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

In hunt of their archetypal triumph of the caller Ligue 1 campaign, Paris Saint-Germain volition invited Monaco to the Parc des Princes connected Friday successful the French capital.

After 2 matchdays, Les Parisiens are 11th with 2 points, drafting Lille 2-2, portion Monaco are apical of the array acknowledgment to a 2-0 triumph implicit Marseille.

Match preview

They look acold from their champion aboriginal into this season, but connected 2 occasions PSG person recovered to snatch a constituent successful the second stages of their league encounters.

Last weekend, they became conscionable the 2nd Ligue 1 broadside successful the past 60 seasons to debar decision contempt facing a two-goal shortage heading into stoppage time, with the different being Nice successful 2011 successful a 2-2 gully versus Lyon.

Luis Enrique’s broadside volition effort to extremity a three-match winless tally successful this contention connected Friday, and debar dropping points successful their archetypal 3 league games for the archetypal clip this decade.

The reigning Champions League winners tin summation their location unbeaten tally successful the apical formation to 4 matches dating backmost to past season, having won their past 2 league openers astatine the Parc des Princes.

PSG are unbeaten successful 2026 domestically erstwhile scoring an opening fractional goal, but person yet to bash truthful this season.

They person had the shot often successful 2026-27, starring the league with an mean of 71.1% possession truthful far, but it has taken them beyond the 70th infinitesimal to people successful some of their games.

Filipe Luis volition beryllium each smiles with however things person begun for him astatine the helm successful the Principality arsenic his squad person yet to driblet a point.

His broadside are the lone ones successful Ligue 1 that person a 100% grounds aft 2 matchdays, lone the 2nd clip this has happened successful the past six Ligue 1 seasons, with Grenoble the different successful 2008-09.

A triumph connected Friday would people the archetypal clip this decennary that they volition person triumphed successful their opening 3 league outings, with this squad netting a combined 10 times successful their past 4 matches crossed each competitions.

They are 1 of lone 2 teams successful the French apical formation that person yet to concede successful Ligue 1 this season, and connected matchday 3 they tin adjacent their longest tally of league matches without conceding this twelvemonth (three games).

Monaco person lone gone pointless successful 2 distant matches successful the contention this year, winning successful 4 of those instances.

Les Monegasques are unbeaten successful their past 2 visits to the Parc des Princes versus PSG crossed each competitions, and successful this upcoming game, they could assertion consecutive league victories against them for the archetypal clip since the 2003-04 campaign.

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Team News

PSG left-back Nuno Mendes remains questionable owed to a nagging wounded but cannot play careless arsenic helium is suspended for 1 much game, portion Ousmane Dembele volition anticipation to instrumentality from his wounded aft being rested connected matchday two.

Vitinha and Marquinhos scored successful stoppage clip past weekend, with the Brazilian’s coming successful the 95th minute, the archetypal for some players this season.

At Monaco, Takumi Minamino and Mohammed Salisu are inactive recovering from cruciate ligament tears, portion Ansu Fati has a calf strain.

Paris Brunner had a brace successful their triumph implicit Marseille the past clip out, portion Lukas Hradecky is 1 of 2 Ligue 1 goalkeepers that has not conceded a extremity successful the contention this season, on with Paris FC’s Kevin Trapp.

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Digne; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Fernandez; Doue, Demebele, Kvaratskhelia

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Vanderson, Sane, Dier, Nazinho; Camara, Zakaria; Idumbo, Golovin, Coulibaly; Brunner

We say: Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 Monaco

Things bash not look rather close astatine the infinitesimal for PSG, and we judge Monaco volition origin them plentifulness of problems, with a dynamic onslaught and a caller prima emerging successful Brunner.

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