Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the FC Bayern München - Paris Saint Germain clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 08.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Arena (75000 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League Round of 16 between FC Bayern München and Paris Saint Germain. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Paris Saint Germain have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Bayern München and Paris Saint Germain.

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FC Bayern München form and stats

FC Bayern München participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Villarreal.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Allianz Arena as FC Bayern München have scored 34 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 7-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.

A strong away win for FC Bayern München against Stuttgart the last match, as de Ligt and Choupo-Moting were on target. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Choupo-Moting, having found the net in three games in a row. de Ligt, defender, was given a rating of 8.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Ligt scored one goal and won 5 of 10 duels.

Before that, München had a Bundesliga home game versus Union Berlin which ended with a victory 3-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Augsburg are coming to town in three days.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of FC Bayern München is on fire here. A stunning 34 from 11 league matches. München have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals against Real Madrid.

Paris Saint Germain have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 9-1-3 from 13 games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 4W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.

Paris Saint Germain had fun at their own home (Allianz Arena) last time out, beating Nantes 4-2. Mbappé, Messi and Pereira scored. A bonkers match with plenty of goals last time out for PSG, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this game be as full of joy? Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Mbappé and Messi and that is quite the feat! The attacker Messi got a match rating of 8.43 in that game. Messi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 15 times and had 61 successful passes (of 74 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Olympique Marseille at their stadium, the result 3-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Paris Saint Germain manager Galtier as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Brest.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSG are regular goalscorers on their travels. Paris Saint Germain are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet this season, as the records show this recent match: Paris Saint Germain - FC Bayern München 0-1. Head to head statistics (for the previous seven meetings): FC Bayern München won five games, zero matches ended with a draw and Paris Saint Germain have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
18 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
13 goals
Paris Saint GermainL. Messi
L. Messi
13 goals

FC Bayern München missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Bayern München Paris Saint Germain
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
18 8   Won W   8 19
5 3   Drew D   0 1
2 0   Lost L   4 5
75 40   Scored S   31 68
25 9   Conceded C   17 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
68% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   92% 80%
52% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 48%
40% 45%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 28%
52% 45%   BTTS BTTS   67% 68%
44% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 24%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5.3 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.8
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 4
1.4 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.2
4 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
18 20.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 13.9
8.1 9.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.4 7
37% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 39%
 
9.3 7.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 12.5
3.2 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Bayern München 23 14 7 2 66 22 11 7 4 0 34 8 12 7 3 2 32 14 44 49
2 Borussia Dortmund 23 16 1 6 47 28 11 9 1 1 30 11 12 7 0 5 17 17 19 49
3 Union Berlin 23 13 5 5 35 27 11 7 4 0 19 8 12 6 1 5 16 19 8 44
4 RB Leipzig 23 12 6 5 46 29 11 8 2 1 25 10 12 4 4 4 21 19 17 42
5 Freiburg 23 12 6 5 35 32 11 7 3 1 19 9 12 5 3 4 16 23 3 42
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 23 11 6 6 45 33 11 7 1 3 26 13 12 4 5 3 19 20 12 39
7 Mainz 05 23 10 5 8 38 34 12 5 4 3 22 14 11 5 1 5 16 20 4 35
8 Wolfsburg 23 9 7 7 42 31 11 4 4 3 25 19 12 5 3 4 17 12 11 34
9 Bayer Leverkusen 23 9 4 10 40 37 12 5 2 5 25 17 11 4 2 5 15 20 3 31
10 Borussia M'gladbach 23 8 6 9 38 39 12 7 2 3 25 15 11 1 4 6 13 24 -1 30
11 Werder Bremen 23 9 3 11 35 43 12 5 1 6 20 18 11 4 2 5 15 25 -8 30
12 Köln 23 6 9 8 32 36 11 5 3 3 21 12 12 1 6 5 11 24 -4 27
13 Augsburg 23 8 3 12 28 39 12 5 2 5 12 16 11 3 1 7 16 23 -11 27
14 Hertha BSC 23 5 5 13 28 44 12 4 4 4 18 19 11 1 1 9 10 25 -16 20
15 Stuttgart 23 4 7 12 28 40 12 4 3 5 16 15 11 0 4 7 12 25 -12 19
16 Hoffenheim 23 5 4 14 29 42 12 3 2 7 15 22 11 2 2 7 14 20 -13 19
17 Schalke 04 23 4 7 12 18 42 12 3 3 6 12 26 11 1 4 6 6 16 -24 19
18 Bochum 23 6 1 16 24 56 11 5 1 5 17 21 12 1 0 11 7 35 -32 19
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

Paris Saint Germain:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

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