The Fort Worth Press - PSG eye becoming France's first 'Invincibles'

USD -
AED 3.673023
AFN 64.485566
ALL 80.675004
AMD 361.450114
ANG 1.789785
AOA 916.999953
ARS 1524.901699
AUD 1.428367
AWG 1.80125
AZN 1.705219
BAM 1.74449
BBD 2.013379
BDT 123.649824
BGN 1.747831
BHD 0.37725
BIF 2996
BMD 1
BND 1.278292
BOB 11.691144
BRL 5.032099
BSD 0.999639
BTN 94.927772
BWP 13.724852
BYN 2.981492
BYR 19600
BZD 2.010606
CAD 1.405925
CDF 2316.000068
CHF 0.825303
CLF 0.024778
CLP 975.198113
CNY 6.67805
CNH 6.67451
COP 3172.64
CRC 454.01635
CUC 1
CUP 23.991865
CVE 98.49938
CZK 21.624205
DJF 177.720239
DKK 6.651603
DOP 61.549749
DZD 134.430549
EGP 54.503597
ERN 15
ETB 161.149943
EUR 0.889895
FJD 2.253796
FKP 0.751528
GBP 0.74771
GEL 2.59015
GGP 0.751528
GHS 11.625013
GIP 0.751528
GMD 73.507307
GNF 8794.999743
GTQ 7.639477
GYD 209.088355
HKD 7.848296
HNL 26.832455
HRK 6.705301
HTG 130.906561
HUF 323.949944
IDR 17984
ILS 3.089355
IMP 0.751528
INR 94.76635
IQD 1513
IRR 1832374.999726
ISK 121.219818
JEP 0.751528
JMD 158.652431
JOD 0.709007
JPY 158.176993
KES 129.850313
KGS 87.450107
KHR 4069.999877
KMF 439.503622
KPW 899.999961
KRW 1334.840047
KWD 0.309694
KYD 0.833107
KZT 449.788164
LAK 22525.000136
LBP 89549.999792
LKR 331.534585
LRD 171.075018
LSL 16.389772
LTL 2.95274
LVL 0.60489
LYD 6.415004
MAD 9.798999
MDL 17.934092
MGA 4562.458051
MKD 54.989163
MMK 2099.540776
MNT 3598.083246
MOP 8.081669
MRU 40.225015
MUR 47.260554
MVR 15.459958
MWK 1741.999826
MXN 18.426703
MYR 4.082501
MZN 63.904623
NAD 16.389756
NGN 1330.805616
NIO 36.82962
NOK 9.40295
NPR 151.877982
NZD 1.75945
OMR 0.384503
PAB 0.999728
PEN 3.426983
PGK 4.504989
PHP 63.108997
PKR 276.75005
PLN 3.88665
PYG 5737.960807
QAR 3.645498
RON 4.739802
RSD 104.493988
RUB 82.815309
RWF 1475.5
SAR 3.762651
SBD 8.07458
SCR 13.968579
SDG 601.495747
SEK 9.891495
SGD 1.277601
SHP 0.7473
SLE 23.920291
SLL 20969.504398
SOS 571.499858
SRD 37.6615
STD 20697.981008
STN 21.95
SVC 8.747581
SYP 13001.999685
SZL 16.389585
THB 33.584608
TJS 9.232052
TMT 3.51
TND 2.994981
TOP 2.40776
TRY 49.59498
TTD 6.78527
TWD 32.630196
TZS 2644.650335
UAH 45.054454
UGX 4169.008054
UYU 40.102397
UZS 12019.999549
VES 879.7889
VND 25876
VUV 119.358066
WST 2.773115
XAF 583.732855
XAG 0.017241
XAU 0.000242415133
XCD 2.70255
XCG 1.801632
XDR 0.707052
XOF 583.732855
XPF 106.484664
YER 236.10636
ZAR 16.393802
ZMK 9001.212009
ZMW 20.018642
ZWL 321.999592
SSP 5816.545442
MXV 2.080063
  • RIO

    -0.3300

    97.04

    -0.34%

  • CMSC

    -0.0400

    20.67

    -0.19%

  • RELX

    0.0000

    33.41

    0%

  • RBGPF

    0.0000

    67.95

    0%

  • BCE

    -0.0700

    21.99

    -0.32%

  • BCC

    -0.0300

    75.66

    -0.04%

  • GSK

    0.8600

    51.08

    +1.68%

  • JRI

    -0.0300

    11.52

    -0.26%

  • NGG

    -0.1200

    76.68

    -0.16%

  • CMSD

    0.0900

    20.54

    +0.44%

  • BTI

    -0.0800

    55.75

    -0.14%

  • AZN

    2.0200

    168.1

    +1.2%

  • BP

    -1.4200

    43.16

    -3.29%

  • RYCEF

    0.4600

    19.7

    +2.34%

  • VOD

    0.0700

    17.02

    +0.41%

PSG eye becoming France's first 'Invincibles'
PSG eye becoming France's first 'Invincibles' / Photo: © AFP/File

PSG eye becoming France's first 'Invincibles'

Paris Saint-Germain can wrap up another Ligue 1 title this weekend and are also closing in on the first ever unbeaten season in the top flight of French football.

Text size:

PSG play host to relegation-threatened Angers on Saturday knowing a draw will be enough for them to secure their 11th French championship triumph in the last 13 years.

It is a long period of dominance which began quickly after the takeover of the club by Qatar Sports Investments in 2011.

The financial gap between PSG and the rest of France now appears unbridgeable, and Luis Enrique's team are currently a huge 21 points clear at the top of the table with seven games of the season to play.

For them to miss out on the title now, PSG would have to lose every remaining game and Monaco would have to win all of theirs and also oversee an enormous swing in goal difference.

Put simply, that is not going to happen, and the Parisians will hope to finish the job in front of their own supporters before switching their focus to their Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Aston Villa next Wednesday.

This midweek PSG secured their place in the final of the French Cup, surviving a scare by coming from two goals down to beat Ligue 2 side Dunkerque 4-2 and set up a clash with Reims on May 24.

They have not lost any of their last 38 matches against domestic opponents across all competitions since a 3-1 defeat at home to Toulouse last May.

The likes of Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, Juventus, Celtic and, just last season, Bayer Leverkusen have all gone through domestic league campaigns without losing a game in the 21st century.

In France, Nantes have come the closest, going unbeaten through their first 32 matches of the 38-game season as they took the title in 1994/95.

PSG have played 27 of 34 matches in this Ligue 1 campaign, and surely should remain unbeaten as long as they do not become distracted by the Champions League.

"We are not unbeatable, we are not invincible, we are not film heroes," insisted Luis Enrique after Tuesday's win against Dunkerque.

"We are just a football team. Perfection does not exist and we are not perfect."

Yet PSG, with the likes of Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue and Achraf Hakimi in outstanding form, should not need to be perfect to keep their current run going domestically.

After this weekend, three of their final six Ligue 1 matches will be against sides presently in the bottom six.

A home game against Champions League hopefuls Nice and a trip to in-form Strasbourg are the toughest remaining assignments on the domestic front.

Player to watch: Mika Biereth

The 22-year-old London-born striker, who recently made his debut for the Danish national team, has enjoyed a stunning start to life at Monaco since joining the principality club in January.

Recruited from Sturm Graz in Austria, the former Arsenal youngster has scored 12 goals in his first 10 Ligue 1 appearances, including three hat-tricks.

His strike in last week's Cote d'Azur derby against Nice left him with 11 goals from five home games with his new club, but he has just one on the road heading into this weekend's trip to Brest.

According to statisticians Opta, Biereth has scored a goal every 67 minutes since he moved to France's top flight.

Key stats

13 - Lucky for some, PSG are set to win their 13th French league title overall

32 - PSG's leading marksman Dembele has scored 32 goals this season in all competitions

5 - While PSG are 21 points clear at the top of the table, just five points separate the next six teams, from Monaco in second to Lyon in seventh

Fixtures (times GMT)

Friday

Nice v Nantes (1845)

Saturday

Paris Saint-Germain v Angers (1500), Brest v Monaco (1700), Lyon v Lille (1905)

Sunday

Lens v Saint-Etienne (1300), Reims v Strasbourg, Rennes v Auxerre, Montpellier v Le Havre (all 1515), Marseille v Toulouse (1845)

S.Jones--TFWP