On Saturday, starting at 16:00, the PSG – Strasbourg match will be played in the 26th round of Ligue 1.

The hosts failed to impress in the Santiago Bernabeu match and although they opened the score early, they were defeated by 3-1 European en-titre champion Real Madrid. Neymar has not been remarkable in this game, apart from the yellow card from the 15th minute. At the Parizian goal, the Brazilian seems to have stepped on the heel but after many reps we concluded that it seems as likely that the ball was rejected by the defensive defender that marks the world’s most expensive soccer player. After this game I was able to see a series of tactical mistakes of the technical bank, including the introduction of Meunier, who eventually did nothing. At such a level, not even the smallest mistake is allowed, but Aholou and Terrier in Strasbourg are not Ronaldo and Marcelo. The good news is not “crowded” at the gate of the Parisians, because Thiago Motta has overcome the injury that kept him away from the field for so long but his physical form probably will not allow him to play for at least another week. Besides him, Kurzawa is uncertain and Veratti is suspended because of the cumulus of yellow. Attention, some sources argue that Mbappe would also be suspended, which is completely false. Even if we do not think we will see him in action, he is not suspended for this game and is not excluded from being part of the same band with which the Parisians attacked Madrid. However, we think that Silva, Diarra and Angel Di Maria will be titled by Unai Emery, although the change of the first 11 could bring even more criticism.

On the other hand, Strasbourg is the first team to beat the “new PSG” in the tournament by imposing 2-1, perfectly anticipated by our editors. Since then, many have changed, managing to climb up to 13th and reach the Coupe de France quarter. However, we do not see how a team might be considered stronger than Angers, for example, not bigger teams, to issue any claim on the ground of a PSG with the wounded pride. If in the Coupe of Ligue they managed to score twice and to win 4 from the PSG, they could now “hit” much worse. After Real’s match, all of the “millionaires” in Paris were in the meeting, headed by Neymar and Unai Emery, so Strasbourg is likely to be the victim they will sneak up on. We are pretty sure PSG will mark at least 4, but it’s hard to tell where they will stop. In addition to striker Benjamin Cognet, there will be no major missing from Strasbourg, but they will have no problems with the attack. We do not exclude a possible goal for Strasbourg at 2.25 but Parisians may have started to work and the defensive phase.

Probable teams:

PSG: Areola – Meunier, Marquinhos, Silva, Yuri – Pastore, Diarra, Draxler – Cavani, Neymar, Di Maria.

Strasbourg: Oukidja-Lala, Kone, Martinez, Foulquier- Goncalvez, Aholou, Lienard- Martin- Terrier, Balayac.

PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1.70