Strasbourg host Paris Saint-Germain at the Meinau on Saturday, 17 October, with both sides aiming to improve their position in the Ligue 1 table. The home team are seeking a return to the top half, while PSG are targeting a place in the top three.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg manager Hugo Oliveira will have to make changes because of several absences. Joaquin Panichelli, Martial Godo, Sebastian Nanasi and Ismael Doukoure are all expected to miss the match.
The club’s summer signings could therefore play an important role, particularly in defence. Giovanni Reyna and Jacobo Ortega are also in contention to return to the starting XI for the seventh league fixture of the season.
The expected Strasbourg line-up is:
Goalkeeper: Filip Jørgensen
Defenders: Genesis Antwi, Jeyland Mitchell, Karim Coulibaly, Oso
Midfielders: Giovanni Reyna, Diogo Sousa, Dario Essugo
Forwards: Samuel Amo-Ameyaw, Jacobo Ortega, Gessime Yassine
Strasbourg will be hoping the changes do not disrupt their efforts to move back into the top half of the standings when they face the reigning French champions.
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain travel to the Meinau with almost their entire squad available. Their only absentees are Senny Mayulu and third-choice goalkeeper Alessandro Longoni.
Luis Enrique has a strong bench and several attacking players in good form, but the PSG manager could rotate his team. That would allow him to manage the workload of some key players before the meeting with Barca.
The expected PSG line-up is:
Goalkeeper: Matvey Safonov
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Illya Zabarnyi, Willian Pacho, Lucas Digne
Midfielders: Warren Zaire-Emery, Joao Neves, Dro Fernandez
Forwards: Maghnes Akliouche, Ferran Torres, Desire Doue
PSG will be looking to secure a result that keeps them in contention for a top-three position, although the expected changes could give opportunities to players seeking more regular starting places.
The match is the seventh-day fixture in the French top flight and will be played at Strasbourg’s Meinau stadium on Saturday, 17 October.
According to the odds published by 1xbet, Strasbourg are priced at 6.25 to win, with a draw at 5.60 and a Paris Saint-Germain victory at 1.38.