The opening leg of this Champions League bet builder places the focus on goals and with PSG’s ability to outscore the opposition with ease added to their inability when it comes to keeping clean sheets, backing over 2.5 total goals at the Parc des Princes seems as a good a starting point as any.

In all competitions, PSG have scored an average of 3.12 goals per game since the start of the season and conceded an average of 1.00. Add PSV’s own prowess, which has seen them average 3.22 league goals per game in the Eredivisie and at least three goals in the French capital looks achievable.

Although Bradley Barcola is yet to get off the mark in this season’s edition of the Champions League, the PSG forward has certainly left his mark on opposition defences in Ligue 1. The 22-year-old has scored seven goals in eight appearances and will look to transfer that form across on Tuesday.

Not only is Barcola scoring goals but he is doing so in a rather efficient manner and with an average of 1.75 shots on target per game, the former Lyon player cannot be accused of being wasteful in front of goal. With the odds on offer, it would be a waste to not consider him for this bet builder.

PSG’s win against Strasbourg last Saturday was arguably their season in a microcosm. Blowing teams away at one end, but just leaving the door slightly open at the other. That 4-2 win at the Parc des Princes does suggest that defensive deficiencies can be exposed, even if they are not fully punished.

When you add that to the eight goals conceded in eight league games, PSV will fancy their chances of at least registering an entry on the scoresheet – especially having already scored 29 league goals to date.

A look at the disciplinary numbers before Tuesday’s encounter suggests that match referee Glenn Nyberg could be kept busy in Paris. The hosts average 3.00 total cards (both for and against) after their first two Champions League matches of the season, PSV sit at 2.50 in the same metric.

With a two-game sample to analyse, it makes sense to also see how PSG walk the disciplinary tightrope in Ligue 1 and with the for and against card average rising to 4.13, it does suggest that Luis Enrique’s men have enough of a mean streak to help tip Tuesday’s total tally to at least three.

The corner market is always worth some consideration in a bet builder and especially when looking at the output of both PSG and PSV in this season’s Champions League. Tuesday’s hosts have only conceded a total of two corners to date – limiting Girona and Arsenal to just one each per game.

Then again, visitors PSV are only averaging 3.00 corners against themselves in this season’s Champions League and when added to their average of 2.00 earned at the other end, the two teams breaching a total of 10 at the Parc des Princes does not look like it is under any severe threat.

With at least three total cards being tipped in the Level 1 bet builder, it is time to drill down and focus on who will contribute the most on Tuesday. When researching where PSV’s cards have been obtained this season, it makes for rather interesting reading.

The Dutch outfit has picked up four yellow cards in all competitions this season. All of them have come while on their travels, and with their best chance of getting the better of PSG being connected to breaking up the flow of their hosts, that game plan may come at the cost of heavier punishment.

Another angle for consideration is who will earn the most corners on the Tuesday and if PSG can transfer their attacking form from Ligue 1 to the Champions League, they should be able to outscore PSV on this metric. In their first eight games of the season, they have had the most corners in six.

Top of the corner count in six, level pegging on Saturday when at home to Strasbourg. The only Ligue 1 game where they did not earn the most corners was against Lille in September Add that PSV are only averaging 2.00 corners per Champions League game and all signs point to PSG for this leg.

On the evidence of how PSG have played in the Champions League this season, there is no doubt that they have underperformed thus far. Squeezing past Girona in the dying seconds of Matchday 1 and second-best against Arsenal in Matchday 2 means they have a point to prove on Tuesday.

That point will come in, as they aim to earn all three, and the best way to show their superiority will be to get themselves in front early on. This is exactly what they have done in each of their last two home league games, and with a rapturous crowd behind them, we are backing them to be ahead at the interval.