French Ligue 1: PSG vs. Strasbourg Betting Preview, Odds, Preview

Paris Saint Germain begins a new era in their history tonight as they host Strasbourg. The Saints will see Lionel Messi debuting in their uniform, which is one of the biggest moments in football history. They are already the most dominant team in French Ligue 1 but hope to finally lift the UEFA Champions League. On the other side, we have Strasbourg; a club projected to fight for its life in the top tier of French football. Anything else but PSG’s easy win here would be a major sensation and a massive success for the guests.

Preview

Since releasing Lionel Messi’s jersey, PSG (-800) earned more than $40 million in just two hours. His arrival to Paris will be one of the biggest money-maker moves ever. So, the Saints pretty much hit the jackpot when it comes to the financial part of his transfer. They hope to do the same when it comes to on-field matters.

Messi’s will form a deadly trio with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe (Angel Di Maria) upfront, for many an upgrade compared to the one he had in Barcelona with Neymar and Luis Suarez. Though, we need to see how Mbappe reacts on the field, as the young French superstar allegedly wants to leave the team and isn’t thrilled with Messi’s arrival.

The Saints lost the French Super Cup to Lille, 1-0, then defeated Troyes on the road, 1-2 after lots of trouble, and are finally coming home to say hello to their fans.

Strasbourg (+1300) opened the season with a defeat at home against Angers, 0-2, which was something they didn’t expect. Each point won for them is gold, and the Racers are aware that wasting some of them at home could be deadly in the end.

Since the preseason started, the team from the East of France played seven games, winning just two, against Eintracht Frankfurt, 2-3 and Freiburg, 2-1, posting one draw to Young Boys, 2-2 and losing three events.

All but one were with both teams to score, and with over 2.5 goals as well.

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Messi will start the match, but the other big name that came to town, Sergio Ramos, won’t. The situation with the MVP of the recent EURO 2020, Gigi Donnarumma, is questionable as well, but Bernat, Dagba, and Gueye won’t play.

Mothiba and Dion are out for the guests.

Head to Head Games

The last time Strasbourg won was in 2017, and since then, the Saints were better on six occasions with two draws.

The last match at Parc des Princes saw the hosts’ easy victory, 4-0, and the latter clash, in Strasbourg, also ended with PSG’s easy victory, 1-4.

Prediction

PSG will be motivated to mark Messi’s debut with a high win, and we really do expect to see a lot of goals in this one. The Saints to score two or more goals in the opening 45 minutes is set at +125, and we are going with that. For those who want some other pick, our second suggestion is PSG -2.5 at +135.

Pick: PSG over 1.5 goals HT +125