PSG vs Lorient

PSG’s unrelenting effort to make Ligue 1 history this season continues at the Parc des Princes against out-of-sorts Lorient.

PSG’s absence from the French Cup final for the second consecutive season is undoubtedly disappointing. However, the opportunity to secure a record 11th French title provides a welcome consolation. The real test for the Parisians lies in not becoming complacent about their eight-point lead at the top of the table ahead of the upcoming round. Coach Christophe Galtier expressed concern about his players’ complacency, despite their 2-1 victory over bottom-placed Angers last weekend. That success marked PSG’s third consecutive league triumph, suggesting Kylian Mbappe & Co are on the verge of achieving greatness this term. Loreint’s visit will bolster that bid, with ‘Les Parisiens’ clocking an impressive six-match winning league streak against them, bookended by a hard-fought 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture.

Meanwhile, visiting Lorient slumped to an underwhelming 1-0 home loss to Clermont last weekend, extending their dreadful winless league streak to five games (D2, L3). The record gets worse on the road, as they’ve failed to win any of their seven previous away league matches (D2, L5) since a 2-1 triumph at dead-last Angers at the turn of the calendar year. That remains the visitors’ only success across their last ten Ligue 1 travels (D4, L50, further undermining their bid to pull off an upset at the Parc des Princes. Scoring remains another significant issue, with Lorient netting under 1.5 goals in their last five league games on the road. As you’d expect, that’s also been the case on their six most recent top-flight visits to Paris (L6).