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Ligue 1: does PSG still have a profile of champion of France?

2021-03-20T17:58:35.920Z


Already beaten seven times in the league, the Parisians, who travel to Lyon on Sunday evening, no longer have the air of future


You might as well answer the entry question.

No, the 2020-2021 version of the PSG does not have all the characteristics of a future French champion.

This is the case before the trip this Sunday evening and it will always be after the 30th day of Ligue 1, regardless of the scenario of the shock at Groupama Stadium, against Lyon.

A striking figure: the seven defeats already conceded in 29 league games.

Mauricio Pochettino's PSG, or that of Thomas Tuchel for that matter, loses one in four matches.

It's too much to aim for the title.

We have established the typical profile of the French champion for ten years, with the exception of last season, stopped after 28 days due to the health crisis.

On average, since 2010-2011, the sacred teams finished with 87 points for 27 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses.

The Parisians have, therefore, already three setbacks too many.

To find traces of a French champion with seven defeats, we have to go back to Olympique Lyonnais in the 2007-2008 season.

Almost another time.

Lille or Lyon, with only 2 and 3 failures in the balance sheet, seem to correspond better to the typical profile.

In February, the CIES Football Observatory gave, thanks to a statistical projection, the winning OL of the 2020-2021 edition.

Before his trip to the Rhône, PSG has 60 points on the clock.

With 27 more points to take, he could reach a total of 87 points if he chains nine successes.

As they face Lille and Lyon in this series of meetings, Paris would secure the Hexagoal trophy.

"We will do the accounts at the end," said Marco Verratti at a press conference.

You have to take advantage of each match, try to win them.

We still have our destiny in our hands.

You have to forget the past and focus on each game to come.

It is a key moment.

We have to believe in ourselves.

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The Covid-19 health crisis has shaken up the codes

Mauricio Pochettino also plays the believers, while recalling the circumstances: “I am convinced that by doing things right, we will be in a position to win the title.

I don't like ready-made sentences but I repeat myself: this year is really different.

Many factors weigh the results.

But we will fight by being convinced of our chances.

The Argentine coach is not wrong on all points: no team in Ligue 1 can exceed 90 points as was the case in the last four exercises played in full.

The 2020-2021 season will therefore give birth whatever happens to the smallest champion since 2014-2015.

The Covid-19 health crisis has shaken up the codes.

Between the many players affected and the absence of an audience which makes the scenario of a "home" match more unpredictable, even PSG and its largest budget in France, one of the largest in the world, is affected.

With 2.17 goals scored on average per game, the capital club is far from the standards set by the latest champions, located between 2.7 and 2.8 goals per game.

This average corresponds to that which Paris had in 2016-2017, when it let the title slip away in Monaco.

The last major Parisian concern is in this mini-championship contested against direct opponents, which are Lille, Lyon and Monaco.

Last in this ranking, PSG has the opportunity on Sunday to catch up on the lawn of OL.

In 2016-2017, it is precisely in these direct confrontations that the title had escaped, during a defeat in Nice (3-1) on the 35th day.

Be careful not to repeat the story.

Source: leparis

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