Our prediction for this Champions League match:
PSG
Match Time & Date:
22/10/2024
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
PSV
All eyes will be on Parc des Princes when PSG and PSV go head to head in an eagerly-awaited Champions League game. Les Parisiens aim to recover from a 2-0 loss to Arsenal and they are likely to go all guns blazing at the Dutch champions. All Lucas Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, and Goncalo Ramos remain on the sidelines, while Spain midfielder Fabian Ruiz is widely expected to return to the starting XI.
PSV, on the other hand, did well to beat AZ Alkmaar in the national championship at the weekend. As Peter Bosz’s troops are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, we are tempted to put our money on over 2.5 goals. Anyhow, PSG are closer to winning Tuesday’s fixture as Luis Enrique’s men are a real force to be reckoned with at home. Defender Matteo Dams is back from the domestic ban, while the likes of Dest, Fofana, Lozano, Schouten, and Veerman remain in the recovery room for the away team.
Highlighted Player (Luuk de Jong):
The 26-year-old Dutch striker Luuk de Jong is considered one of Europe’s deadliest strikers with his incredible return of goals in games he spends playing. Luuk de Jong began his football career at De Graafschap in 2008, but moved on to Twente only a year later.
The tally of 39 goals in 76 league appearances earned him a transfer to Borussia Monchengladbach, but his spell in Germany ended in disappointment. Bundesliga club attempted to revive his career by sending him out on loan to Newcastle United but his stint with the English club yielded even more disappointment and concluded in utter disaster with De Jong playing 12 games without scoring a single goal for the Magpies.
A return to Netherlands and PSV Eindhoven turned out to be a proper hit for the 26-year-old striker who has restored his scoring touch with more than 50 goals for the Boeren after less than 90 games.
Highlighted Team (PSG):
Formed by the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain in 1970, Paris Saint-Germain or as they call it PSG is the most successful club in French football with 31 domestic titles to their name. Having won six Ligue 1 title so far, a record ten Coupes de France, a record six Coupes de la Ligue, six Trophees des Champions and one Ligue 2 title, PSG are also one of only two French clubs to ever win a European title.
Les Parisiens were crowned UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup champions back in 1995-96, while their last European trophy was the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Beginning of the new millennium was particularly hard for the celebrated club who flirted with relegation in 2000s before they were bought by the Quatar Sports Investments group in 2011 when the rebirth of the Paris Saint-Germain as we know it today began.
Following heavy squad investments and team boosting, PSG won their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years with Swedish legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic almost singlehandedly leading his side towards the trophy with 30 goals. Having established domestic dominance, PSG now set their sights on winning the Champions League which remains an elusive dream for the club from Paris.
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