Nice vs Paris Saint Germain Prediction

Recent Form

PSG's last 20 matches across all competitions show ten wins, six draws and four defeats, with 39 goals scored against 26 conceded. That's a decent scoring rate, even allowing for the mix of league, cup and continental fixtures in that sample.

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Nice: 20 completed matches; Paris Saint Germain: 20 completed matches.

Nice

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

21

Difference

+6

Paris Saint Germain

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

24

Difference

+19

Nice's equivalent run reads six wins, eight draws and six losses, with 23 goals for and 19 against. The number of draws stands out. It suggests a side that's hard to beat outright but also struggling to turn games in their favour.

Nice's draw-heavy form hints at defensive stubbornness, even if the win column hasn't filled up much.

Comparative Team Statistics: Nice vs Paris Saint Germain

Head-to-Head

The head-to-head stretches back years and PSG have won the majority of recent meetings, including a 4-0 away win at this exact venue in March. Nice did manage a 3-1 win at PSG the year before that, though, so it's not been one-way traffic throughout.

That recent 4-0 scoreline is the headline, but it came several months before this fixture and can't be treated as a guaranteed repeat.

League Table Gap

PSG sit second after seven games with 14 points, while Nice are down in 13th on eight points. PSG have also scored more than twice as many goals as Nice have managed so far this season.

It's an early-season table, so plenty can still shift, but the gap between the two sides right now is sizeable.

A six-point gap after seven rounds already points to two teams heading in different directions.

Players To Watch

Ferran Torres has been PSG's sharpest finisher lately, with four goals in his last five appearances, and Marquinhos has chipped in with three of his own from a deeper role. Fabián Ruiz has been busy creating chances too, with two assists in that same stretch.

Nice:

Penalty cards:

Y. Ndayishimiye x 2

Paris Saint Germain:

Best scorers:

Ferran Torres - 4

Marquinhos - 3

Best assist providers:

Fabián Ruiz - 2

On Nice's side, the only player note available concerns Y. Ndayishimiye picking up two yellow cards in his last five matches, which is a discipline point rather than anything about the wider squad.