Angers – PSG

The surprising package of Angers will take on mighty PSG in the first match of the French League One 16th round.

Angers (3rd place) had a brilliant start to the season, suffered a setback at the start of November but recovered well in the last two rounds with a 0-0 draw in Caen, followed with a 2-0 home win against Lille over the weekend. It has been a fantastic campaign so far for Angers and the main reason was by far the excellent defensive play of this team – despite scoring only 14 times in 15 matches, Angers got its results due to allowing just 9 goals. They have 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss at home, posting a goal difference of just 5-3 in 8 games.

PSG has basically won the title already, dominating Ligue 1 with a 13 point advantage over the second place after an incredible run of 12 wins and 2 draws in the last 14 matches. PSG is on the back of a confident 4-1 home win over Troyes this weekend and they also qualified for the next stage of the Champions League last week, so all is nice and rosy for the Paris giants.

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Team news & lineups:

Dore and Eudeline are out for Angers, while Thomas and Auriac are questionable. PSG will have to do without Pastore and Verratti, but might also miss Lavezzi and Aurier. Additionally, a couple of guys like Thiago Silva or Rabiot could be rested.

Angers: Butelle – Manceau, Traore, Thomas, Andreu – NDoye, Saiss, Mangani – Sunu, Camara – Ketkeophomphone

Paris SG: Trapp – Van Der Wiel, Luiz, Marquinhos, Maxwell – Stambouli, Motta, Matuidi – Di Maria, Ibrahimovic, Cavani

Listen, there is no debate about the fact that PSG has a ton more quality than Angers and looking at the form of the visitors, it’s difficult to go against them regardless of opposition and especially when they meet an opponent like Angers.

However, I don’t expect this to be as easy as some believe. If PSG fails to win here it really would not be any problem for them, they also had to travel to Angers after playing a week ago in Sweden and just three days ago in Ligue 1, so low motivation and slight fatigue could work against the Champions. Angers seems like the perfect team to take advantage of that. Hard working and with lots of stamina, they defend very well, will park the bus and make it very difficult for PSG to find open spaces – not to mention that it will be the match of the season for the home side.

The premises for an upset exist, look for the hosts to be really fired up and prepared for this game, avoid getting caught open and trying to create danger via set pieces and counters. I believe Angers can even snatch a draw here, but if they lose, the probability is they will lose by just one goal. My tip is Angers to cover the 1,5 handicap. Prediction: Angers – PSG 0-1.

Pick: Angers +1,5
Odds: 1.92 @ 1xBet
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 6.44
Event date: 1 December