Orleans vs PSG Prediction & Match Preview

• PSG are eight points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 standings after a 2-0 win at Lens last weekend.
• Orleans are just one point above the danger area after 16 rounds of the competition in National 1 division.
• Six of the last seven matches Orleans played saw at least three goals scored.

PSG made a big step towards securing another Ligue 1 title last weekend. They took advantage of Nice’s defeat at Rennes to increase the gap at the top of the standings to eight points after the 2-0 win at Lens. It was an open game packed with chances on both ends but Lens missed theirs (including Frankowski’s 6th-minute penalty) as Les Parisiens cruised to the fourth straight win.

Luis Enrique’s men now travel to Stade de la Source to battle third-division outfit Orleans in the last 32 round of Coupe de France on Saturday evening. They destroyed half-amateur side Revel in the previous round, beating them 9-0 on the road two weeks ago.

Orleans occupy the 12th position in the National 1 standings, sitting just one point above GOAL in the red zone. They fell 1-2 away at Red Star last weekend and now have two wins and losses each in the previous four league rounds.

Orleans play attacking-minded football and they tend to leave plenty of space behind even against third-tier rivals. PSG have the deadliest attacking line in the country and bountiful players capable of exploiting rivalling defensive holes.

Recent Meetings

• This will only be the third head-to-head meeting between Orleans and PSG. Les Parisiens came on top on both previous occasions.
• The first encounter happened in December 2018 when PSG claimed a 2-1 road win in the last 16 round of Coupe de la Ligue1.
• The second meeting was a pre-season friendly in July 2021 when PSG won 1-0.

Orleans vs PSG Prediction

Luis Enrique will likely rotate his squad on Saturday but we expect PSG to be dominant from the start to the end against the National 1 division strugglers. After all, they are the best team in France, by some distance, currently sitting eight points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 standings. The fact they are up against a third-division side and a team that sits just one point above the red zone in their league is enough for us to back a commanding victory for Les Parisiens on Saturday.

The best value can be found in backing PSG to win the first half in -1.5 Asian Handicap at the 2.62 odds. We prefer the first half handicap purely because of the odds as PSG should not have too many problems removing all doubts about the winner in the early stages of the affair. Alternatively, we like the 1.83 odds offered for the Over 3.5 goals FT pick as we can hardly see the likes of Orleans preventing the French champions from scoring four or five goals in this one.

Steffen Schmidt- January 18, 2024

Orleans vs PSG Betting Tips

PSG to win the first half in -1.5 Asian Handicap

OK

	2.74 Odds
	2.68 Odds

Over 3.5 goals

OK

1.88 Odds

PSG 5-1

OK

100.00 Odds