Tomorrow, Luis Enrique’s PSG face another test as they continue to exert dominance in Europe in the form of Unai Emery’s Aston Villa. This page contains our suggestions for the PSG vs Aston Villa prediction which is a mathematical analysis of the teams’ form, their recent matches, and their head-to-head record.
PSG’s preseason schedule began vs Mallorca but saw Enrique field a very young squad so that game may be a good option to begin analysis from.
The Parisians were beaten 3-0 and their next preseason schedule was against Manchester United. From that game we saw them field most of their first team players except those who were with the France squad.
That game ended as a draw with both teams unable to find the winner after they drew level.
PSG vs Aston Villa Head-to-Head
PSG and Aston Villa have met twice and it was in the UEFA Champions League which the Parisians went on to win, their first UCL in history.
Their meeting was during the UCL quarter final and in the first leg, PSG earned a commanding 3-1 victory.
By the second leg, Aston Villa almost pulled off a stunning comeback winning the game 3-2 which was not enough to knockout eventual winners.
While there is not enough data from the h2h to judge what the PSG and Aston Villa game could produce, a pattern with PSG has been established. They are a team that hardly gets silenced in matches and Aston Villa is not a team that has a good clean sheet record.
PSG vs Aston Villa Expected Lineups
Just before the game against Manchester United, PSG welcomed Portuguese trio Vitinha, Joao Neves, and Nuno Mendes.
Enrique will have more stars at his disposal including Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Fabian Ruiz, Achraf Hakimi, Lucas Hernandez who completed his move from Aston Villa last month and Warren Zaire-Emery.
Goncalo Ramos, Randal Kolo Muani and Lee Kang-in have all made moves away from PSG.
While there are movements around Bradley Barcola, we expect him to still be available for selection as the move is not 100% done.
For Aston Villa, Garnacho and Joao Gomes could play their first games but then Johan Manzambi, the team’s current record signing will be spending some time out of action as he is injured.
John McGinn could be joining Manzambi on the sidelines too after he limped off during last week’s friendly win over BG Pathum United.
The injury list for Villa also includes Amadou Onana who tore his ACL. it remains to see whether goalkeeper Emi Martinez could be ready to join as well as England teammates Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins.
In positive news, Villa has Boubacar Kamara coming back and then Brian Madjo who has made a big impact in pre-season with 4 goals to his credit are both available.
Expected PSG lineup
Formation: 4-3-3
- Goalkeeper: Matvey Safonov
- Defence: Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes
- Midfield: João Neves, Vitinha, Dro Fernández
- Attack: Ibrahim Mbaye, Senny Mayulu, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Expected Aston Villa lineup
Formation: 4-2-3-1
- Goalkeeper: Marco Bizot
- Defence: Matty Cash, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen
- Defensive midfield: João Gomes, Boubacar Kamara
- Attacking midfield: John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía, Alejandro Garnacho
- Striker: Tammy Abraham
Our PSG vs Aston Villa Prediction
We expect PSG to have an easy pass to victory against Aston Villa. It is worthy of note that PSG has consistently won silverware under Luis Enrique except the 3-0 loss to Chelsea at the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.
They actually put that result behind them to win the Super Cup against Tottenham.
Our PSG vs Aston Villa correct score prediction is 2-0.
For the goals market, we expect over 1.5 goals to be scored and PSG to win either half.