Strasbourg vs Paris Saint Germain Prediction & Betting Tips

Mixed recent form for both sides

Looking just at PSG's last five league games, they won away at Marseille and at Brest, lost at home to Monaco, and drew away at Lille and Rennes. It's a decent return, but not the crushing dominance sometimes expected of them, and their wider sample also includes Champions League and cup football, which skews the overall win-loss picture.

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

Strasbourg

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

60% 12 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

48

Difference

-20

Paris Saint Germain

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

26

Difference

+11

Strasbourg's last five in Ligue 1 have swung wildly: beaten by Paris FC, a draw with Monaco, a 6-2 win away at Troyes, a win over Lens, then a 4-0 defeat at Marseille. There's clearly goals in this team, at both ends of the pitch.

Comparative Team Statistics: Strasbourg vs Paris Saint Germain

History favours PSG, but recent meetings have been closer

Across the long run of meetings between these two, PSG have won comfortably more often than not, including some heavy scorelines over the years. That's the historical pattern, though it stretches back a long way and isn't a guide to current form on its own.

The last two Ligue 1 meetings tell a slightly different story. Strasbourg held PSG to a 3-3 draw at the Parc des Princes in October, before PSG won 2-1 away at Strasbourg in February. Strasbourg have clearly been more competitive in this fixture lately than the wider head-to-head suggests.

A tighter table than you'd expect

Five games into the league season, Strasbourg sit eighth and PSG sixth, with only a point between them. That's not the gap you'd normally associate with these two clubs.

The goal numbers tell a similar story. Strasbourg have scored ten and conceded ten, while PSG's figures are a bit tidier at eight for and seven against, but neither side has really pulled clear yet.

Neither team has established real early-season dominance in Ligue 1.

Where the goals and cards have come from

Ferran Torres has been PSG's sharpest attacking threat recently with four goals in his last five appearances, and Marquinhos has added three more from midfield or defence, with Fabián Ruiz supplying the most assists.

Strasbourg:

Best scorers:

Gessime Yassine - 2

S. Amo-Ameyaw - 2

Best assist providers:

S. Nanasi - 2

Gessime Yassine - 1

Penalty cards:

P. Diop x 2

Gessime Yassine x 2

Paris Saint Germain:

Best scorers:

Ferran Torres - 4

Marquinhos - 3

Best assist providers:

Fabián Ruiz - 2

For Strasbourg, Gessime Yassine and S. Amo-Ameyaw have both scored twice in their last five games, with Sofiane Nanasi providing the creative spark. Yassine and P. Diop have picked up a couple of yellow cards apiece in that spell, and S. El Mourabet was sent off in one of his last three outings, though it's far too early to say who'll actually be available by the time this game comes around.

Goals look more likely than a cagey affair

Both sides have been involved in high-scoring games lately, PSG thrashing Slovan Bratislava 6-1 in Europe and Strasbourg winning 6-2 away at Troyes. Neither defence has looked especially solid this season.

Add in a head-to-head record that's rarely produced a low-scoring match, and this doesn't shape up as a tight, cagey contest. Which side ends up on top is a different question altogether.