Ligue 1: Lille vs Paris Saint-Germain – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Ligue 1 round 3 match between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

The new Ligue 1 season continues on Sunday with Paris Saint-Germain swinging over to Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy. The reigning champions will lock horns with Lille, hoping to get their title defence off on the right note.

Lille have delivered a perfect opening to the season so far, and they will be gunning for maximum points when they enter the third match of the season.

Team form: Lille vs Paris Saint-Germain

Lille Form

Lille are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Slavia Prague by 2-0, before beating Angers by 2-0. The winning streak came to an end against Slavia Prague, who ran out 2-1 winners. Lille won four of their last six Ligue 1 matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded eight and scored 13 goals.

Paris Saint-Germain Form

In their last three matches, Paris Saint-Germain first beat Lyon 1-2, then Le Havre by 1-4 and finally Montpellier by 6-0. Paris Saint-Germain are in imperial form on their travels, doing the clean sweep of six wins in six Ligue 1 matches. It marks them out as the best away side in this competition across the last six games. They outscored their opponents by 20 goals to five along the way.

Betting stats and facts for Lille and Paris Saint-Germain

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Lille vs Paris Saint-Germain

With three goals in six matches Jonathan David has been a regular feature on the scoresheet in recent matches, making him a tempting betting prospect, when going up against Paris Saint-Germain and their defence. The visitors hope Bradley Barcola adds another to his current tally of five goals in his latest matches.

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Full-time result

Lille claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Paris Saint-Germain won seven of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing one in this series of matches. Paris Saint-Germain won their last 4 matches on the trot. Paris Saint-Germain are on a serious roll of now 25 away matches on the spin without defeat. Paris Saint-Germain have not lost to Lille in 5 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Lille scored the first goal of the match an impressive nine times in the last ten home games. Paris Saint-Germain scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. Lille managed to open the scoreline in no less than seven of their previous 10 games. Their opponent from Paris Saint-Germain performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in seven of their last 10 games. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain when playing at Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Lille’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Paris Saint-Germain, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of two times goals per game themselves.

Suggested bet: Lille vs Paris Saint-Germain

To summarize, the upcoming Ligue 1 clash seems to be a good opportunity to place some bets. Taking into account the stats and facts for Lille vs Paris Saint-Germain mentioned in this article, we are offering a free betting tip below.

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