PSG – Valenciennes

PSG takes on Valenciennes at Parc Des Princes in the 25th round of the French football league. The bookies are clearly backing PSG to win this, pricing them just under 1.20, and they might just be right.

PSG will be hungry for a win today after last round Monaco held them to a 1-1 draw, keeping the championship alive thanks to a late Thiago Silva own goal. The hosts are in pretty good form winning 2 of the last three and drawing with Monaco, but indeed they semeed to be a little less dangerous than earlier in the season. PSG has an important game against Leverkusen on Tuesday in the UCL but there should be enough time to recover and Blanc will not use any rotation to the squad. PSG will be without Camara, Cavani and Jallet for the Valenciennes game. Ibrahimovic will start and will lead the line in attack.

PSG lineup: Sirigu – Wiel, Alex, Silva, Maxwell – Veratti, Motta, Matuidi – Moura, Ibrahimovic, Pastore

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Valenciennes on 18th place and 2 points away from safety will fight their hearts out in this game for sure. They can be encouraged by the solid win they got against Nice (2-1) in the last matchday, but their overall form is poor, losing 2 out of the last 3 and falling 3-0 to St Etienne in their last away match, despite being a team that usually loses by slim margins. Valenciennes missing Nguette, Traore, Le Tallec and Rose for this match.

Valenciennes lineup: Penneteau – Mater, Medjani, Kagelmacher, Ciss – Yamissi, Doumbia – Ducourtioux, Melikson, Masuaku – Waris

Valenciennes is not in the best form and PSG will be motivated after the Monaco draw and will also want to put on a good showing prior to the Leverkusen game in order to gain momentum and confidence. The price on the hosts is a little short, even for a handicap win, but after a couple of close games this seems like the right time for a traditional big home win against a rather poor opponent. PSG is 9-3-0 at home with 35-5 goal difference, Valenciennes is 2-2-8 on the road with 11-23 goal difference. For sure the hosts will also not take the opponent lightly, considering that Valenciennes shocked Monaco 2-1 on the road last year and also gave PSG a fight earlier this season (1-0 for Paris). All in all I expect PSG to win comfortably and I can also see them keeping a clean sheet in this one. My tip is -2 asian handicap on the hosts. I`ll even go for a correct score prediction here: PSG – Valenciennes 4-0.

Pick: over 3,5 goals
Odds: 2.15 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 9.20
Event date: 14 February

Later edit (Rostick): read the comments. The tip was PSG -2 asian handicap @ 1.99 with 8 units.