PSG Ligue 1 Analysis: 1st Place, 20 Points After 9 Games

PSG are 1st in the Ligue 1 with 20 points from 9 games (6W 2D 1L) and a goal difference of +11.

Season at a glance

They lead second-placed Lille by 2 points.

They are 18 points above bottom-placed Le Havre.

PSG's season marks: biggest wins 3-1 at home and 1-5 away; heaviest defeats 1-2 at home and - away; a longest losing run of 1.

Against top-half opponents PSG have 2W 2D 1L (1.6 points per game from 5 games); against the bottom half it is 4W 0D 0L (3.0 per game from 4).

Attack

PSG have scored 21 goals (2.33 per game), the 1st-best attack in the Ligue 1. The league average is 1.52 per team per game, so they sit 53% above it. They failed to score in 0 of 9 games. They average 2.0 goals per home game and 2.5 per away game.

Defence

They have conceded 10 (1.11 per game), the 6th-best defence, with 2 clean sheets in 9 games. Clean sheets: 1 at home and 1 away. They concede 1.0 per home game and 1.2 per away game.

When the goals come

PSG's 21 league goals are spread by minute band, with the most productive spell 61-75 (8 goals); 16 (76%) came after half-time and 7 after the 75th minute. they have conceded most between minutes 16-30 (3 of 10 goals), including 1 after the 75th minute.

Tactics and discipline

PSG's most used formations: 4-3-3 (8 games), 4-3-1-2 (1 game).

PSG have collected 9 yellow and 0 red cards and converted 1 of 3 penalties.

Home and away

PSG have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat at home (6 points from 3 games, 2.0 per game), scoring 2.0 and conceding 1.0 per game. They kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score in 0 of those 3.

PSG have 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats away from home (14 points from 6 games, 2.33 per game), scoring 2.5 and conceding 1.17 per game. They kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score in 0 of those 6.

Form and streaks

PSG's last 5 results in the Ligue 1, newest first (opponent position in brackets): 5-1 at Le Havre (18th, W); 2-0 vs Lyon (5th, W); 3-1 at Strasbourg (16th, W); 3-1 vs Le Mans (15th, W); 2-1 at Marseille (9th, W). That is 15 points from a possible 15, with 15 goals scored and 4 conceded.

Current streaks for PSG: 6 straight wins, a goal in each of their last 9.

Squad leaders

PSG's league contributors: goals - Ferran Torres 4, A. Hakimi 3, Marquinhos 3; assists - A. Hakimi 2, O. Dembélé 2, Fabián Ruiz 2.

Highest average ratings among regulars (270+ minutes): Marquinhos 7.52, M. Safonov 7.31, I. Zabarnyi 7.20.

Workload and impact: most minutes - M. Safonov (810), W. Zaïre-Emery (658); most key passes - Vitinha (14); most tackles and interceptions - João Neves (21); goalkeeper M. Safonov has made 29 saves; most yellow cards - Vitinha (2).

Strengths and weaknesses

PSG's strengths: 1st in the league for goals scored (21 goals); 1st in the league for away points per game (2.33); 1st in the league for points from the last five games (15 points).

The schedule ahead

Next up: vs Estac Troyes (17th), at Nice (7th), vs Lorient (10th). The average league position of those opponents is 11.3, a mixed run.

Outlook

At 2.22 points per game, a full 34-game season would end near 75 points, and at 2.33 goals per game near 79 goals. That is a projection from the current rate, not a prediction.