PSG vs Arsenal Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

PSG haven’t enjoyed the start to the new season as much as they would have hoped. They got underway in typically dominant fashion as they thrashed Lyon in the French Super Cup and then beat Bastia and Metz in Ligue 1.

However, they suffered an early defeat in Ligue 1 as Monaco stunned them with a 3-1 victory before the international break. Considering their first league defeat last season was in February, this is a very early game for them to lose. They followed this up after the international break with a very poor 1-1 draw at home to Saint-Etienne.

This marks the first time that PSG have failed to win two matches in a row since March 2015, and the first time they’ve failed to win two Ligue 1 matches in a row since September 2014. It seems they are really struggling to adapt to life without Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Laurent Blanc, and if they were to fail to win on Tuesday it would be their worst run of results in two years.

Arsenal’s season has panned out the reverse way to PSG’s. They opened the campaign with a thrilling 4-3 defeat at home to Liverpool, which will be a relief considering they were 4-1 down at one point. They followed this with a drab goalless draw at Premier League champions Leicester, but then their season got kick-started.

They beat Watford comfortably and deservedly in a 3-1 scoreline at Vicarage Road, and on Saturday an injury time penalty from Santi Cazorla sealed the three points at home to Southampton.

This is without a doubt the toughest Champions League group match for Arsenal though. A defeat wouldn’t be the end of the world, but a result at the Parc des Princes would set them up nicely to be favourites for the top spot in the group.

PSG’s defence hasn’t looked at it’s best recently, and it’s not surprising considering they lost David Luiz on transfer deadline day and Thiago Silva is out injured. Arsenal have scored in 17 of their last 19 competitive matches as well, so they will feel that they have a real chance of getting on the score-sheet on Tuesday. Six of their last eight away days in the Champions League have seen them concede at least one goal though, and with PSG’s attacking threat, I can’t see the visitors getting a clean sheet either.

This makes odds of 3/4 for Both Teams to Score look a good value bet considering both teams’ start to the season. Arsenal aren’t particularly good at getting results against the top teams in the Champions League though, so I’m going for a 2-1 win for PSG for my correct score prediction.