OGC Nice vs Paris Saint-Germain FC 9/20/20 - Ligue 1 Pick & Predictions

Last Updated: 09/18/2020 at 12:17 PM ET

On Sunday, Nice hosts Paris Saint-Germain in a league one fixture. Nice through three matches is 2-0-1 on 6 points and is in seventh place in the top-flight French league table. Nice, which is led by manager and former star player Patrick Vieira, defeated Lens 2-1 and Strasbourg 2-0 in its first two matches of the season before losing last weekend to Montpellier 3-1.

Nice has three wins, one draw and one loss over its last five fixtures and has scored eight goals and allowed six over that stretch. The Nice backline and goalkeepers have just one clean sheet over the last five matches played. Amine Gouiri and Kasper Dolberg each have two goals to lead Nice in scoring, while Pierre Lees-Melou, Hassane Kamara and Gouiri each have one assist.

Paris Saint-Germain is currently in 15th place in the Ligue 1 table at 1-0-2 on three points. PSG opened its Ligue 1 2020-21 campaign with a 1-0 loss to Lens followed by a 1-0 loss to Marseille before earning a 1-0 victory on Wednesday over Metz. Julian Draxler scored on a header during stoppage-time to give the defending Ligue 1 champions a victory by the minimum and their first three points of the campaign.

Dating back to August during the final matches of the Champions League knockout stage and final, PSG has two wins and three losses. Over that stretch of five matches, PSG has scored four goals and allowed three, but the PSG offense was held scoreless in three of the last five matches played and has scored just one goal in the first three matches of domestic league play.

Over the last five matches played head-to-head between Nice and PSG, one has ended in a draw while PSG has won the other four. The most recent outing between the two was in October of last year with PSG winning easily 4-1. PSG will have Neymar back in the lineup, after the Brazilian missed the most recent match against Metz due to being issued a red card in the match against Marseille. PSG will pressure the Nice back line and score an easy victory on the road Sunday. Final Score Prediction, Paris Saint-Germain wins 2-0

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