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

Amid the chaos and convulsive clashes which occured successful France this week, matchday 8 of the Ligue 1 run concludes connected Sunday astatine the Parc des Princes, with Paris Saint-Germain hosting Lyon.

Heading into this contest, these teams are tied with 14 points, with Lyon sitting archetypal connected extremity difference, beating Nice 2-1 past week, portion the reigning champions defeated Strasbourg successful their past league fixture 3-1, moving them up to second.

Match preview

The Paris Saint-Germain we each expected to spot this play person travel backmost successful a large mode implicit the past fewer weeks, and are looking similar a existent menace to clasp some their Ligue 1 and Champions League crowns yet again.

This comes arsenic the metropolis has endured a chaotic play of protests and rioting passim the French capital, starring to curfews being imposed.

Luis Enrique’s men person not fto that go a distraction connected the field, winning 7 successive competitory fixtures and putting them adjacent the apical of the array domestically portion starring the mode successful the Champions League.

What has been astir awesome astir their signifier of precocious is that they person won convincingly against 2 European powerhouses, earning connection 4-2 Champions League victories implicit Manchester City and Barcelona, respectively.

That triumph against Barca this week, though, came astatine a cost, with galore cardinal PSG players injured successful that clash, and for some, the prognosis is not good.

With 14 goals successful 3 Champions League games this play they person netted the joint-highest full for a squad successful that contention implicit that stretch, adjacent with Arsenal's full successful 2010-11.

Since a 2-1 location nonaccomplishment to Monaco successful aboriginal September, PSG person blown distant their opponents astatine the Parc des Princes, winning their past 3 competitory matches successful the French superior by a combined borderline of 13-3.

Their 14 goals domestically are the 2nd astir successful the apical formation aft 7 matchdays, with fractional of those goals coming disconnected acceptable pieces.

A resilient show from Lyon connected matchday 7 lifted them to the apical of the array connected extremity difference.

Paulo Fonseca’s men person claimed 4 points from a losing presumption domestically this season, each connected location soil.

The metropolis of Lyon has besides endured a hard play distant from the field, with student-led protests that person led to rioting, and the metropolis besides imposing curfews this week.

While they are disconnected to an fantabulous commencement domestically, this squad are coming disconnected their archetypal decision successful the Europa League this week, losing 3-0 to Hoffenheim connected Thursday.

OL person conceded a combined six goals successful the League Phase of that competition, which is 1 much than they person allowed aft 7 matchdays successful Ligue 1.

This season, Lyon person not conceded successful 2 of their 3 league fixtures distant from location and connected Sunday tin debar suffering consecutive Ligue 1 defeats arsenic the visitors for the archetypal clip since February-March of past season.

Les Gones tin besides assertion successive distant wins against Les Parisiens connected Sunday for the archetypal clip successful Ligue 1 this century.

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Team News

A torn ACL is expected to extremity the run for PSG’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, portion Ousmane Dembele and Marquinhos are retired for a fewer weeks owed to thigh injuries.

Also unavailable volition beryllium Nuno Mendes, who is recovering from musculus tightness, portion Alessandro Longoni is simply a question people due to the fact that of a knock.

Desire Doue has goals successful his past 3 competitory games arsenic he, Dembele and Illia Zabarnyi netted against Strasbourg, portion Lucas Hernandez, Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz scored versus Barca this week on with Doue..

Lyon could beryllium without Mohamed Ouedraogo and Nicolas Tagliafico, who person genu injuries and were not disposable successful their Europa League clash this week.

Also retired is newcomer Keito Nakamura, who indispensable service a one-match prohibition aft his reddish paper against Nice past week.

Pavel Sulc and Tanner Tessmann scored conscionable a fewer minutes isolated past Sunday, cancelling retired Elye Wahi's opening extremity for Nice.

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Zaire-Emery, Zabarnyi, Beraldo, Digne; Fernandez, Vitinha, Ruiz; Akliouche, Torres, Doue

Lyon imaginable starting lineup:

Descamps; Athekame, Mata, Niakhate, Abner; Morton, Tessmann; Nuamah, Nartey, Tolisso; Sulc

We say: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Lyon

Despite each of their injuries, PSG are a resourceful squad with plentifulness of extent pieces who tin measurement successful and execute astatine a moment’s notice, and we expect that volition propel them to different triumph connected Sunday.

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