PSG vs Angers Prediction & Betting Tips - Ligue 1

Prediction published on 09/01/2023, 15:01  by Daniel Ngulu in Ligue 1 Predictions

PSG will welcome back most of their star players as they return to Ligue 1 action following the win over Chateauroux in the French Cup. They are set to host Angers in this game and they go there with 44 points atop the Ligue 1 standings, while the visitors have eight points, at the bottom of the league standings. PSG’s 3-1 win in the cup game marked a return to winning ways after suffering their first loss of the season in the 3-1 defeat to Lens. That loss was in their last league game and they will target a strong return, having managed four wins in the last five matches. Lionel Messi is expected back in the squad after his World Cup heroics, while Neymar will return from suspension and Kylian Mbappe will complete the attack. One clean sheet in eight matches and both sides scoring in seven of the eight games will be PSG’s main concern going into this game. Their scoring run should lift them though and having Hugo Ekitike ably replacing their regular scorers in the last two matches should be the best sign. PSG have lost once in 26 league matches and they come into this one with six straight home wins in the league.

Angers on their part, take into this game a winless run of 10 straight games and nine of them are losses. In their last game, they managed a 0-0 draw with Strasbourg in the French Cup, a result that pushed the game to post match penalties and they won. That was their first clean sheet in the last 10 matches and with nine straight losses in the league, they will have an uphill task against PSG. They have done poorly in defence as well, conceding two or more goals in seven of their last 10 matches in the league, while they come into this one having failed to score in three of five. Angers have no goals in three straight away matches in the league and have also failed to keep a clean sheet in the last four away league games.