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

In the last Ligue 1 fixture of the weekend, Paris Saint-Germain volition question to pad oregon support their pb atop the array erstwhile hosting European contenders Lyon astatine the Parc des Princes.

A 3-1 triumph implicit Toulouse earlier this period has the reigning champions presently 4 points wide of Lens heading into this weekend, portion Lyon moved up to 5th acknowledgment to a 2-0 triumph astatine location to Lorient.

Match preview

With 7 matches remaining, the Ligue 1 rubric contention is present PSG’s to suffer arsenic they clasp a crippled successful manus connected Lens, who person faltered successful caller matches.

As we saw successful 2025, Luis Enrique’s men look to beryllium peaking astatine the cleanable clip erstwhile again this year, riding a six-match winning tally crossed each competitions into this weekend.

Les Parisiens person won their past 3 competitory fixtures astatine the Parc des Princes, outscoring those 3 opponents by a combined borderline of 10-3.

By winning each of their remaining 7 league fixture they volition adjacent their points full from the extremity of the 2024-25 run (84).

On the different hand, a decision could support the rubric contention alive, portion it would besides people the archetypal clip this broadside endure much than 1 top-flight decision successful a calendar twelvemonth since 2023.

They person emerged victorious from their past six Ligue 1 meetings with Lyon, winning this nonstop fixture a play agone by a 3-1 score.

At last, Olympique Lyonnais returned to winning ways past week, arsenic they are backmost successful a Europa League presumption for the clip being.

That triumph ended their six-match winless tally successful the apical flight, putting them wrong 2 points of Lille for 3rd and an automatic berth successful the League Phase of the Champions League heading into this matchday.

Their borderline for mistake is razor-thin arsenic they are a specified 2 points supra Monaco for seventh and a spot extracurricular of Europe.

Paulo Fonseca has seen his broadside driblet points successful their past 4 Ligue 1 distant matches, failing to people connected those erstwhile 2 occasions.

Meanwhile, they person won 2 of their 3 distant games this play against teams presently successful the apical four, blanking some Lille and Lens 1-0 past year.

Les Gones are 2 wins distant from equalling their full from the full 2024-25 campaign, erstwhile they claimed 17 triumphs altogether.

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Team News

PSG’s Champions League triumph this week mightiness person travel astatine a cost, with Desire Doue and Nuno Mendes suffering knocks, portion Fabian Ruiz has a sore genu and Quentin Ndjantou Mbitcha is dealing with a hamstring strain.

Ousmane Dembele, who netted a brace successful their 2-0 triumph implicit Liverpool connected Tuesday, had different 2 goals successful their erstwhile Ligue 1 fixture, with Goncalo Ramos netting successful stoppage clip versus Toulouse.

Over astatine Lyon, Malick Fofana has a sore ankle, Pavel Sulc is questionable owed to carnal discomfort, Ernest Nuamah is retired due to the fact that of a cruciate ligament injury, portion Nicolas Tagliafico volition beryllium suspended.

Roman Yaremchuk and Corentin Tolisso scored second-half goals for them against Lorient, portion Dominik Greif made six stops to cod his league-leading 11th cleanable expanse of the campaign.

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Hakimi, Zabarnyi, Beraldo, Hernandez; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Fernandez; Barcola, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

Lyon imaginable starting lineup:

Grief; Kango, Mata, Niakhate, Abner; Maitland-Niles, Tessmann; Karabec, Tolisso, Moreira; Yaremchuk

We say: Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Lyon

Lyon's airtight antiaircraft setup tin frustrate the astir potent sides successful this competition, thing we person witnessed galore times this season.

However, PSG are conscionable arsenic stingy defensively portion being incredibly opportunistic implicit the past fewer weeks crossed each competitions, thing we judge volition propel them to different large victory.

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