Nîmes and PSG meet at Stade des Costières, in a match for the 7th round of Ligue 1. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 3. The last confrontation Direct between these two teams, on 11-08-2019, ended with the victory of PSG by (3-0). Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results at home and away.
Nîmes:
The home team is currently in 13th position, with 8 points won, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they drew at home against Lens by (1‑1). In the last match, they won away against Montpellier by (0‑1). This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses as a visitor, with 12 goals scored and 30 suffered; against 6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats in his stadium, with 23 goals scored and 19 suffered. In their last 10 home matches Nîmes has recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 5 of the last 6 matches for this competition.
Nimes come to this game after a 1-0 win in the visit to Montpellier, thus adding the third consecutive game without losing in this competition: the only goal of the team was scored by Renaud Ripart. In this home game, coach Jérôme Arpinon must favor the defensive organization and counterattacks from the flanks. Winger Zinedine Ferhat is one of the most dangerous players on the attacking front, being highly competent in transporting the ball for attack. For this game the coach of the house cannot count on Anthony Brianc, suspended, as well as Antoine Valerius, Clement Depres, Sofiane Alakouch and Haris Duljevic, these with physical problems.
PSG :
The visiting team is currently in 4th position, with 12 points won, after 4 wins and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won away against Reims by (0‑2). In the last match, they won at home against Angers SCO by (6‑1). This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 12 victories, 1 draw and 2 losses as a visitor, with 45 goals scored and 11 suffered; against 11 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats in his stadium, with 41 goals scored and 12 suffered. In the last 10 away games played for all competitions, PSG won 7, drew 1 and lost 2.
For this competition, record a sequence of 4 wins in the last matches. In 15 games, they suffered the first goal 4 times and only managed 1 comeback.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers 6-1 at home, adding their fourth consecutive victory in Ligue 1: the team’s goals were scored by Julian Draxler, Neymar (2), Alessandro Florenzi, Kylian Mbappé and Idrissa Gueye. In this game against Nimes, coach Thomas Tuchel must prioritize maintaining possession of the ball and organized attacks, however, in some moments of the match he must act in a more direct way. Forward Kylian Mbappé is one of the most outstanding of this team, a player who scored 2 goals and provided 4 assists. For this game, the visiting coach cannot count on Marquinhos, Angel Di Maria and Layvin Kurzawa, suspended, in addition to Thilo Kehrer and Juan Bernat, who have physical problems.
