Paris Saint-Germain vs Juventus Match Analysis and Prediction

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Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus face off in the Champions League group stage at Parc des Princes on Tuesday, with both teams looking to extend their unbeatn streaks.

The Champions League continues to elude PSG, with their 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in the final in 2022 the closest they have come to lifting Europe’s elite competition for the first time.

Last season, they were eliminated by Real Madrid at the last-16 stage despite holding a 2-0 aggregate lead with only half an hour remaining at the Bernabeu Stadium, but Karim Benzema’s quick-fire hat-trick turned the tie around in yet another collapse at the highest level from PSG.

Christophe Galtier has succeeded Mauricio Pochettino in the dugout this summer, and the former Lille manager seems to have made PSG a more balanced unit already having switched to a 3-5-2 formation during the early weeks of his tenure. Five wins and one draw has seen them move top of Ligue 1, ahead of Marseille on goal difference.

Meanwhile, Juventus have won the European Cup on two occasions in their history, although they are considered the eternal bridesmaids having lost in seven other finals.

Since losing in the final to Barcelona and Real Madrid in 2015 and 2017 respectively, Juve have not progressed beyond the quarter-finals of the Champions League, disappointingly losing to Lyon, Benfica and Villarreal at the last-16 stage in each of the last three seasons.

While expectations are lower at Juventus in recent days, with the two Milan sides seemingly improving beyond them, Massililiano Allegri will hope to at least go a step further than that this time around.

Juventus remain unbeaten in Serie A after five matches so far, but having only conceded two goals across those games, there is clearly a solid platform for the Turin-based side to build from.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Juventus head to head

The two teams have previously met on just one occasion in the International Champions Cup back in 2017, where Juventus claimed a 3-2 away victory. They now meet for the first time in the Champions League group stage.

Paris Saint-Germain latest home form

PSG have recently been on a good run of form at home, and have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They played out a 1-1 draw with Monaco in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 19 goals and conceded just five.

PSG 3-0 Urawa Reds 23/07/22

PSG 6-2 Gamba Osaka 25/07/22

PSG 4-0 Nantes 31/07/22

PSG 5-2 Montpellier 13/08/22

PSG 1-1 Monaco 28/08/22

Paris Saint-Germain latest away form

PSG have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their eight most recent matches. They managed to defeat Nantes 3-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 22 goals and conceded just one.

Montpellier 0-4 PSG 14/05/22

Clermont 0-5 PSG 06/08/22

Lille 1-7 PSG 21/08/22

Toulouse 0-3 PSG 31/08/22

Nantes 0-3 PSG 03/09/22

Juventus latest home form

Juventus have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their six most recent matches. They managed to defeat Spezia 2-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded five.

Juventus 2-0 Guadalajara 23/07/22

Juventus 0-4 Atletic Madrid 07/08/22

Juventus 3-0 Sassuolo 15/08/22

Juventus 1-1 Roma 27/08/22

Juventus 2-0 Spezia 31/08/22

Juventus latest away form

Juventus have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having been winless in their six most recent matches. They played out a 1-1 draw with Fiorentina in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded seven.

Fiorentina 2-0 Juventus 21/05/22

Barcelona 2-2 Juventus 27/07/22

Real Madrid 2-0 Juventus 31/07/22

Sampdoria 0-0 Juventus 22/08/22

Fiorentina 1-1 Juventus 03/09/22

Paris Saint-Germain news

PSG have almost a fully-fit squad to choose from, with only Julian Draxler and Timothee Pembele unavailable due to knee injuries.

Renato Sanches, Nuno Mendes, Neymar and Sergio Ramos all came off the bench during the weekend against Nantes, and Allegri could hope to bring them back into the starting XI.

Juventus news

Juventus are most likely to travel without Marley Ake, Paul Pogba, Kaio Jorge, Federico Chiesa, Wojciech Szczesny and Adrien Rabiot due to injury issues.

Mattia Perin will continue to deputise for Szczesny in between the sticks, while Leonardo Bonucci could return to the side in order to provide experience at centre-back.

Prediction and Odds

With PSG having a fully-fit squad to select from, we expect them to have too much quality for Juventus, who are missing several key players with injuries.

The hosts look capable of going far in this season’s Champions League, while the visitors may struggle to go beyond the last-16 stage once again.

Odds: 1 2.10 X 2.03 2 2.24