PSG – Girona. Forecast and announcement for the Champions League match

On September 18, the match of the 1st round of the Champions League will be held at the Parc des Princes, in which PSG will meet with Girona. The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

PSG

The team long ago established a dominance in the domestic arena that Bayern never dreamed of with Real Madrid. Such a large margin is more characteristic of the championships of Central and Eastern Europe, such as Bulgaria. And, like Ludogorets, the capital’s French project has long evaluated the success of the season based on the results in the European Cup, in this case, of course, the Champions League. Luis Enrique managed to get out of a difficult group and go to the playoffs with Barcelona in the last cycle, but then there was relegation. Now it will be played without Mbappe. And the new regulation clearly hints that here even the favorites are not guaranteed anything, and in the playoffs they will not make it through the class. So it was lucky that the draw gave a chance to start at home, even against not the fiercest opponent. Even against the background of another victory – 3:1 with Brest, by the way, another participant of the Champions League.

Girona

The club had a long way to go before this debut. More precisely, a year ago they did not seriously think about it – which is logical, because the project is spending its fourth season in Primera, and only the second after returning here. Then there were doubts due to the same owners as Manchester City. It was possible to find a consensus with UEFA here, but only time will tell whether the selectors managed to cover the sales of the leaders led by the goal-scoring Dovbyk. Girona started poorly in August, with 1:1 against Betis and 0:3 at Atlético. But then Michel Sanchez clearly made an adjustment and the summer closed with a 4-0 thrashing of Osasuna at home and a solid 2-0 at Sevilla. But Barcelona in September had no particular problems with its neighbor, beating it 4:1.

Statistics of personal meetings

Naturally, PSG did not cross paths with the brainchild of Manchester City’s structure on the football field before.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not believe in the guests’ chances even for a draw. The experienced French will win at home with a handicap of -1 goal (coefficient – 1.6).