Match: UEFA Champions League
Teams: Paris Saint-Germain VS Atalanta
Local Kick-off Time: September 17 at 21:00
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Handicap Prediction:
Paris Saint-Germain -1.25 (Asian Handicap)
Home Win (European Odds)
Predicted Scores: 3-0, 3-1, 4-1
Predicted Total Goals: 3, 4, 5
Prediction & Comprehensive Analysis:
The defending UEFA Champions League champions Paris Saint-Germain will host Atalanta at the Parc des Princes tonight. Although they reached the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, they surprisingly suffered a heavy defeat to Chelsea in the end, which led to coach Luis Enrique’s impulsive fist gesture after the match—losing both the game and his sportsmanship. With the resumption of the new season, PSG first won the UEFA Super Cup, and have since achieved 4 consecutive league wins, maintaining their excellent form from last season. Ousmane Dembélé, a top contender for the Ballon d’Or, has scored 2 goals in 3 league matches so far, and the French star (who scored 8 goals in the Champions League last season) will kick off his new campaign tonight. The biggest change for PSG in the new season comes from the goalkeeper position: Italian international Gianluigi Donnarumma left the team after 4 years of service to join Manchester City in the Premier League. The team then signed local goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier from Lille to guard the goal. The 23-year-old Frenchman has maintained stability in Ligue 1, but still needs to be tested in intercontinental competitions. In terms of defense, Milan Škriniar left the team, and his replacement is Illia Zabarnyi, the first-choice center-back of Bournemouth. The 23-year-old Ukrainian center-back had two solid seasons at Bournemouth, and has performed with ease in 3 Ligue 1 matches so far, fully capable of taking on the responsibility independently. It can be said that after the summer transfer window, Paris Saint-Germain remains one of the strongest teams in Europe.
Compared with PSG’s stability, Atalanta has seen "worlds of difference" in terms of changes. First, legendary coach Gian Piero Gasperini left the team, followed by key striker Valentín Retegui moving to West Asia and key center-back Federico Ruggeri joining Atlético Madrid—major changes have taken place in the team’s framework. In particular, Gasperini’s departure seems to indicate that Atalanta may have undergone a "complete overhaul". Ivan Jurić has fully proven his coaching ability—whether at Torino, Roma or Southampton, the Croatian coach has truly shown extreme incompetence. Although Atalanta has accumulated a lot of European competition experience in recent years, coach Jurić seems to have little experience in European competitions. Although the team thrashed Lecce 4-1 at home in the last round, so far this new season, the team’s offensive finishing ability is much worse than before, and they failed to show their due strength in the two matches against Pisa and Parma. In this away match against the defending champion PSG, Atalanta under Jurić’s management is likely to suffer an inevitable defeat.
