Paris Saint-Germain will play Quevilly in a friendly on Wednesday at the Centre d’entrainement Ooredoo before the domestic season starts the following week. Prior to last Friday’s match, les rouges-et-jaunes drew 1-1 with Stade Laval. PSG defeated Paris FC by a score of 2-1. Les Parisiens crushed their friendly match against Ligue 2 team Paris FC last week, as we may have all predicted.
They had 10 shots on target, 65% of the possession, and nearly twice as many passes as their opponents (569-301). With Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe still participating at the World Cup, manager Christophe Galtier did not have a full roster to pick from, but the campaign’s break has allowed the Marseille-born coach to give his bench players more game time and bring in some of their emerging teenagers.
PSG scored multiple goals in a game on Friday for the fifth straight game across all competitions, even without those two players plus Neymar. Although this side has recently been sharp and organised along the backline, allowing a goal or less in their last five games across all competitions, there is no disputing the individual offensive prowess they possess.
The defending Ligue 1 winners have defeated their opponents in the previous two friendly games, outscoring them 4-1, including a 2-0 victory against Quevilly in July. On Wednesday, they will face a second-tier French team for the third time this season.
The Le Petit-Quevilly club hasn’t typically benefited or damaged themselves in their domestic competition throughout the 2022–23 season.
The Ligue 1 reigning champions have won both of their previous friendly matches, outscoring their opponents 4-1, including a 2-0 triumph against Quevilly in July. They’ll play a second-tier French team for the third game this year on Wednesday.
Throughout the 2022–23 season, the Le Petit–Quevilly club hasn’t regularly helped or hurt themselves in its domestic competition. The fact that Quevilly has allowed three second-half goals in their previous three home games indicates that they have lost multiple opportunities to climb the standings this season.
They have improved on the road after losing their first four away games during the domestic season; they are presently unbeaten in their past five league games played outside of Quevilly and have recorded three clean sheets during that span.
With 18 points after 15 domestic games—one more point than they had at this time of their last campaign—this squad is still in a stronger position than we saw in 2021–22, despite the fact that they have struggled to capitalise on opportunities in numerous games this season.
This young club, which was on the verge of being dropped from the Championnat National in 2019–20, has come a long way since then and has proven they can fight with some of the more seasoned teams in Ligue 2.