Both sides played out a goalless draw in their Ligue 1 opener, but Paris FC were more impressive in doing so.

They also finished 12 points better off than declining Nice last season, with Nice having to beat Saint-Étienne over two legs to keep themselves in the top-flight.

Nice held Lorient in their opener, dropping off as the game went on after a promising first half performance.

Paris FC won this encounter 1-0 last season and will be ambitious about closing the gap on the European places in Ligue 1 this term.

They created the better chances in their 0-0 draw at Troyes last time out, winning the xG battle 1.80-0.42, and can take the positives from that into this game.

Newly-relegated St Pauli are odds-on favourites to get their first win of the season when they host Kaiserslautern.

The visitors finished 10 points off the promotion places last season and have not set the world alight at the start of this one.

St Pauli have led, but ended up drawing their opening two games, including throwing away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at Holstein Kiel last time out in the league.

They posted 1.72 xG in their opener and then 2.46 at Kiel, so creating opportunities has not been an issue after dropping down a level.

Kaiserslautern haven't led or trailed in the league yet, drawing their opening two 0-0 and generating less than 2 xG across those games combined.

If St Pauli can tighten up at the back a bit, they should create enough chances to get a win on the board.

Last season’s Europa League runners-up, Freiburg, can kick off their Bundesliga season with a win over Werder Bremen.

The hosts finished 15 points better off than Werder last season, with the visitors ending the season just three points above the relegation spots.

Freiburg have done the double over Werder in the last two seasons, and all four of those wins have come accompanied by a clean sheet.

They brushed them aside 1-0 and 3-0 last term, and beat them 5-0 at home the season before that.

They sealed Conference League qualification on Thursday evening, but were able to manage their load ahead of this game, having been 3-1 up from the first leg, and beat Motherwell 4-1 in the second to ensure qualification.

Lazio have won their last six matches against Genoa.

Doing the double over them in the last two seasons in Serie A, and they’ve only conceded to them in one of those last six head-to-heads.

There could be fireworks on the touchline here with Gennaro Gattuso locking horns with Roma legend Daniele De Rossi, who arrives back in Rome with his Genoa side.

Davide Frattesi scored the only goal of the game as Lazio kicked off the season with a 1-0 win at Bologna, while Genoa lost 2-0 at home to Napoli.

Even in a bad season for them, Lazio finished seven places and 13 points higher than Genoa last term, and that gap in quality should be demonstrated in the capital on Sunday.

New England Revolution have lost five of their nine league away games this season, taking just eight points from nine away trips.

They’ve only kept one clean sheet in their last six matches and have less on the line than Columbus Crew at this stage of the season.

The visitors have a 10-point cushion inside the play-off positions, while Columbus Crew are four points off, but with their healthy goal difference would likely force their way in if they can string a couple of wins together.

14 of their 20 points this season have come at home, and the Crew have scored two or more goals in three of their last five MLS fixtures.