Red-hot title favourites, Paris Saint-Germain take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Lorient-c39153 at Parc des Princes in their opening fixture of the 2012/2013 Ligue 1 campaign
Carlo Ancelotti’s expensively assembled side are strong favourites for the Ligue 1 crown this season after narrowly missing out on it last time.
Les Parisiens have invested heavily in the transfer market this summer, bringing in some of the best players on the planet. After attaining the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 from
AC Milan.
In addition to that, the Parisiens have signed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-c29431, termed by many as the next big thing, but will join the capital club in January next year.
The cash-laden club from Paris were pipped to the title by Montpellier last time, on the final day of the season. And club coach, Carlo Ancelotti, has made his intentions clear that Paris Saint-Germain will go all guns blazing for the Championelle glory
this season.
Les Parisiens are entering the 2012/2013 campaign after a good pre-season, undefeated in five matches, including matches against CSKA Moscow, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
Paris Saint-Germain will enter the match as clear favourites against a modest FC Lorient side and Carlo Ancelotti will be expecting a convincing win in that game to set the tone for the remainder of the season.
FC Lorient, on the other hand, cannot match PSG on paper. But if we look at Les Merlus’ record against the capital club, Christian Gourcuff’s side has been a torment to the Parisiens in recent times.
With five wins and a draw in ten visits to Parc des Princes, Lorient can pull the first major surprise of the 2012/2013 Ligue 1 campaign if they manage to repeat their heroics from the last season, where they managed to beat PSG 1-0, in the opening game
of the season.
While Paris Saint-Germain will be counting on players like Ibrahimovic and Lavezzi for their opening game of the season, FC Lorient will look to their summer recruits, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ludovic-Giuly-c22617, from Monaco.
Last Season results
FC Lorient came out unscratched from the first match between the two sides in the 2011/2012 Ligue 1 campaign, registering a 1-0 win over the capital club at Parc des Princes.
In the reverse fixture, Paris Saint-Germain registered a nervy 2-1 win over their opponents at Stade http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mota-c26880 scoring for the visitors.
Team News
Paris Saint-Germain
Midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-Motta-c34897, who got injured at the final of Euro 2012, is still out with a hamstring strain and is expected to be out of action for
another month.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Guillaume-Hoarau-c15332 is struggling with an ankle injury and is a major doubt for the match.
Argentine international, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Pastore-c18082 is suspended for this game, after receiving three yellow cards in the last ten matches of the last season.
FC Lorient
Les Merlus will be without defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-c36794 Lautoa when they travel to Paris for the opening match of the season, who is out injured with a strained right quadricep.
Midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lamine-Gassama-c21626 is out with a ruptured knee ligament
Predictions
Odds are highly in favour of Paris Saint-Germain, and FC Lorient will find it really hard to get something out of that game.
Predicted final score: PSG 3-1 Lorient
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