The League leaders play host to an impressive looking Saint-Etienne side at Parc des Princes this Saturday with Les Parisiens looking to bag all three points at home to cement their place at the top of the table
Paris Saint-Germain have been in fine form this season and look on course to winning their first Championelle in eighteen years. The cash-laden club from Paris is currently first in the league with 22 points on the table after the end of Week 10 in Ligue
1.
Following a shaky start to the season, the Parisiens have hit the top gear and with PSG in such fine form, Saint-Etienne would have preferred a different opposition. The Ile giants have won three games in a row and would be hoping to make it four in four,
when Les Verts visit the league leaders this Saturday.
AS Saint-Etienne have been performing well in the 2012/2013 Ligue 1 campaign as well and are currently 5th in the league after 10 games with 15 points on the table. And coach, Christophe Galtier would be hoping for a good performance from his
side and even a draw at Parc des Princes would delight the Frenchman.
Paris Saint-Germain won the last Clasico, winning 2-0 against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 in Coupe de la Ligue on Wednesday, and coach, Carlo Ancelotti, would be hoping for a same kind of performance from his side in Ligue 1.
Several players, who were rested for the midweek clash against Marseille including Ibrahimovic, are expected to return to Les Parisiens’ starting eleven. The Italian tactician added that it was a right decision to give Ibrahimovic a break and his return
to the team will further strengthen the side.
"Zlatan needed that because he'd played 14 games in a row and he needed to recover. We're going to give every competition a go and I'm very satisfied with the players,” the 53-year-old explained his decision of resting Ibrahimovic against Marseille.
Paris Saint-Germain assistant coach, Claude Makelele, is expecting a stern test from the visitors and isn’t taking anything for granted. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international has warned the players from taking ASSE lightly and is looking forward to an intense
game of football at Parc des Princes at the weekend.
"Saint-Etienne is not an easy draw for us as they're a team that's playing very well right now and they've made a good start to the season. In the Coupe de la Ligue there are three matches to play before the final and we're capable of going all the way."
On the other hand, Saint-Etienne would be highly motivated to get a positive result in Paris as beating the Ligue 1 heavy spenders would send out a strong message to the rest of the teams in France. However, Les Verts need to keep Ibrahimovic quite and stop
him from scoring, if they want to achieve anything out of Saturday’s game.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 international has been scoring goals for pleasure and opposing teams are unable to find a way to stop him. With 10 goals to his name this season, the 31-year-old is expected to cause the visitors all kinds of trouble on Saturday.
Probable teams
Paris Saint-Germain
Sirigu, Van der Wiel, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maxwell-c25051, Chantome, Verratti, Matuidi, Pastore, Ibrahimovic, Menez
Saint-Etienne
Ruffier, Clerc, Perrin (c), Mignot, Ghoulam, Lemoine, Clément, Guilavogui, Hamouma, Aubameyang, Gradel
Final Prediction
Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 AS Saint-Etienne
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