Paris Saint-Germain vs Brest - prediction, team news, lineups

After securing a spot successful the Champions League last successful midweek, Paris Saint-Germain instrumentality to league enactment connected Sunday erstwhile they invited Brest to Parc des Princes, knowing triumph would each but corroborate a 5th successive Ligue 1 title.

A 6-5 aggregate triumph implicit Bayern Munich ensured Luis Enrique’s men reached the showpiece of Europe’s elite nine contention successful back-to-back seasons, and they present participate this brushwood six points wide atop the French top-flight table.

Match preview

Quite a opposition from the end-to-end nine-goal thriller successful Paris the erstwhile week, Wednesday's 1-1 gully successful Munich saw PSG showcase a much disciplined antiaircraft side, and taking an aboriginal pb proved the cleanable level for Enrique's men to beryllium connected their aggregate advantage.

Ousmane Dembele struck successful the 3rd infinitesimal aft being teed up by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, with Les Parisiens holding steadfast afterwards — portion inactive posing information connected the counterattack — leaving Harry Kane's 94th-minute equaliser inconsequential successful the wider representation of the tie.

With a day against Arsenal successful the May 30 last successful Budapest present secured, PSG stay connected people to clasp some the Champions League and Ligue 1 titles, adjacent if their Coupe de France exit earlier this twelvemonth means different treble is nary longer possible.

While Les Parisiens presently clasp a six-point pb astatine the summit, that cushion could beryllium chopped to 3 earlier they adjacent footwear a shot this weekend, with second-placed Lens facing Nantes connected Friday, meaning triumph present could beryllium important successful easing immoderate imaginable pressure.

That said, PSG travel into Sunday’s clash looking to instrumentality to winning ways domestically aft a 2-2 gully with Lorient in their astir caller league outing astatine Parc des Princes, leaving the Ligue 1 leaders with conscionable 2 wins from their past 5 location matches (D1, L2) successful the French apical flight.

Despite the hosts’ caller inconsistencies connected location soil, Brest hardly get arsenic a broadside apt to origin an upset, with the Pirates winless successful their past six outings (D2, L4) portion conceding astatine slightest doubly successful 5 of those matches.

Those antiaircraft frailties were erstwhile again exposed past weekend, erstwhile Eric Roy’s men suffered a humiliating 4-0 decision distant to PSG’s neighbours Paris FC, a effect that near Brest 12th successful the table, 4 points adrift of the apical half, though already mathematically harmless from relegation.

Brest’s existent tally marks a crisp diminution from the spell earlier it, wherever they went six matches unbeaten and picked up 4 cleanable expanse victories, meaning immoderate hopes of securing a favourable effect connected Sunday volition apt beryllium connected a large antiaircraft improvement.

However, that whitethorn beryllium excessively overmuch to inquire from a broadside that has managed conscionable 2 shutouts successful 16 distant league matches this season, portion winning lone 3 times connected the roadworthy successful the Ligue 1 run (D4, L9).

History besides offers small encouragement for Brest, who person mislaid 20 of their past 21 meetings with PSG, with each of the astir caller 4 defeats coming by astatine slightest a three-goal margin, including a 3-0 nonaccomplishment successful October’s reverse fixture.
 

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Team News

PSG’s caller European occurrence has mostly stemmed from Enrique’s quality to cautiously negociate minutes wrong his squad, truthful it would not beryllium astonishing if respective starters from the midweek travel to Bayern are rested here.

Bradley Barcola could instrumentality to the lineup, perchance allowing Kvaratskhelia a breather, portion Ibrahim Mbaye whitethorn besides diagnostic from the outset, and Goncalo Ramos should pb the enactment again aft serving suspension successful the erstwhile league outing.

Club skipper Marquinhos has not reached treble figures for league appearances this season, truthful different remainder could beryllium connected the cards, which whitethorn spot Illia Zabarnyi instrumentality astatine the backmost alongside Lucas Beraldo, who could besides diagnostic successful midfield if required.

On the wounded front, Achraf Hakimi remains sidelined with a hamstring occupation and is not expected backmost until aboriginal this month, portion Quentin Ndjantou and Lucas Chevalier are besides unavailable owed to akin issues.

As for Brest, Bradley Locko continues betterment from a hamstring wounded that has kept him sidelined for the past 3 matches, portion centre-back Soumaila Coulibaly could miss a 2nd consecutive outing.

The visitors volition besides beryllium without defender Kenny Lala owed to suspension for accumulation of bookings, though Daouda Guindo returns to contention aft serving his ain one-match ban.
 

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Zaire-Emery, Zabarnyi, Beraldo, L Hernandez; K Lee, Mayulu, D Fernandez; Mbaye, G Ramos, Barcola

Brest imaginable starting lineup:

Coudert; Zogbe, Chardonnet, Diaz, Guindo; Chotard, Magnetti, Tousart; Del Castillo, Ajorque, Lascary

We say: Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Brest

Enrique is expected to rotate heavy pursuing the exhausting midweek brushwood successful Munich, but adjacent a changed PSG broadside should inactive person excessively overmuch prime for a struggling Brest outfit.

As such, different comfy triumph for Les Parisiens looks likely, particularly considering they person kept cleanable sheets successful each of their past 3 meetings with the Pirates, who person besides struggled severely for goals distant from home, drafting blanks successful 3 of their past 4 roadworthy outings.

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