The game after. A few days after their elimination from the Champions League against Real Madrid, PSG return to competition against Bordeaux this Sunday afternoon (1:00 p.m.) at the Parc des Princes on behalf of the 28th day of Ligue 1. For this meeting of championship, Mauricio Pochettino, the coach of the Parisian club, will be deprived of Marco Verratti, suspended, while Angel Di Maria, Juan Bernat, Ander Herrera, Sergio Ramos and Layvin Kurzawa are injured or in the recovery phase.
According to L’Équipe, PSG will present themselves in a 4-3-3 with Keylor Navas in the cages, protected by a four-man defense composed of Thilo Kehrer, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes, from right to left. In the midfield, Danilo Pereira is expected in a sentry position with Idrissa Gueye as a right torchbearer and Georginio Wijnaldum as a left torchbearer. The attacking trio will consist of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.
The probable line-up of PSG according to L’Équipe : Navas – Kehrer, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes – Gueye, Danilo, Wijnaldum – Messi, Neymar, Mbappé
Note that the regional daily Le Parisien is also betting on a 4-3-3 but with Achraf Hakimi as right-back and Leandro Paredes as a sentry.
The probable line-up of PSG according to Le Parisien : Navas (or Donnarumma) – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes – Danilo, Paredes, Gueye – Messi, Neymar, Mbappé
Bordeaux’s last victory dates back to January 23
For its part, Bordeaux, which is struggling not to go down to Ligue 2, has not won any of its last five matches (three losses, two draws), the last victory of the Girondins dating back to January 23 against Strasbourg (4-3 ). For this trip to Paris, David Guion, the club’s coach with the scapular, will have to compose without Benoît Costil, Ricardo Mangas, Tom Lacoux, Jimmy Briand, Amadou Traoré and Mbaye Niang, injured or in the recovery phase.
According to L’Équipe, Bordeaux will present themselves in a 3-5-2 with Gaëtan Poussin in the cages, protected by a three-man defense composed of Stian Gregersen, Marcelo and Anel Ahmedhodzic from right to left, while Timothée Pembélé and Gideon Mensah will take place in the corridors, in a more or less offensive role depending on the phase of the game. In the midfield, Joshua Guilavogui is expected as a sentry with Jean Onana as the right torchbearer and Danylo Ignatenko as the left torchbearer. Alberth Elis and Hwang Ui-jo will be associated in attack.
The probable composition of Bordeaux according to L’Équipe : Poussin – Gregersen, Marcelo, Ahmedhodzic – Pembélé, Onana, Guilavogui, Ignatenko, Mensah – Elis, Hwang
The PSG-Bordeaux match will be broadcast at 1:00 p.m. on Prime Video and Canal+ Sport.