Paris Saint-Germain vs Nice

One of the most exciting fixtures in Ligue 1 this weekend pits Paris Saint-Germain and Nice against each other at the Parc des Princes.

Despite locking down a record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title, PSG can still rewrite history in the French top flight down the final stretch. Indeed, Les Parisiens could become the first team in Ligue 1 history to go through an entire league campaign without losing. Furthermore, beating Nice would mark PSG’s 25th win this season, equaling the record for most victories in a 34-game Ligue 1 campaign! It’s hard to expect anything other than success for perennial French champions, considering they had won ten top-flight matches on the trot before a shock 1-1 draw against Nantes in midweek Ligue 1 action. Enrique’s high-flyers netted 2+ goals in eight of those ten triumphs, which had been the case in five consecutive H2Hs (W4, L1) before a 1-1 stalemate in this season’s reverse fixture.

Meanwhile, Nice will try to go one better in Paris and inflict PSG’s first league loss this season, as they desperately need three points to boost their quest for Champions League qualification. Los Aiglons squeaked past Angers 2-1 last weekend to snap a disappointing five-game winless run (D2, L3) and reduce the deficit to the top four to only two points. However, the task ahead is nothing short of Herculean, with Nice seeking their first away league point against teams starting this round inside the top six (L4). They ominously conceded 2+ goals in all four defeats, which happened in this corresponding fixture last term, though they emerged 3-2 victors that time. Yet, that remains Nice’s only away win against PSG across their 13 previous league meetings in the capital (D4, L8).