The 2023/24 Ligue 1 season continues, and for Paris Saint-Germain, the team's squad strength is unique in Ligue 1, and it will not be difficult to win the title in Ligue 1. In the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain only finished second in the group for three consecutive seasons, but in this season's knockout draw, PSG were drawn to face Real Sociedad. At 4 a.m. Beijing time on December 21, in a match in the 17th round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain will sit at home at the Parc des Princes to face promoted Mames, Mbappe scored 50 goals in all competitions in 2023, only 1 goal behind Kane, and has a chance to hit the record for the most goals scored in the year.
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Metz, Enrique has a super luxury squad of 1.03 billion euros, with Mbappe, Muani, Dembele, Asensio, Gonzano Ramos, Vitinha, Emery, Lucas, Marquinhos, Skriniar, Donnarumma and other superstars. In Metz, the value of the whole team is only 400.8 million euros, and the gap between it and Grand Paris is very huge, and the team lineup is full of some unknown people, and the value of any player in the Grand Paris team can be worth the value of the whole team of Metz. The historical record shows that in the last 10 meetings between the two teams, Paris Saint-Germain have won all of them, and the last time Paris lost was back in 2006.
Paris Saint-Germain drew with Borussia Dortmund in the final round of the Champions League group stage and finished second in the group to advance to the knockout rounds, but fortunately, Mbappe finally had a chance to break the curse of two consecutive seasons of suffering from the last 16 of the group after drawing Real Sociedad, the weakest team in the group table. Back in Ligue 1, in the last round of Paris away to Lille, Mbappe scored a goal but was pressed by Lille, currently with 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss with 37 points at the top of the standings, 5 points ahead of the second ranked Nice, not much pressure to win the title.
In the first 16 rounds of the league, Paris Saint-Germain scored 39 goals and conceded 13 goals, ranking first in Ligue 1 in terms of goals, and is the team with the strongest offensive firepower in Ligue 1, ranking second in defense, with a total of 14 players in the team scoring goals, of which Mbappe has scored 19 goals and 2 assists in all competitions, leading the scorer list. Mbappe has scored 50 goals in all competitions this year, equalling Haaland and only one goal behind Kane, and has the opportunity to brush up on the scoring statistics against the underdogs in this round and hit the annual scoring record.
As a promoted horse, Metz has been in a slump recently, suffering three consecutive defeats, conceding 4 goals and not scoring 1 goal, and is currently in 14th place in the standings with 16 points with 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, only 3 points ahead of the relegation zone. In the first 16 league games, Metz scored only 15 goals and conceded 24 goals, ranking only 16th in Ligue 1 for goals scored and 15th in defence, with poor performances at both ends of the pitch. Only seven players in the team have scored, with Sabali scoring three and being the team's top scorer.
The injury situation of the two teams, Paris Saint-Germain, Fabian, Soler, Kimpembe, Mendes, Navas, Rico will be out due to injury. As for Metz, there are no injuries in the team and they can play at full strength. Paris Saint-Germain and Metz are not at the same level, and the biggest attraction of this game is how many goals Mbappe can score. Mbappe, Haaland and Messi were selected as candidates for the 2023 World Footballer of the Year, but because they only won the Ligue 1 title, they are not the favorites to win the award, and it is very likely that Haaland will win the title of World Footballer of the Year 2023, and now Mbappe should score more goals to occupy the position of the most goalscorer of the year.