Top Two Collide as Paris Saint-Germain Host Olympique de Marseille
Paris St. Germain vs Olympique Marseille - 17/04/2022
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The final fixture of the weekend in Ligue 1 is the pick of the games as Paris Saint-Germain welcome Olympique de Marseille to the Parc des Princes for Le Classique. The hosts begin the weekend sitting top of the table on 71 points while the visitors are in second place on 59 points.
Paris Saint-Germain come into the game having previously defeated Clermont 6-1 away from home last weekend. The score was only 2-1 at half-time but PSG turned it on in the second half, scoring 4 goals in the final 19 minutes of the match to secure a comfortable 3 points.
That result means PSG have scored a total of 11 goals in their last 2 Ligue 1 games having previously beat Lorient 5-1 at home.
However, PSG have not had things all their own way in recent fixtures and they have won 3 and lost 3 of their last 6 games in all competitions. All 3 wins have come in the league but there have been defeats at Nice and Monaco in Ligue 1 plus a costly 3-1 loss at Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Home form in Ligue 1 is excellent and PSG have won each of their last 7 games. They are undefeated in their last 18 on home soil in the French topflight.
Trends show PSG have scored 3 or more goals in 4 of their last 5 home league games and have kept a clean sheet 3 of those 5 matches.
Olympique de Marseille make the trip to the Parc des Princes on the back of a 1-0 win at PAOK on Thursday night, meaning they have progressed to the semi-final of the Europa Conference League.
Their previous league match was a 2-0 home win over Montpellier in Ligue 1 last weekend, with both goals coming inside the first 20 minutes.
Looking specifically at Ligue 1 and Marseille have won each of their last 4 fixtures. In addition to the win over Montpellier last weekend, Marseille have beat Brest and Saint-Etienne away plus Nice at home.
Marseille scored 2 or more goals in each of those 4 victories but have managed to keep just a single clean sheet in their last 10 Ligue 1 games.
Trends show Marseille are undefeated in 10 of their last 11 away Ligue 1 games. In those 11 away matches, Marseille have scored at least once but they have also conceded in each of their last 5 away trips.
Team news and PSG are without the injured trio of Marquinhos, Leandro Paredes, and Julian Draxler. They also have doubts over the fitness of Ismaël Gharbi, Abdou Diallo, Ander Herrera, Angel Di Maria, Keylor Navas, and Layvin Kurzawa.
Marseille will be without three players as Konrad de la Fuente, Arkadiusz Milik, and Leonardo Balerdi are on the treatment table.
This should be a wonderful way to finish the weekend action in France. We expect to see both teams score and over 3.5 goals in this match.
Marseille could give a good account of themselves but we expect PSG to have too much for them at home and to take maximum points, especially having not played in mid-week.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Fr1
412930
1
3 - 1
3.79
18°
1.36
1.36
5.00
7.50
no
no
no
2 - 1(2 - 1)
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