Paris Saint Germain and Lens are going to face off on Saturday the 23rd of April at 9:00 pm in the 34th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Paris at the Parc des Princes. The encounter will be officiated by Amaury Delerue.
Paris Saint Germain occupies the 1st place in the league with 77 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 24 times, draw 5 times, and lost 4 times.
Paris Saint Germain won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 20th of March against Monaco and the score was 3-0.
Lens occupies the 7th position in the league with 53 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 15 times, draw 8 times, and lost 10 times.
Lens won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 3rd of April against Strasbourg and the score was 1-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Paris Saint Germain
Paris Saint Germain has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (23 times or 69.70%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (23 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-2-2-2 (once).
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is expected to play against Lens with the following players: K. Navas Gamboa, M. Aoás Corrêa, S. Ramos García, T. Kehrer, J. Bernat Velasco, A. Hakimi Mouh, D. Hélio Pereira, G. Wijnaldum, E. Dina Ebimbe, Á. Di María Hernández and K. Mbappé Lottin.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Paris Saint Germain would be 29.27.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero will probably not be able to employ P. Kimpembe, A. Herrera Agüera, M. Verratti and L. Messi because of injury.
A. Diallo, J. Draxler, L. Paredes and M. Icardi Rivero will definitely miss the match.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero will not be able to have the presence of E. Michut who is suspended.
Lens
Lens has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 54.55%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (18 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-1-4-2 (2 times), 3-5-1-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Paris Saint Germain with the following players: W. Fariñez Aray, C. Wooh, K. Danso, J. Gradit, D. Machado Mena, C. Doucoure, S. Fofana, J. Clauss, D. Pereira da Costa, A. Muinga and F. Sotoca.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Lens would be 25.45.
Franck Haise will probably not be able to employ G. Kakuta because of injury.
F. Medina will definitely miss the match.