Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
PSG
Match Time & Date:
15/09/2023
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
Nice
All eyes will be on Parc des Princes when PSG and Nice square off against each other in a highly-anticipated Ligue 1 game. Les Parisiensare eager to overtake Monaco in top position and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at les Aiglons. Both Neymar and Leo Messi left the club earlier this summer and, as a result, a man to watch in the home team will be Kylian Mbappe. Keep in mind, though, that all Marco Asensio, Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico, Nuno Mendes, and Presnel Kimpembe are sidelined with injuries.
Nice, on the other hand, have not defeated PSG in “The City of Lights” since November 2009 and given their difficulties on the travels, home win should be considered. The likes of Khephren Thuram, Claude Maurice, and Antoine Mendy miss out with injuries for the visiting side. In their last encounter in Paris PSG defeated Nice 2-1.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a forward. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy and in 2013 he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe made his debut for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017 he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in the 2017/2018 and it has to be noted that Unai Emery’s troops eventually won the national championship.
Speaking of his international career, Mbappe played an important role for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, with the pacey rising star scoring a brace in a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament. The PSG attacker was born in Paris on December 20, 1998.
Highlighted Team (Nice):
OGC Nice are a football club that participate in French Ligue 1. Les Aiglons welcome their opponents at Allianz Riviera and the club was founded on 9 July, 1904 by Marquis Massengy d’ Auzac.
OGC Nice won their first Ligue 1 trophy back in 1951 and eight years later they clinched their fourth and last domestic title. Speaking of the French Cup, les Aiglons won their third Coupe de France title in 1997. Allianz Riviera has been the home ground of the club since September, 2013 and it has to be noted that the construction of the venue cost €250 million. OGC Nice play their home games in red and black shirts and black shorts, while the colour of their away kits is white.
The Ligue 1 team booked their place in the Europa League group stages for the 2016/2017 season for the first time in the club’s history and they were drawn alongside Schalke 04, Salzburg and Krasnodar in Group I. However, they were beaten by Schalke in their Europa League opener in front of home fans.
