Bayern Munich vs Paris Saint-Germain
The Worthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt is the place to be for Bundesliga and Ligue 1 fans as the champions of each league meet in the ICC on Saturday.
Austria is the venue for FC Bayern vs PSG, a clash of Europe’s big guns and an opportunity for fans to take a trip across Europe to see how their new managers in action on the touchline.
Nico Kovac’s high-profile move from Eintracht Frankfurt to Bayern was the big news at the end of the 2017/18 Bundesliga, and over at the Parc des Princes Thomas Tuchel is preparing his new squad for another assault on Ligue 1. We’ll be there to see how these two giants of Europe are shaping up pre-season, and you’ll be able to get all the FC Bayern vs PSG updates right here at SBOBET.
Talking Points
Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as new boss of PSG on a two-year deal, following the departure of Unai Emery to Arsenal. And it’s a chance for the former Borussia Dortmund coach to raise his profile in Europe and particularly the Champions League. He won the domestic cup, the DFB Pokal, with Dortmund but was fired at the end of the 2017 season.
Tuchel is keen to make his mark and has already signalled his intention to sell Argentine playmaker Angel Di Maria. He must be pretty confident of keeping hold of his other stars, and he’s reported to have offered Neymar an improved deal to ward off the amorous advances of Real Madrid.
Neymar had a mixed World Cup but his talent is beyond doubt, and in Kylian Mbappe PSG currently has the most exciting player in the world, the first teenager to score in a World Cup final since the great Pele. If these two are in Paris at the start of the new campaign, then the SBOBET tips for the Champions League will focus on the Ligue 1 giants to progress to the latter stages.
The absence of his World Cup stars will give Tuchel a chance to see how deep his squad is. After two friendly matches against Sainte-Geneviève and Chambly, Paris Saint-Germain are ready to step up in the International Champions Cup.
Tuchel will take the opportunity to look at some fringe players, as will his opposite number Nico Kovac, already well-known to Bayern having beaten the league champions in the DFB Pokal final last season with his old club Eintracht Frankfurt.
He cut his teeth as national coach of Croatia at the 2014 World Cup, having represented them as a player with distinction. And he has strong opinions, bemoaning the lack of flair in Germany and criticising the youth development, both evident in the 2014 champions’ lamentable performance in Russia.
Kovac has already moved in the market. 23-year-old Leon Goretzka has followed the path of keeper Manuel Neuer from Schalke to Bayern, the deal for the international midfielder completing on the 1st of July. And there is talk that he has his eyes on Everton and England keeper Jordan Pickford as well as persuading Colombian James Rodriguez to see out his two-year loan in Munich.
Bayern also has the talented Corentin Tolisso ready to return, having been on the French World Cup-winning team, but he isn’t expected to play in the ICC.
The Bundesliga champions closed last season with back-to-back defeats including that cup final defeat to Frankfurt, when Croatian World Cup hero Ante Rebic scored a brace as Bayern’s new boss masterminded a classic win for his old team.
So they won’t want to make that a habit!
History
Last season’s Champions League thrust these two teams together in Group B, and home advantage was the key in each of the clashes.
Corentin Tolisso scored twice as Bayern won 3-1 at the Allianz Arena, but that was after Edinson Cavani and Neymar had both been on target as PSG won their home fixture 3-0.
Recent history shows just how dominant these two teams have been in their domestic leagues, FC Bayern winning the last six Bundesliga titles while PSGwon Ligue 1 in five of the last six seasons.
What are the odds?
So let’s take a look at the FC Bayern vs PSG odds for Saturday’s clash.
PSG are likely to be missing more World Cup stars, with neither Neymar nor Mbappe expected to feature, and that makes the Germans hot favourites at 1.65 with the draw at 3.80 and Paris at 4.70.
The Asian Handicap offer puts Bayern at 2.13 with a -1.00 goal handicap and PSG at 1.80 with that one goal advantage.
We think there will be goals in this game with over 3.00 at 1.80 and under 3.00 at 2.11; and the most likely score is a 2-1 Bayern win at odds of 7.00.
But if you think Tuchel can frustrate his opposite number, then the double chance of PSG or draw is at 2.12.
Disclaimer: Odds are correct at time of publish.
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