A man who is more used to being seen on the goals market than the fouls market, it’s worth keeping an eye out on Mbappe giving away a free kick, particularly if Lyon can frustrate PSG for any length of time. Indeed, there have been signs in recent matches of Mbappe becoming frustrated with the poor performance of his team.

Against Bayern, Brest, and Rennes with PSG, and then against Ireland with France in midweek, substandard team performances have seen Mbappe become frustrated and give away free kicks. In his last five games, he has given away six. The exception was France’s 4-0 win over the Netherlands, in which it was plain sailing from early on. Coming back after the international break is notoriously tricky for big club teams, though, and a slow start from PSG may prompt Mbappe to become overzealous.

There’s a lot to like about Johann Lepenant committing at least two fouls against PSG. Firstly, he plays a central midfield role that is bound to see a lot of defensive action, while he is the type of industrious defensive player who is always busy trying to win possession and, therefore, will inevitably make misjudgments, particularly given his lack of experience in this type of arena. He also stands a good chance of starting with Caqueret struggling.

Indeed, he was handed a starting berth by Laurent Blanc last time out against Nantes when OL had all their midfield options available. On average this season, he is committing a foul once every 57 minutes, but he is liable to be tasked with a good deal more defensive work in this game against a more streetwise opponent, so look for that number to rise.

Whilst it is Napoli that are expected to have much more of the ball and be the team on the front foot, the player in Napoli’s midfield that is most heavily tasked with disrupting the opposition is Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.

He has become one of Europe’s best defensive midfielders at Napoli although it would be remiss to only view him as a defensive player. He is great on the ball and aids the Napoli attack extremely well.

That being said, when AC Milan break forward and someone like Rafael Leao or Brahim Diaz is trying to get his team high up the pitch, it will almost certainly be Anguissa that is the player closest to them and will be tasked with either winning the ball or bringing them down, depending on the situation. He is faster than Stanislav Lobotka and Piotr Zielinski and he is also more physically imposing than them.

He has committed 29 fouls so far this season in Serie A which is the second-highest of the entire Napoli squad. Due to his height and general physicality, he is the sort of player that often gets penalized by the ref for accidentally putting an arm across someone’s face or chest too forcefully, usually a player much smaller than him.

In what is expected to be a pretty combative game, he could be finding himself getting some attention from the referee whilst likely putting in another superb display.

There is actually a minor chance that Stefano Pioli chooses to start with Rade Krunic in this game but it would be a surprise if that were to happen. Considering the quality of the opposition, it should be Ismael Bennacer to start in midfield with Sandro Tonali.

The Algerian midfielder often does a bit more of the dirty work in comparison to Tonali and he is the Milan player who has committed the most fouls so far this season with 33. That puts him 21st out of everyone in the division.

Even if he were to be introduced later in the game, that would likely be in a situation where Milan have something to protect and then you can bet he will be bringing out the tactical fouls, making the bet even safer.

Runners like Hirving Lozano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia will make life very hard for Bennacer and the marauding runs of Anguissa will also pose another challenge. His primary task could be to just disrupt Napoli and whilst Bennacer is a great tackler, completing that task will certainly require some fouls too.