At 3 a.m. on October 2, Beijing time, the second round of Group A of the 2019-2020 Champions League group stage began. French giant Paris Saint-Germain challenged Galatasaray away from home.

Confrontation record

In the history of European competitions, the two sides have met 4 times, and each team has won 2 games. Among them, Paris scored 5 goals and conceded 8 goals, which is a slight disadvantage. The last time the two sides met was in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2000-2001 season. At that time, Paris lost 0-1 away and then defeated Galatasaray 2-0 at home. Before that, the two teams had met in the 1/8 finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1996, when Paris eliminated Galatasaray with a total score of 6-4 over two legs.

Highlight 1: In an away game against the Devils at home, Paris needs to guard against upsets

In the past two seasons, Galatasaray has performed very well, winning two Turkish Super League championships in a row. But what is unexpected is that since entering the new season, the Turkish Super League giants have been in an extremely sluggish state. They have not won three consecutive games in all competitions. However, despite this, Galatasaray still continues an amazing record, that is, unbeaten with 8 wins and 2 draws in the past 10 games across the season. As a result, Paris Saint-Germain needs to prevent an upset in this away game against a local and wealthy club at the devil's home court.

Point 2: Many main players are absent, Mbappe carries the banner

So far in the new season, Paris Saint-Germain has been plagued by injuries. For a long time, both Mbappe and Cavani were exempted from the game due to injuries. Now, Mbappe is back from injury, but Cavani is still in the recovery stage. Not only that, even Choupo-Moting, Draxler, etc. have also joined the injury camp. This campaign is an away game in Turkey against Galatasaray. Cavani, Choupo-Moting, and Draxler continue to be absent due to injuries. In addition, Neymar is still suspended. Mbappe will carry the team's offensive banner.

Injury report

Galatasaray - Akaba (injury); Suspension: None

Paris Saint-Germain - Cavani (injured), Draxler (injured), Hera (injured), Choupo-Moting (injured), Dagba (injured); suspended: Neymar

First Prediction

Galatasaray (4-3-3): Muslera/Mariano, Luyindama, Mark O, Nagashima/Lemina, Enzonzi, Sri/Fehuli, Falk, Babel

Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3): Navas/Meunier, Kimpembe, Thiago Silva, Bernat/Verratti, Marquinhos, Gueye/Mbappe, Icardi, Di Maria

Odds analysis

In terms of the European odds index, the home team Galatasaray's winning odds are 8.75 to 1, the visiting team Paris Saint-Germain's winning odds are 1.30 to 1, and the odds of a draw between the two sides are 5.5 to 1. In terms of the Asian Handicap, the handicap is half-ball, with Galatasaray at 0.85 and Paris Saint-Germain at 0.900.

Specific to Bodan, the odds of Galatasaray winning 1-0 are 20 to 1, the odds of winning 2-1 are 23 to 1, the odds of winning 2-0 are 41 to 1, the odds of winning 3-1 are 67 to 1, the odds of winning 3-0 are 81 to 1; Paris Saint-Germain has the odds of 7 to 1 to win, and the odds of winning 1-0 are 7 to 1. The odds of winning are 8 to 1, the odds of winning 2-1 and 3-0 are both 8.75 to 1, and the odds of winning 3-1 are 11 to 1; the odds of a 1-1 draw between the two sides are 10.5 to 1, the odds of a 0-0 draw are 11.5 to 1, the odds of a 2-2 draw are 20 to 1, and the odds of a 3-3 draw are 67 to 1.