Our prediction for this match:
Arsenal
Match Time & Date:
28/07/2018
07:30 AM
Prediction: 3-1
Paris SG
Arsenal and PSG face each other at the National Stadium in Singapore at the 2018 International Champions Cup. The Gunners continue life without Arsene Wenger and it remains to be seen if new coach Unai Emery is going to help the capital club return to top 4 in the Premier League. The club chiefs have yet to sign a superstar in the summer transfer window, but Unai Emery has a number of high-profile footballers to choose from. Les Parisiens, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a 3-1 loss to Bayern Munchen in their ICC opener, but seeing that coach Thomas Tuchel doesn’t count on star players for the pre-season tournament, we do not believe that there is a big value in betting on the French champions. Gianluigi Buffon is likely to start for PSG, but he is unlikely to prevent Arsenal footballers from scoring in Saturday’s football match.
Highlighted Player (Alexandre Lacazette):
Alexandre Lacazette is a hometown boy of Lyon, a powerful striker who went through the youth ranks of the French side to become one of the most important players for Les Gones. The 25-year-old forward was also a member of all France national team selections becoming a European champion at the age of 19 by scoring the winner in the final against Spain.
This goal gave him a reputation of a big game player, one he went on to uphold on various occasions at his club. Lacazette is a hard working forward an accomplished finisher of the ball able to score from different positions. The most prolific striker in his side and among the top ones in the Ligue 1, Alexandre Lacazette scored more than 20 league goals last two seasons on a trot.
Constantly linked with a move away from Lyon, Alexandre Lacazette refuses to speak about anything other than his football and is leaving all the talk to the football pitch.
Highlighted Team (Paris SG):
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.
