After a not-so-good start to the season, Paulo Fonseca’s men got a good move. The team does not lose in six matches. Thanks to the last victory over Fiorentina (2:0), they managed to move up to the eighth position in Serie A. Together with Cluj Roma shares the leadership in Group A in the Europa League. Teams have four points each after defeating Young Boys (2:1) and a goalless draw with CSKA Sofia (0:0). The next match will be conceded by the injured, namely by Nicolo Zagnollo, Davide Santon, Javier Pastore. Amado Diavarra and Riccardo Calafiori are in quarantine, whereas Gianluca Mancini has been disqualified.
PSG is in much better condition. The French grand have won five of their last six official bouts with a total score of 19:1. The only match in which Thomas Tuchel’s players lost, was the match against Manchester United in the Champions League. PSG lost with a score 1:2 in it. In other meetings during this period, PSG destroyed Dijon (4:0), Nantes (3:0), Angers (6:1) and N?mes (4:0) in Ligue 1 and also beat Bashakshehir (2:0) in the second round of the Champions League. As a finalist of the tournament, PSG have good stats in the Champions League. The French have won 9 of 13 previous Champions League matches. In the previous group stage, the Parisians skated through their rivals, defeating each of them once. The Red-Blues defeated Galatasaray (1:0) on the road, Club Brugge (5:0) and drew with Real Madrid (2:2). In the 1/8 finals PSG lost away to Borussia Dortmund (1:2), but later achieved the desired result at home (2:0). In general, PSG likes to destroy weak teams, but the French occasionally have problems with equal rivals. Five players are unavailable to the Parisians for this match at once: Neymar, Marco Veratti, Juan Bernat, Alexander Letelier and Julian Draxler. The participation of Mauro Ricardi and Leandro Paredes is in question.
