Lyon vs PSG

An evergreen Ligue 1 contest between Lyon and PSG takes place at the Groupama Stadium on the wake of September’s international break.

Enemies are lining up against new Lyon owner John Textor after the American businessman’s poorly conducted transfer window led to the club’s dreadful start to the 2023/24 season. Following a brace of defeats ‘to one’ against Strasbourg and Montpellier on the opening two matchdays, ‘Les Gones’ made just one shot on target in a tepid 0-0 draw at Nice last time out, casting further doubt on their bid to end a three-year absence from European competitions. Faced with their joint-worst three-game Ligue 1 start since 1992/93, Lyon could be staring down the barrel of a four-match winless streak at the beginning of a new top-flight season for the first time since 2000/01. Adding to this sentiment, Laurent Blanc’s men have lost four of their last five home H2Hs (D1).

In the meantime, Randal Kolo Muani’s blockbuster deadline-day arrival from Eintracht Frankfurt will increase PSG’s firepower ahead of this trip. After a pair of underwhelming draws against Lorient and Toulouse at the start of their Ligue 1 title defense, the record 11-time champions trounced Lens 3-1 at home last time out, inspired by Kylian Mbappe’s brace. Luis Enrique’s new-look frontline, featuring Ousmane Dembele and Marco Asensio in addition to Mbappe and Kolo Muani, bears plenty of promise as ‘Les Parisiens’ bid to extend an eight-game unbeaten league run on the road (W6, D2). Each win in that sequence saw PSG score multiple goals, but with four of their last five Ligue 1 away wins in the month of September coming ‘to nil,’ one goal could make the difference here.