Paris SG – Angers Prediction & Picks (14.03.2018)

PSG and Angers meet at Parc des Princes, in a match for the 31st round of League 1. PSG won by (0-5) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 04-11- 2017 The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, which in the last 6 matches won 5 and tied 1.

PSG:

After 25 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, the home team is currently in the 1 st position, with 77 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Troyes, by (0-2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Metz, by (5-0).

For this competition, record a sequence of 15 wins in their last home games. Their defense has been very strong, having only scored goals in 2 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for goals, since 12 of the last 15 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 23 of its last 29 games for League 1, of these 23 came to rest in advantage in 16 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘. In 29 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 5 times, but got the come-back in 2. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 15 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 4 of their 9 goals between minutes (76’- 90 ‘).

Paris Saint-Germain enter this highly motivated game, after a 5-0 home win, at Metz reception: Meunier, Nkunku, Mbappé and Thiago Silva scored the goals of the victory. The Uruguayan Cavani is the most offensive reference of the club of the house, being its main characteristic the finalization, counting, until now, twenty-four scored goals. In the wings, the Paris club can count on Mbappé and Di María. The local team opts for a possession game, attacking preferably through the central corridor. The home trainer will not be able to count on Neymar and Ben Arfa, for being injured.

Angers:

After 7 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, the away team is currently in the 14 th position of the league, with 32 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Guingamp, by (3-0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Bordeaux, by (0-0). For the league, Angers won 7 points out of 30 possible points, after 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since in 10 of the last 15 they played there were less than 3 goals. In 29 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 16 times and have only won 1 result.

The Angers enters this duel after a stranger tie, to zero, in the visit to the land of Bordeaux. The foreign team must act in a tactical system in 4-5-1, being that it must adopt a more defensive posture, with the objective of trying as much as possible not to suffer goals caused by tactical errors. In this tactical scheme, the player responsible for trying to throw the panic in the defensive opponent is the French Toko Ekambi, scorer of Angers, with fourteen goals scored until now. Coach Stéphane Moulin must have all the players at his disposal.