Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th April 2024

Barcelona are gearing for a clash against Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes on Wednesday in the first leg of the Quarter Finals qualifying round for the Champions League.

Paris Saint-Germain arrive at this match following two wins and a 4-1 aggregate score against Real Sociedad in the round of 1/8. Barcelona knocked out SSC Napoli in the round 1/8 to book their place in the next phase of the tournament. They managed an aggregate score of 4-2 after drawing the first leg, before winning the second.

The bookmakers are handing Paris Saint-Germain a small advantage to win their first leg match against Barcelona in their upcoming tie at the Parc des Princes. After emerging victorious against Real Sociedad in the previous round, they have their sights set on the title, yet need to remain alert. It could easily prove costly to make even minor mistakes against an opponent like Barcelona.

The Parisians only average a modest 1.3 goals per game from their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 12 for an average of 1.2 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Barcelona scored 20 goals, conceded 13 and held on for a clean sheet in two of their last ten matches in this tournament.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona Prediction

Paris Saint-Germain Form

In their last three matches, Paris Saint-Germain won 0-2 and 1-0 against first Marseille then Rennes, before drawing 1-1 against Clermont Foot. Paris Saint-Germain won four of their last six Champions League matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded four and scored 15 goals.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. SSC Napoli got left behind in a 3-1 win, before Atletico Madrid got hammered in a 0-3 victory. Las Palmas was the most recent victim in a 1-0 win for Barcelona. In their last six away matches in the Champions League, Barcelona won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and eight scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona Team News

Paris Saint-Germain are sweating on the fitness of no less than five players before their match this coming Wednesday. Paris Saint-Germain have to alter their line-up, as both Ousmane Dembele, Achraf Hakimi, Randal Kolo Muani and Layvin Kurzawa get a day in the shade.

Layvin Kurzawa, Milan Skriniar, Sergio Rico, Nuno Mendes and Presnel Kimpembe nurses various injuries and won't take part for Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona at Parc des Princes.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Barcelona, who are looking at six players nursing various problems. Robert Lewandowski, Inigo Martinez and Joao Cancelo racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Barcelona travelling party for their next match.

Names like Ferran Torres, Joao Felix, Sergi Roberto, Alex Balde, Marcos Alonso and Gavi most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Paris Saint-Germain played Barcelona. The pair split the points in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. As Paris Saint-Germain go into their match against Barcelona at Parc des Princes, they put 3-3-4 record in their previous ten encounters on display.

In the 8 most recent matches between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona, over 2.5 goals came out as a winning bet 6 times.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona Results

Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona Betting Tips

Robert Lewandowski shows decent form right now for Barcelona, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Champions League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Paris Saint-Germain, who are strong favourites on Wednesday. Siding with Kylian Mbappe also look a nice prospect as he scored five goals in his last six Champions League matches.

Paris Saint-Germain won six of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing four in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Barcelona won six of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing two and suffering defeat two times. Paris Saint-Germain managed to open the scoring no less than six of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Barcelona performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in six of their last 10 away games.

Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened seven times. Paris Saint-Germain managed an average of 1.8 goals, while Barcelona averaged 2.1 goals a game. Paris Saint-Germain saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of two goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Barcelona, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.1 times goals per game.