Lens vs Paris St Germain 01.01.2023

It’s a top-of-the-table clash as this season’s surprise packages Lens host champions and this season’s runaway league leaders PSG in Sunday’s late kickoff. Lens have astounded pundits and bookmakers alike with a dream campaign that has them second on the log, albeit a massive 8 points adrift of the leaders. They have impressed with a great balance in their attack and defence that has seen the grind out win after win to get them to where they are. This match represents a tough task for them and will underline their credentials for this season

The champs have cruised through the season with ease as their terrifying front three of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe have hit another gear this season, firing from all cylinders with an incredible return of 45 goals in their 16 league matches thus far. They survived a scare though in their return to league action after the World Cup. They were on the verge of drawing 1-1 with relegation candidates Strasbourg but a Mbappe penalty deep in injury time saved them some blushes as they escaped with all three points on offer.

We expect a close battle here. These are the best teams in the league by a country mile. The hosts have a perfect record at home winning all 8 of their home league games to start the season. PSG meantime remain unbeaten in their 16 matches this season. What will happen when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force? We are backing the opening half of this game to end all square.

Main tip: 1st Half Draw (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Lens vs Paris St Germain

Looking at their last 10 H2H matches:

• PSG has 5 wins, Lens just 1 win and 4 matches were drawn
• The games produced an average of 2.70 goals per match
• They had a 1-1 tie in their last match

Latest results Lens

• Won their last 5 straight matches
• 11 goals scored in their last 5 matches. Average of 2.20 goals per match
• Edged Reims 2-1 away in their last league assignment

Latest results Paris St Germain

• Also won their last 5 straight games
• 14 goals scored in these last 5 matches. Average of 2.80 goals per match
• They beat Strasbourg 2-1 at home in their last match

Ligue 1 Standings and Latest Results

Lens: rank 2nd – 15 matches – 11 wins – 3 draws – 1 loss – 36 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-W-W-W-W

PSG: rank 1st – 16 matches – 14 wins – 2 draws – 0 losses – 44 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-W-W-W-W

Possible squad Lens

Lens: Samba; Gradit, Danso, Medina; Frankowski, Machado, Fofana, Samed; Sotoca, Costa; Said

Out: Maurice (Red Card), Costa (Shoulder injury), Buksa (Ankle injury), Cabot (ACL injury), Faríñez (ACL injury)

Coach: Franck Haise

Possible squad PSG

PSG: Donnarumma; Mukiele, Marquinhos, Ramos, Bernat; Vítinha, Ruiz, Verratti; Messi, Ekitike, Mbappe

Out: Mendes (Thigh injury), Neymar (Red Card), Kimpembe (Achilles Tendon), Sanches (Contusion)

Coach: Christophe Galtier

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on First Half – Draw

10Bet offers competitive odds for the bet “First Half – Draw“
The odd of 2.15 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 47% chance that the opening half of this game will end in a stalemate.

Odds comparison for First Half – Draw

10Bet – odd 2.15
Betboro – odd 2.12

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2) Bet on Under 3.5 Goals

• The last 4 straight meetings have ended with less than 4 goals
• 6 of Lens 8 home games this season have also had less than 4 goals

Odds for this bet

1xBet offers competitive odds for “Under 3.5 Goals“

The odd of 1.45 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 69% chance that this match will have fewer than 4 total goals scored

Odds comparisons for Under 3.5 Goals

1xBet – odd 1.45
Bet365 – odd 1.42

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