Paris Saint Germain vs Olympique Lyonnais Betting Tips

Paris Saint Germain are hosting Olympique Lyonnais in the Park des Princes, Paris on the 20th of September 2021, Monday at 00:15 IST.PSG were jolted a bit during this week’s CL game against Brugge but will Lyon be able to capitalize on that? 

Paris Saint Germain Form and Team News

Five out of five, even without their star players, PSG are steamrolling opponents at will. Paris Saint Germain are literally living a dream. They are presently the only team to have won all three Ligue games and deservedly the number one team. They had to dig deep to retain the title last season which eventually they did not and ended up conceding to Lille by a point. In this season however, it could be hard for any team in Europe or for a matter of fact, around the world let alone Ligue 1 teams to defeat this mercurial PSG team. They have assembled what many teams are considering as the Galacticos team, a dream team of sorts. For conquering France, they probably won’t require this team, they can win it quite easily. They need to win the European cup and nothing else and this team should stop at nothing less than that.

As said above, who would’ve imagined Pochettino to coach the most lethal football players presently in a single team and carry humongous expectations with him from now. Let’s see how he is responding to the pressure cooker that he finds himself in now. PSG have still not been able to assemble all the Galacticos stars which will happen anytime this season. The MNM made its first appearance last week, but couldn’t produce the desired effect, we can expect some firecrackers when they get going.

Lyon Form and Team News

Lyon are coming into this game after a scratchy start to their league games. They are presently placed in the seventh position after five games. They have won two games while drawing two and lost one game as well. Lyon in the last ten games have won just four games while drawing three matches and losing three games. Lyon would need to put their best foot forward in this season and try to win as many games as possible. For that however they will need to replicate what they have been doing right over the past few seasons and hope for the best. 

Peter Bosz, the Netherlands national has been at the helm for just five games now and it would not be fair to assess one’s performance in such a short span of time. But, Bosz is trying to do what he did with Ajax before some years which has been missing for some time now after his Ajax stint. Slimani, Moussa Dembele and Ekambi and co. are more than capable of turning any game on its head on their given day and this could be the case in the next game against the PSG as well.

Odds by Casumo

Paris Saint Germain are favourites to win according to the Casumo Sportsbook. They are placed at 1.33 odds while Lyon is placed at 7.50. The odds for a draw is 5.50.

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Our Tipster’s Angle

It’s going to take an herculean effort from any team to stop this Paris team, and any team can do it given they find all balances right, whether Lyon would be able to do it on Monday, it’s a question they need to answer, for now anyway with the past records and recent form, and of course the team strength, Paris Saint Germain are clear favourites to win this match.

Tip 1: Total goals over 3.5

Lyon have in the last four matches across competitions have had two matches where the total goal tally was over 3.5 goals. While in the last four away games that Lyon have played against Ligue 1 teams, they managed to be over the limit in two matches as well. PSG also were involved in three of the last five matches which had the total goals to be over 3.5. Playing at home, both of their last two games have also seen PSG satisfying the above criteria to the fullest. One of the last two head to head matches between the two sides also had over 3.5 goals in total. So the game between Lyon and PSG on Saturday will most likely have a total of over 3.5 goals in it. The odds for Total goals over 3.5 according to the Casumo Sportsbook is 2.02.

Tip 2: Total Goals by Lyon over 0.5

Lyon in the last five games across competitions have had four games where they have scored over 0.5 goals individually. While playing as the away side, both of their last two games have satisfied the condition above. While playing head to head with PSG, they have had three of the last five games where the Lyon scoreline read over 0.5 goals. Paris Saint Germain on the other hand have had four of the last six games where the opponents have scored over 0.5 goals. This record while playing at home also is the same in case of the PSG where they have not conceded under0.5 goals to any opponent. So, it’s quite likely that Lyon could score over 0.5 goals in this match given all the above stats. The odds for Total Goals by Lyon over 0.5 according to the Casumo Sportsbook is 1.52.

Conclusion

Lyon would need nothing but a miracle to help them on Monday in front of a full house, PSG in the meantime would need to just focus on getting their team combination right for bigger matches with this match.Summarizing on a couple of tips from above:

1. Total goals over 3.5 @ 2.02.
2. Lyon Total goals over 0.5 @ 1.52

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