Reims vs. Paris Saint-Germain: Match Preview, Odds & Predictions

For Saturday's Ligue 1 matchup in round five, Reims will host Paris Saint-Germain at Stade Auguste Delaune. The hosts are looking to pull off an upset.

Even though the Parisians have a perfect record thus far in the 2024–25 season, their last few meetings with their opponent this weekend have not been quite successful.

Previous Matches and Head-to-head

Even though Reims got off to a slow start in the current Ligue 1 season, Luka Elsner's squad has accumulated seven points in three games, putting them in sixth place thus far.

He had a decent-to-good start with the Red and Whites after joining the club in the summer from Le Havre, where he had a successful run that avoided instant relegation. Le Havre had been out of the first league for 14 years.

Round two began with a 2-0 home loss, but since then, they've drawn Roberto De Zerbi's Marseille in an exciting match and won twice by 2-1 scores, defeating Rennes and Nantes.

Reims' goal-scoring threat has been crucial to their recent run, as seen by two goals in each of their previous three matches. However, they still haven't kept a clean sheet as we enter gameweek five.

Elsner's squad has conceded the first goal in each of its four Ligue 1 matches this season, which might be a problem if it wants to avoid losing to PSG for the fourth time in five meetings.

Although Luis Enrique defeated this weekend's opponents in 2023–24, the reigning champions have lost three of the past four games with Reims under the Spaniard's tutelage.

This current streak, which includes a win in their last four matches against Reims, comes after five straight victories for PSG against Les rouges et blancs, during which the capital club scored 15 goals in all competitions without allowing a single goal.

Les Parisiens have lost three times since then—twice at home and once at Reims—but their lone victory in that time came on Saturday, a 3-0 win sparked by Kylian Mbappe.

Now that the Frenchman is a Real Madrid player, Enrique's squad has to find other game-changers to defeat Ligue 1 opponents and reach their Champions League goals. 

After four games, PSG has a perfect record: 0–3 in goals allowed and 16–0 in total offense. Next week, they will face the team in sixth place in the league.

The French team, led by Nuno Mendes, has been in perfect form so far this season, and they want to continue that trend in Wednesday's Champions League match against Girona.

Reims x Paris Saint-Germain Team News

This season, Reims has had at least six different goal scorers: Sergio Akieme, Yaya Fofana, Junya Ito, Oumar Diakite, Marshall Munetsi, and Keito Nakamura.

Gabriel Moscardo (groin), Akieme (jaw), Abdoul Kone (hamstring), and Mohammed Daramy (knee) are four players who the hosts may be missing due to injury.

The Spanish midfielder might miss this weekend's encounter against Girona after being substituted off in the first half with a hamstring injury. He joins Presnel Kimpembe (ankle), Lucas Hernandez (knee), and Goncalo Ramos (ankle), who have all been sidelined due to injuries sustained by the French giants.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, who hurt his thigh last weekend when playing for Brest, did not practice on Wednesday and is questionable to play on Saturday.

Despite their lack of success in Europe, Ousmane Dembele (three goals) and Bradley Barcola (four goals) could start wide from the outset, on each side of Randal Kolo Muani in the attacking third.

Our Predictions

PSG to win @ 1.46 on Sky247.ng

Despite dominating possession and creating many scoring opportunities, PSG's win against Girona on Wednesday came down to a Paulo Gazzaniga error.

We expect Paris to reawaken its shooting touch and cruise to a resounding victory against Reims, securing a perfect record of five points in Ligue 1 and six points overall.

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