Both Paris Saint-Germain and OGC Nice will battle for a place in the quarter finals of the Coupe de France at Parc des Princes on Monday night with kickoff at 23:15.
Paris Saint-Germain have been dominant in Ligue 1 this season with the club suffering just one defeat from their 22 league matches while picking up 16 wins and five draws in the process and they currently sit at the summit of the league with 11 points in the clear.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side head into the match in a good form having lost none of their last 11 matches across all competitions claiming seven wins and four draws in the run and are coming off back-to-back wins in Ligue 1 against Brest and Reims, scoring six goals while conceding none.
They take a break from the league action this Monday as they prepare for a Coupe de France tie. PSG began their Cup campaign in the third round where they saw out Entente Feignies with a 3-0 win at away, before knocking out Vannes in the las round with a 4-0 win. They now take on a Ligue 1 outfit, Nice, in the last-16 and PSG will fancy their chances of progressing as they have not lost to the opponents in their last eight encouters.
Meanwhile Nice have also made a strong and impressive Ligue 1 campaign with the club recording 13 wins, four draws and five defeats from their 22 matches to collect 42 points, which have left them sitting in the second place with two points above the third-placed Marseille.
Les Aiglons also head into the match in high spirits as they have in all their last six matches across all competitions scoring 12 goals while conceding just three in the process. The run has seen rise in the ranks in the league to where they currently sit.
Also it saw them win their third round Coupe de France match against Choletais (0-1) and they will be looking to keep the ball rolling as they aim at causing an upset here. Although they visit Parc des Princes a place they haven’t won in their last 11 visits.
PSG vs Nice head to head
Both sides have met in 46 encounters since 1994 with PSG winning 24 occasions while Nice have claimed 12 victories and there have been 10 draws.
- PSG 0-0 Nice 01/12/21
- PSG 2-1 Nice 13/02/21
- Nice 0-3 PSG 20/09/20
- Nice 1-4 PSG 18/10/19
- PSG 1-1 Nice 04/05/19
Home
- PSG 4-0 Reims
- PSG 2-0 Brest
- Lyon 1-1 PSG
- Vannes 0-4 PSG
- Lorient 1-1 PSG
Away
- Metz 0-2 Nice
- Nice 2-1 Nantes
- Brest 0-3 Nice
- Nice 2-1 Lens
- Choletais 0-1 Nice
PSG team news
PSG will be without Georginio Wijnaldum and Neymar due to injuries, while Danilo Pereira and Layvin Kurzawa have been ruled out after both testing positive for Covid-19 and Abdou Diallo, Archraf Hakimi and Idrissa Gueye are on international duties at the ongoing AFCON.
Nice team news
With Youcef Atal and Mario Lemina back from international duty, Nice head into the game with a full strength squad.
Prediction and odds
- PSG win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
