PSG finally get their 2020/21 Ligue 1 campaign up and running on Thursday – but what should football spread betting punters be keeping an eye on? It’s the Sports Spread Bets of the Day!

What channel is Lens v PSG?
The French champions make the trip to Lens at 8pm, on BT Sport 1.

What are the odds on PSG winning Ligue 1?
Looking for a 4th consecutive domestic title, and their 10th Ligue 1 championship overall – that would put them on par with Marseille and Saint-Etienne – PSG are unsurprisingly heavy favourites heading into 2020/21.

Spreadex is offering PSG at a Season Points spread of 91-93 – that compares to the 91 managed in 2018/19 and the 93 in 2017/18.

With 3 points already on the board, Lyon are then at 67.5-69.5, with Marseille at 60-62 and Lille at 59-61. At the other end of the table, with no points after 2 games, Dijon are favourites for relegation at 35-37.

What is the highest number of points won in a Ligue 1 season? That record belongs to Big Zlatan’s 2015/16 PSG side, when they racked up an unbeaten 96 points.

What are the best bets for Lens v PSG?
Though it is 3-weeks on from the official start of the 2020/21 Ligue 1 season, PSG will wish they had a bit more time to prepare. The list of the club’s covid-19 cases is alarmingly long, with Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Keylor Navas, Marquinhos, Leandro Paredes, Angel di Maria AND Mauro Icardi all absent after testing positive.

Essentially, if the newly-promoted Lens are going to beat PSG this season, it will be on Thursday night. Yet even missing their biggest names, the visitors are still heavily fancied, at a PSG/Lens (h) Goal Supremacy spread of 0.7-0.9. That comes alongside a Total Goals spread of 2.6-2.8 and a Total Goal Minutes spread of 132-142 – both of which would’ve been higher with the inclusion of Mbappe and Neymar.

Missing their headline forwards, who is favourite to score for PSG against Lens? That’d be 27-year old Jese, who has been with the club since 2016, but has been on loan at least for parts of every season since. The Spaniard sits at a Player Goal Minutes spread of 17-20, the same price as Pablo Sarabia and Julian Draxler.