Lille vs Paris Saint-Germain

Stade Pierre-Mauroy is the venue as Lille and Paris Saint-Germain go head-to-head in a blockbuster Ligue 1 duel.

Though this is the clash of Ligue 1’s two most recent champions, Lille’s six-game winless H2H run against PSG (D1, L5), including 7-1 and 5-1 defeats on this ground, suggests this could be a one-way traffic. However, the home faithful will hope for a change of scenery after Les Dogues won all three competitive matches at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy this season, scoring precisely twice on each occasion. Adding to Lille’s hopes of flipping the script, they have suffered just one defeat across their last 15 league outings on home turf (W10, D4). New manager Bruno Genesio has enjoyed a dream return to Ligue 1, overseeing a brace of 2-0 league wins against Reims and Angers. He has also steered Lille to the Champions League proper despite a 2-1 loss at Slavia Prague in the return leg of their qualification playoff tie during the week.

On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain’s title defense without Kylian Mbappe has been off to a memorable start, with Luis Enrique’s side netting ten goals against Le Havre (4-1) and Montpellier (6-0) in the opening two Ligue 1 rounds. The opening-day triumph against the former extended PSG’s formidable unbeaten run in away league action to 25 matches (W20, D5), stretching back to February 2023. If they can add another win to that impressive tally, Les Parisiens would start a new league season with three successive victories for the sixth time in the past ten years. PSG will likely have to pack a punch again to take three points, considering the last six meetings between these two teams have seen both sides on the scoresheet.