Paris Saint-Germain will play hosts to Stade de Reims this Sunday at the Parc des Princes with two contrasting sides in the league scrapping it out as the Ligue 1 serial winners look to edge closing to getting back their title as the away side aim for a further gap on the relegation zone.
It has been a return to the normal for PSG this season, who now sit a comfortable 11 points ahead of the second-placed Nice at the top of the table and now 18 points ahead of the champions Lille.
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And, in reality, their pursuit of the Ligue 1 title has not really been in question over the past few months at all.
Mauricio Pochettino's men have lost only one game all season long so far in Ligue 1 and it now leaves them with 15 wins and five further draws in the league campaign.
Moreover, with 42 goals scored in 21 games thus far, PSG are walking to the title at this stage, as Marseille's 16 goals conceded is the only stat in the league that betters PSG's 18.
On the other hand, the Paris outfit have slipped up a bit in recent times with five draws coming in their past seven league games as they have failed to create chances in great capacities and also, failed to still get Lionel Messi involved to a decent extent.
They did win last time out, however, as they beat Brest 2-0 as Kylian Mbappe netted his 10th Ligue 1 goal of the season.
Prior to this though, draws with Lyon, Lorient, Lens, and Nice all came within the month of December as they only managed to beat Monaco within that period.
Stade de Reims, though, have been struggling all season long and it does look as if they are set to be involved in a relegation fight for much of the league campaign with seven points separating them from the drop zone.
This gap is a healthy one, but given how they are not expected to win here and have scored almost just as many (22) as they have conceded (23), it's tough to imagine how they get themselves closer to the top 10 and further away from relegation.
It should be a relatively easy win for the league leaders and Forebet predicts they will get the result here in a game that sees under 2.5 goals as the goals have dried up a bit for PSG.