Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
PSG
Match Time & Date:
26/02/2022
21:00
Prediction: 3-1
St Etienne
PSG and St Etienne go head to head in a David-vs-Goliath clash at Parc des Princes. Les Parisiens aim to make amends for a shocking 3-1 loss to Nantes, and they are likely to take Saturday’s clash seriously. Both Di Maria and Hakimi should be recalled to the starting XI, Marco Verratti serves a one-game ban. Both Leonardo Paredes and Sergio Ramos are injured for the hosts. As always, Leo Messi will be the man to keep an eye on in the home team.
Les Verts, on the other hand, have been in a fine form of late. Following three consecutive wins, St Etienne shared the spoils with Strasbourg at the weekend, but they will have a mountain to climb at Parc des Princes. Since PSG are determined to bounce back from the loss to les Canaries, anything but a routine home win would be a major surprise. All Trauco, Moukoudi, and Neyou are back after the trio was given a rest following international duty.
Highlighted Player (Lionel Messi):
Lionel Messi is regarded as one of the best players in the history of football. He was born on 24 June, 1987 in Rosario and he began his football career at Newell’s Old Boys. At age 10 he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency, but having realized his potential at a young age, Barcelona decided to pay for his treatment.
Messi joined Barca in 2001 and he has been playing for the Camp Nou outfit ever since. The Argentine magician has won eight La Liga trophies with Barca and he helped the Catalan giants lift no less than four Champions League titles (2005/2006, 2008/2009, 2010/2011, 2014/2015).
In the 2011/2012 La Liga campaign Messi scored 50 goals for Barca, while netting 14 goals in the 2011/2012 Champions League campaign. The five-time Golden Ball award winner has established himself as Barcelona’s all-time top scorer, but he has yet to win a trophy with Argentina national team at major tournaments. Leo Messi, though, has won Olympic Gold Medal (2008) and FIFA World Youth Championship (2005), with la Albiceleste.
Highlighted Team (St Etienne):
Saint Etienne are a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Verts were founded in 1919 by employees of a grocery store chain based in Saint Etienne. Saint Etienne wear green shirts and white shorts when playing at home ground and they play their home matches at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
The stadium was opener on 13 September, 1931 and following the renovation the capacity of the venue increased to 42 000. In 1981 les Verts won their tenth Ligue 1 trophy, but they have been in the shadow of Ligue 1 giants Lyon and PSG in the 21st century.
Speaking of the club’s European success, Saint Etienne made it to the European Cup (Champions League) final in 1976, but Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Anyhow, that is regarded as the club’s biggest success. It has to be noted that the likes of Michel Platini, Jacques Santini, Laurent Blanc and Aime Jacquet all played for Saint Etienne in the past.
