Paris SG vs Reims prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2023-01-28 19:45.
An uncharacteristic slip-up has seen PSG lose two of their last three Ligue 1 games (W1), with both defeats coming against sides starting the weekend in the top-five. The visit of bottom-half Reims looks to be an easier test on paper then, and with eight wins from their last nine H2H Ligue 1 home games (L1), PSG will expect to return to winning ways.
The Parisians are hot favourites to do so as they’ve won 27 of their last 31 home league games (D4), but with fresh news of a dressing room rift after Kylian Mbappé was made vice captain, it remains to be seen how a fractious squad comes together. PSG are perhaps wise to keep Mbappé happy, as it’s him and his fellow forwards who have underpinned that solid home run, with PSG scoring in 20 successive Ligue 1 home games.
PSG mustn’t take a contest with Reims for granted however, as they actually boast Ligue 1’s longest current unbeaten run (W4, D7). Despite that, Reims still find themselves languishing in mid-table, largely due to collecting a league high ten draws this term, but with one of those a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture, they have already shown the ability to silence PSG’s star-studded front line.
In fact, Reims have only conceded more than once on one occasion across that unbeaten run, which underpins the solid work Will Still has done in the hot seat. He may have insisted in the lead up to this game that he “couldn’t be any happier than he already is”, but there’s little doubt avoiding a loss to PSG here, and becoming just the eighth manager to avoid defeat in his opening ten Ligue 1 games in the process, would see him travel home an even happier man.
Players to watch: Expect a late showing if Lionel Messi is to get in on the action, with all but one of his home Ligue 1 goals for PSG coming after the break. A happy traveller, Reims’ Marshall Munetsi will hope to overshadow the Argentinian with all three of his league goals this season serving to open the scoring away from home.
Hot stat: PSG have scored exactly once in the first half in seven of their nine home league games this season.