Brest host Paris Saint-Germain in round 3 of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Friday, August 20th at Stade Francis-Le Blé (Brest)
In the first round, Brest tied with Lyon away (1-1). In the 43rd minute, the Pirates' midfielder Irvin Cardona opened the scoring. Lyon bounced back in the 62nd minute — Islam Slimani scored a return goal after a pass from Karl Toko-Ekambi. In the second round, Brest tied against Rennes at home (1-1). The main events of the match took place after the 80th minute. In the 83rd minute, Rennes striker Serhou Guirassy sent the Red-Blacks up, but Brest forward Jeremy Le Douaron saved his team from defeat in added time (1-1). Brest could have won that match, but the team was let down by the conversion. The Pirates had 2.3 xG, organized three big chances, and surpassed the opponent in shots on target (5-2).
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PSG started the new season with a 1-2 away win over Ligue 1 newcomer Troyes. The Parisians conceded already in the 9th minute from Troyes defender Walid El-Hajam. It took only 10 minutes to win back — Ashraf Hakimi scored an equalizer. After two minutes, the Parisians took the lead. Kilian Mbappe gave an accurate pass to Mauro Icardi, and the Argentine forward did not miss. In the second round, PSG hosted Strasbourg. Mauricio Pochettino opted for a 4-3-3 attacking formation with Mauro Icardi as a center forward. Kilian Mbappe and Julian Draxler were positioned at the edges of the attack. There were no two stars on the team, Neymar and Lionel Messi. After the first half, PSG was leading with a score of 3-0. In the 3rd minute, Mauro Icardi opened the scoring, and Strasbourg striker Ludovic Ajork sent the ball into his own net after 22 minutes. In the 27th minute, the midfielder Julian Draxler made the score major (3-0). Then the audience saw two more goals, and Pablo Sarabia set the final score of the match in the 86th minute (4-2).
I think that Pochettino has not yet decided on the game schemes so that PSG can spend all 90 minutes without recessions. In the match against Troyes, the Parisians looked worse in the second half, and they conceded two goals after the break in the game against Strasbourg. Brest scored in the first two rounds. The Pirates had 3.32 xG but scored only two goals. In the match against PSG, Brest will also have scoring chances to upset the opponent's goalkeeper. The Pirates have scored in seven of eight last home games. I believe that Brest will score at least one goal, but PSG will win due to the difference in the players' class.
Prediction for the match: Brest to score over 0.5 goals
