Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa predictions, betting tips and odds: Villa defence could be punished in Paris

Where to watch Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa

You can watch Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa in the Champions League at 8pm on Wednesday, April 9, live on TNT Sports 1

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Paris St-Germain to win & both teams to score
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Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa odds

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Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa predictions

Paris St-Germain had 53 shots, 19 of them on target, in Champions League home games against Manchester City and Liverpool and the French champions have another Premier League defence in their sights in the quarter-finals.

Aston Villa arrive in Paris on a seven-match winning streak but manager Unai Emery may suffer an entertaining first-leg defeat against his former club.

Emery was in charge of PSG in March 2017 when they blew a 4-0 first-leg lead to lose 6-5 on aggregate against Luis Enrique's Barcelona in an extraordinary Champions League last-16 tie.

The Spanish coaches meet again in the last eight and Enrique has enhanced his reputation after a patchy start to PSG's post-Kylian Mbappe era.

They looked in danger of suffering an early exit after league-phase defeats to Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich.

However, the Parisians beat RB Salzburg 3-0, Manchester City 4-2 and Stuttgart 4-1 in their final three fixtures and thrashed Ligue 1 rivals Brest 10-0 on aggregate in the playoff round.

The victory over City was a crucial moment in PSG's season. They trailed the English champions 2-0 early in the second half but roared back to win 4-2, racking up 26 shots to the Citizens' nine.

PSG were even more dominant in their last-16 first leg at home to runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool, who pinched a 1-0 win despite having just two attempts at goal to their hosts' 27.

Ousmane Dembele's early strike at Anfield took the tie to extra-time before PSG prevailed on penalties, having had 18 shots on target over the two legs.

Backing the French champions to win and both teams to score looks a good bet as Villa's attacking unit has been revitalised by the January arrivals of Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio, who is permitted to play against his parent club.

Emery's men are still fighting on three fronts, having reached the FA Cup semi-finals and moved to within two points of the Premier League's top four thanks to last week's wins over Brighton and Nottingham Forest.

Villa's recent hot streak coincided with a fairly soft run of fixtures and their only clean sheet in their last five Champions League games came at home to Club Brugge, who were reduced to ten men inside the first 20 minutes.

They conceded twice in wins over Celtic and struggling RB Leipzig at the end of the league phase, either side of a 1-0 defeat at Monaco, and PSG could have too much firepower for Villa in Paris.

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Key stat

Eleven of PSG's last 14 Ligue 1 results were victories in which both teams scored

Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa team news

Paris St-Germain
Captain Marquinhos is suspended so Lucas Beraldo should partner Willian Pacho in central defence. Kang-In Lee is PSG's only confirmed injury absentee.

Aston Villa
Ross Barkley and Leon Bailey are back in training while PSG loanee Marco Asensio is eligible to play against his parent club. Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia are not in Villa's Champions League squad.

Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa predicted line-ups

Paris St-Germain (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Beraldo, Pacho, Mendes; Neves, Vitinha, Ruiz; Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola
Subs: Doue, Ramos, Zaire-Emery, Hernandez, Kimpembe, Mayulu, Mbaye

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Rogers, McGinn, Rashford; Watkins
Subs: Asensio, Disasi, Torres, Maatsen, Onana, Ramsey, Bailey

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Paris St-Germain vs Aston Villa bet builder predictions

Both teams to score
There have been goals at both ends in 12 of PSG's last 14 Ligue 1 matches while Villa have scored 13 times in their last five Champions League outings  

Bradley Barcola to have over 1.5 shots
The PSG winger has had 18 shots in his last five Champions League home games including clashes with Atletico Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool

Lucas Digne to be shown a card
Villa's left-back, booked in two of his last four European outings, can expect a difficult night against Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Achraf Hakimi down PSG's right flank

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