Compositions, stakes, history of confrontations, discover the essential information to remember a few hours before the match between LOSC to PSGcounting for the 3rd day of Ligue 1.
Before the break, an expected shock and a good grade hoped for
At the end of a first month of competition with seven copious matches for LOSC, PSG is a tough dessert to swallow. Not the best way to digest in peace, but what does it matter: the Dogues learned on Thursday that they will face Real Madrid, Juventus and Liverpool, and they are now making these high-altitude clashes the best way to learn. And to surprise? With a successful start to the season in Ligue 1 and in Europe – despite the slight hiccup in Prague – LOSC receives the championship’s scarecrow with more certainty than pressure. Both teams have performed flawlessly by showing convincing play. All that remains is to see if the Dogues will resist the Parisian ogre, and if Bruno Genesio will embellish a little more a successful and promising start.
Haraldsson and Santos in question
Hakon Haraldsson could be judged as too offensive a profile as a relay midfielder against a theoretically superior and dominant Parisian team. Either the Icelander could be confirmed, or he could be moved up a notch at the expense of Rémy Cabellaand thus leave his place to Ngal’ayel Mukau or even Angel Gomes, only just back and probably not ready to be a starter in such a match. Same state of affairs for Tiago Santos. Sometimes disappointing this season, the Portuguese starts with a head start to be aligned on the right side, with Thomas Meunier just behind, on the right axis. But the Belgian could also occupy this role of piston, allowing Aïssa Mandi to integrate into the three-man Lille defense
Bruno Genesio ambitious but aware of the level gap
“We can see that this is a team that, even if it started late and hasn’t had many preparation matches, is already ready and above Ligue 1. At the start of the season, I was asked if we could compete with PSG. But this team is in another dimension than many other teams in Ligue 1. Their start to the season shows that. Now, there are only two days played, we can’t learn anything. But we can see that their team play is clean, already well-honed, that everyone is making an effort with and without the ball. This is the coach’s (Luis Enrique) second year, he is imposing his playing principles even more today.”
History: PSG widens the gap
Faced with the Parisian ogre, which has become the scarecrow of Ligue 1 over the last decade, LOSC is trying as best it can to resist this ever more asserted superiority. In this sense, The history of confrontations is rather unfavourable against the capital club, with 32 victories, 26 matches and 43 defeats. for the Dogues, all competitions combined, since 1994. But this gap has increased in recent years.
LOSC has not won against PSG in six matches and the victory in the 2021 Champions Trophy (1-0). Worse, the northern club has recorded five defeats in the last six matches and has conceded 20 goals in the last five matches, an average of four goals conceded per match. Last season, Paulo Fonseca’s men managed to hold Paris at Pierre-Mauroy (1-1) thanks to a late goal from Jonathan David (90+3′). PSG, without Kylian Mbappé, had set the record straight at the Parc des Princes and overturned LOSC (3-1), who had quickly opened the scoring through Yusuf Yazici (6′) before cracking.
The latest confrontations:
L1 – 10/02/24 : Paris SG – Lille : 3-1 (Yazici)
L1 – 17/12/23 : Lille – Paris SG : 1-1 (David)
L1 – 19/02/23 : Paris SG – Lille: 4-3 (Diakité, David, Bamba)
L1 – 21/08/22 : Small – Paris SG : 1-7 (Bamba)
L1 – 06/02/22 : Small – Paris SG : 1-5 (Botman)
The figure: 6
The last six matches between Lille and Paris SG have seen both teams score (8 goals for LOSC, 22 for PSG), the longest run of this type in this fixture with 1978-1981. Paris SG have won each of their last 6 away matches in Ligue 1, but have not won 7 away games in the top flight since January-April 2017 (8).
Photo credits:
LOSC – PSG
3rd day of Ligue 1
Sunday, August 1st, 8:45 p.m.
Pierre-Mauroy Stadium, Villeneuve d’Ascq
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