PSG vs. Arsenal: Matchup Analysis & Key Player Odds

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00:00All right, so let's take a look closer at the match today between PSG and Arsenal.

00:05Now, you know, certainly PSG with a little bit of an advantage, you would think, going into this one.

00:11There's certainly some familiarity, as we would say, there as well.

00:14Right now, the game is supposed to, the match is supposed to begin at 3 o'clock Eastern.

00:19PSG is the favorite, plus 125.

00:22Also, a tie, as you see here, is plus 250.

00:25And if you go the other direction and take Arsenal, they are plus 210.

00:31So the oddsmakers are certainly telling us here this could come right down to the wire.

00:35Absolutely.

00:36And remember that these are odds for who will win this game in particular in 90 minutes,

00:41not necessarily who will advance, which is a completely different thing.

00:44But I think PSG still have to be favored to move on here, even though we saw what happened yesterday, right?

00:51Like, anything can happen.

00:52But I think, you know, holding that 1-0 lead, going back home for the second leg, protecting that lead.

00:59Ousmane Dembele is healthy, so that's a big deal.

01:03There were questions about him after coming off in the first leg late in the game with a muscle injury.

01:08He's healthy.

01:09There's a few ways that I like to play this other than the result, because I could see either team winning this.

01:16I definitely lean towards PSG, especially with the plus odds coming away with another win in the 90 minutes.

01:21But I like Kvichov Kvartz-Kalia was all over Arsenal fullback Jurian Timber in the beginning of the first leg.

01:31Timber fouled Kvartz-Kalia four times in the first 20 minutes.

01:36Somehow didn't get a yellow card.

01:38But I like to take that and translate it to this game, because there's going to be a lot of attention on Ousmane Dembele up the middle.

01:45But everything starts for PSG on the wing.

01:48And so I really like Kvartz-Kavar to have a good game today.

01:53You can get him, I think, plus 125 to score or assist, I think was the number, which is really, really good.

02:02He had a number of good shots on goal in that game that were saved by David Raya in the match.

02:08And you can get Jurian Timber to get a yellow card at about plus 290.

02:12I like both of those.

02:14If you're looking on somebody for Arsenal, because Arsenal are going to have a lot of attacking pressure in this game.

02:18They have to come back from that 1-0 deficit.

02:21Gabriel Martinelli is a really good option on the left.

02:24Everybody looks to Bukayo Saka, who's their superstar on the right wing.

02:28But he's going up against Nuno Mendes, the left back for PSG, who's been unbelievable defensive this Champions League.

02:35He pocketed Mo Salah against Liverpool in the round of 16 over both legs.

02:40Salah had nothing.

02:41And he was really good against Saka in the first leg against Arsenal.

02:45So I'm staying away from Bukayo Saka against a tough matchup defensively and looking to the other side.

02:51Martinelli had a number of shots and a number of good chances in the first leg.

02:56I like him three-plus shots at plus 200.

02:59That's a great number.