The French Champions, PSG are a team that has slowly built themselves a name in the top clubs in Europe. They have an excellent squad and the manager will want to give them a successful season in 2015-16. They won the league without a lot of competition but were not able to perform in the Champions League. Laurent Blanc will want his team to improve on the previous season’s performance and go as far as possible in the Champions League.
But the League 1 fixtures are already out and the fans of the club will want to know what is stake for the whole season for their club. So we have bought you an analysis of the fixture list that PSG will face in the new season.
August: 7th Lille (A) ; 16th Gazelec Ajaccio (H) ; 21st Montpellier (A) ; 29th Monaco (A)
September: 12th Bordeaux (H) ; 19th Reims (A) ; 23rd Guingamp (H) ; 26th Nantes (A)
October: 3rd Marseille (H) ; 17th Bastia (A) ; 24th St Etienne (H) ; 31st Rennes (A)
The road to the next title starts at home for PSG in a tricky match against Lille on the 7th of August. Then in the end of August, they will play Montpellier and Monaco within 10 days. September is relatively low-profile for PSG and they will want to come to the game against Marseille on the 3rd of October with full of confidence. By this time, PSG can already start a winning march and has the chance to leave behind its closest competitors with tough matches at the beginning.
November: 7th Toulouse (H) ; 21st Lorient (A) ; 28th Troyes (H)
December: 2nd Angers (A) ; 5th Nice (A) ; 12th Lyon (H) ; 19th Caen (A)
January: 9th Bastia (H) ; 16th Toulouse (A) ; 23rd Angers (H) ; 30th St Etienne (A)
November also is a bit easy for PSG and not many big games are played till they face Lyon on the 12th of December. With the turn of the year, by the end of January, they will play no big team and PSG will want to be on top at this time with tough fixtures on the cards in the coming months.
February: 3rd Lorient (H) ; 6th Marseille (A) ; 13th Lille (H) ; 20th Reims (H) ; 27th Lyon (A)
March: 5th Montpellier (H) ; 12th Troyes (A) ; 19th Monaco (H)
April: 2nd Nice (H) ; 9th Guingamp (A) ; 16th Caen (H) ; 24th Bordeaux (A) ; 30th Rennes (H)
May: 7th Gazelec Ajaccio (A) ; 14th Nantes (H)
February may be the month that decides the race with PSG playing Lorient and Lille at home and then travelling to Lyon for an away game on the 27th. Then they will host Montpellier and then Monaco at the end of March. These two months will be very crucial for the club and they will have to be at their best in a busy schedule is they want to win the league comfortably. April and May pose no great threat to PSG and the last game against Nantes at home may just be the game they will need to sign off the season.
Laurent Blanc will have his work cut out in certain periods during the season. He will have to rotate his players wisely and will have to make sure he plays his best team for all the important matches. Do join us for all the pre season updates and gossips about your team and stay informed.