PSG vs Aston Villa Prediction, Preview & Lineups: Best bets at the Parc des Princes
Aston Villa travel to Paris to meet PSG for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The event is live on TNT Sports at 8pm on Wednesday 9th April.
Read on for Oli Nixon's match preview and predictions.
PSG vs Aston Villa Prediction
PSG vs Aston Villa Preview
Aston Villa fans would have been forgiven for thinking that group stage ties against Bayern Munich and Juventus were as good as it could get; however, their historic season has led them to the Champions League quarter-finals and a trip to Paris for this first leg. The hosts are looking for their elusive maiden Champions League title and having seen off runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool in the previous round, will fancy their chances of eliminating another English club here.
PSG vs Aston Villa Betting Tips
Unai Emery’s high defensive line has been a feature of Aston Villa’s tactical set-up throughout his tenure. In all competitions, the Villans games have averaged 4.11 offsides and if you include only Champions League matches, this bet would have landed in eight of their ten matches. As well as catching their opponents offside plenty of times, they’ve been caught going early 1.3 times per game themselves and so we’re not entirely dependent on PSG offsides for this tip to win.
PSG’s games in Europe have averaged less at just 2.83 per game; however, when facing sides with high lines, there have been plenty of infringements, evidenced by the totals of six at Anfield and the same number away at Stuttgart. With pace to burn in forward areas with the likes of Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue, Luis Enrique’s side should look to exploit the space left in behind and this makes them a prime candidate for plenty of offsides to help us on the way to at least four.
If the tricky forwards weren’t enough for Villa to worry about, they’ll also have to contain one of the most attacking full backs in Europe in Achraf Hakimi. The Moroccan has been given the freedom to get forward at will this season and has rewarded his boss to the tune of 17 goal involvements, five of which have come in the Champions League. Across all competitions, he’s averaged 1.75 shots per 90 this season and his five shots across both legs against Liverpool emphasise his attacking threat. He’s had two or more shots in six of his last eight starts and his 19 shots across six home games in Europe suggest that he’ll be looking to make home advantage count.
Despite their success in the competition, Villa are allowing their opponents 13 shots per game on the road in the Champions League and with distractions in the form of a top-four charge in the Premier League and an FA Cup semi-final, fatigue could well catch up with them. Their weekend victory over Nottingham Forest saw they give up 19 efforts at goal, with five of those coming from full backs and so Hakimi should get plenty of joy down their left-hand side and hopefully fancies pulling the trigger again.
PSG vs Aston Villa Lineups
The lineups for PSG vs Aston Villa will be displayed below approximately one hour before kick-off.
| # | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | William Joel Pacho Tenorio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Lucas Lopes Beraldo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Achraf Hakimi Mouh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz Peña | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Vítor Machado Ferreira | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | João Pedro Gonçalves Neves | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Masour Ousmane Dembélé | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Désiré Doué | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Bradley Barcola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lucas François Bernard Hernández | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Presnel Kimpembe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kang-In Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Gonçalo Matias Ramos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Senny Mayulu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Ibrahim Mbaye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Matvey Safonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Arnau Tenas Ureña | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Warren Zaïre-Emery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Lucas Digne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Pau Francisco Torres | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ezri Konsa Ngoyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Matthew Stuart Cash | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Youri Marion Tielemans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Boubacar Bernard Kamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Jacob Matthew Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | John McGinn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Morgan Elliot Rogers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Marcus Rashford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Marco Asensio Willemsen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ross Barkley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Lamare Trenton Chansey Bogarde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Axel Wilson Arthur Disasi Mhakinis Belho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ian Ethan Maatsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Tyrone Deon Mings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Robin Patrick Olsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Sam Proctor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Oliver George Arthur Watkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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