Nice vs Paris SG prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2023-04-07 19:00.
Unless Nice can produce a remarkable turnaround in Ligue 1’s final nine games, then they look set to miss out on the European spots. Their push for a top-five finish has been slowed by four successive draws, all of which saw the designated away side peculiarly score first, but the Eaglets are currently in the midst of a 14-match unbeaten run in all competitions (W8, D6), the second-longest in the club’s history, inching them ever closer to the club record of 16 games set back in 1984!
They are subsequently unbeaten in home league action since September and won this fixture against league leaders PSG last season, meaning they may have some belief they can open up the title race, for other teams at least. Nice fans will still be wary of facing the champions, as that 1-0 win last season is one of just three victories over PSG across the last 24 Ligue 1 H2Hs (D5, L16)!
Despite holding a healthy six-point lead atop Ligue 1 ahead of the round, misfiring PSG won’t be travelling in buoyant fashion having slumped to back-to-back league defeats. Alongside their UEFA Champions League elimination and a humiliating last-16 Coupe de France exit, the Parisians can’t afford to let the Ligue 1 title slip too, but having lost three of their last five on the road (W2), another slip-up isn’t out of the question.
When Christophe Galtier left Nice for the French capital, he’d likely never have imagined he’d be returning to his former employers battling for a result to save his job. It probably wouldn’t be Galtier’s premier pick for an away game to secure a job-saving result either, as he hasn’t overseen a victory in a personal away H2H since November 2013 (D3, L4), which casts doubt on whether PSG can avoid a third-straight Ligue 1 defeat for the first time since 2010!
Key battle: Gaëtan Laborde scored Nice’s sole goal in the reverse H2H and seven of his last eight strikes have served as team openers. Marshalling him, Marquinhos is set to make an impressive 400th appearance in all competitions for PSG and he has interestingly scored a header in two of his last five away appearances against Nice.
Hot stat: Nice have kept a second half clean sheet in six of their last seven league matches.