7 12 25 -19 22
20 Toulouse 27 3 4 20 21 56 13 3 0 10 11 24 14 0 4 10 10 32 -35 13

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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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 27 16 7 4 39 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 55
3 Rennes 27 14 5 8 33 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 9 47
4 Lille 27 14 4 9 34 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 7 46
5 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 16 40
6 Montpellier 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 10 2 2 26 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 6 40
7 Monaco 27 11 7 9 43 42 14 8 2 4 29 22 13 3 5 5 14 20 1 40
8 Reims 27 9 11 7 25 21 13 4 7 2 11 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 4 38
9 Nice 27 10 8 9 39 37 14 7 4 3 26 19 13 3 4 6 13 18 2 38
10 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
11 Nantes 27 11 4 12 28 29 14 6 2 6 11 11 13 5 2 6 17 18 -1 37
12 Bordeaux 27 9 9 9 39 33 13 4 5 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 36
13 Angers SCO 27 10 6 11 26 33 14 7 3 4 18 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -7 36
14 Brest 27 8 10 9 34 36 14 6 6 2 21 11 13 2 4 7 13 25 -2 34
15 Metz 27 7 10 10 25 34 13 4 4 5 16 16 14 3 6 5 9 18 -9 31
16 Saint-Étienne 27 8 5 14 28 44 13 4 5 4 14 17 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 29
17 Dijon 27 6 9 12 25 36 13 5 6 2 18 14 14 1 3 10 7 22 -11 27
18 Nîmes 27 7 6 14 28 42 14 6 2 6 17 15 13 1 4 8 11 27 -14 27
19 Amiens SC 27 4 10 13 29 48 14 3 5 6 17 23 13 1 5 7 12 25 -19 22
20 Toulouse 27 3 4 20 21 56 13 3 0 10 11 24 14 0 4 10 10 32 -35 13

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