PSG vs Tottenham: Football Preview & Free Football Betting Tips
Paris Saint-Germain vs Tottenham on 13 August 2025 is a proper August showpiece: PSG’s control-and-press machine against a Spurs side built for quick transitions. Expect a split, noisy crowd and a tempo closer to mid-season than a curtain-raiser.
Tactical snapshot: PSG are a 4-3-3 that becomes a 3-2-5 in possession—full-backs high, lots of width, and an aggressive counter-press. Tottenham typically operate 4-3-3/4-2-3-1: compact mid-block, fast wide breaks, early deliveries into the No.9.
PSG
- Predicted XI (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Beraldo, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha, Fabián Ruiz, João Neves; Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Roles: Hakimi’s overlap/underlap feeds Dembélé; Vitinha/Fabián set the rhythm; João Neves links press to possession; Kvaratskhelia attacks the left half-space; Doué provides third-man runs.
Tottenham
- Predicted XI (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Drăgușin, Udogie; Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr; Brennan Johnson, Richarlison, Manor Solomon
- Unavailable/concerns: James Maddison (knee).
Roles: Romero marshals a high line; Porro overlaps for cut-backs; Johnson/Solomon carry in transition; Richarlison pins centre-backs.
PSG — last 10 competitive
Record: 8-0-2 | Goals: 26 for, 5 against | Clean sheets: 7
Per-game: 2.6 GF, 0.5 GA
Multiple two-goal wins and a very low concessions profile; most threats allowed came in transition when both full-backs were high.
Tottenham — last 10 competitive
Record: 3-1-6 | Goals: 10 for, 18 against | Clean sheets: 2
Per-game: 1.0 GF, 1.8 GA
Capable of striking on the break, but a few heavy concessions have skewed the goals-against column.
PSG — home profile (recent competitive)
Front-foot starts, width, and territorial control. When they concede, it’s usually from quick counters after their full-backs advance.
Tottenham — away profile (recent competitive)
Compact mid-block, fast breaks, and diagonal balls into channels. Vulnerable to switches behind the full-backs when chasing.
PSG
- Ousmane Dembélé — 1v1 outlet on the right; cut-backs and whipped deliveries after underlaps with Hakimi.
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia — left-side carrier who attacks the half-space to shoot or slide runners in.
Tottenham
- Cristian Romero — aerial leader and first-contact defender; key against PSG’s wide service.
- Brennan Johnson — direct pace on the break; stretches the last line and creates space for late runners.
Pivotal duel: Ousmane Dembélé vs Cristian Romero — Dembélé’s take-ons and early crosses against Romero’s timing and aggression down Spurs’ right channel.
PSG 2–0 Tottenham — PSG’s last-10 defensive rate (0.5 GA per game) plus superior wide threats points to a controlled Paris win, with Spurs’ best openings coming in transition.
Main pick: PSG to win without conceding – they tend to not concede many (Chelsea was a blip) and Spurs surely don’t have the attacking quality to do much damage, assuming PSG don’t have a very bad day
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