Old Trafford Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Manchester United - Paris Saint Germain action

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 02.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

Paris Saint Germain have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Manchester United. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

It's no vacation for neither Manchester nor Paris Saint Germain as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Manchester United form and stats

Last season, Manchester United's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Barcelona.

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Manchester United are 1-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). 3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Manchester United.

Manchester United are returning here after visiting Southampton in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani (2) scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Manchester won a home game hosting Istanbul Basaksehir (4-1).

A very satisfying win for Manchester United against Southampton last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Edinson Cavani's goal in the 90th minute. Manager O. Solskjær felt very clever after Edinson Cavani scored the winning goal against Southampton, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. A late climax in the match against Southampton as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Edinson Cavani.

Manchester are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at West Ham United awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Manchester here at Old Trafford in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Manchester United with 10 goals conceded in these matches.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris was sent out of Champions League in the semi-finals last season.

Paris Saint Germain have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

Paris played 2-2 against Bordeaux in their previous match. Before that, Paris secured a home win against RB Leipzig with the score 1-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Montpellier.

The Paris manager T. Tuchel has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. It's not easy to score on Paris as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Paris Saint Germain - Manchester 1-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Manchester, zero draws and one win for Paris Saint Germain. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
9 goals
ManchesterB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
7 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Kean
M. Kean
4 goals

Manchester United missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Manchester United Paris Saint Germain
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
15 5   Won W   9 17
3 3   Drew D   0 2
7 4   Lost L   3 6
49 19   Scored S   40 64
30 18   Conceded C   7 14
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 68%
68% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 60%
40% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 32%
24% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 16%
56% 58%   BTTS BTTS   25% 24%
36% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   67% 64%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.4
1 1   Red cards R C   3 7
 
13.6 13   Shots (avg) S (   14.6 13.8
5.9 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.9 6
35% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United 4 3 0 1 12 4 2 2 0 0 9 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 8 9
2 Paris Saint Germain 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 6
3 RB Leipzig 4 2 0 2 4 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -3 6
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 4 1 0 3 3 9 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -6 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 10 6 3 1 21 9 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 4 1 0 13 3 12 21
2 Liverpool 10 6 3 1 22 17 5 5 0 0 14 6 5 1 3 1 8 11 5 21
3 Chelsea 10 5 4 1 22 10 5 2 2 1 11 6 5 3 2 0 11 4 12 19
4 Leicester City 9 6 0 3 18 12 4 2 0 2 5 6 5 4 0 1 13 6 6 18
5 Southampton 10 5 2 3 19 16 5 3 0 2 10 8 5 2 2 1 9 8 3 17
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 5 2 3 11 11 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 3 0 2 5 6 0 17
7 Everton 10 5 1 4 19 17 5 2 1 2 12 10 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 16
8 Manchester United 9 5 1 3 16 16 5 1 1 3 3 10 4 4 0 0 13 6 0 16
9 Aston Villa 8 5 0 3 19 11 5 2 0 3 12 11 3 3 0 0 7 0 8 15
10 Manchester City 9 4 3 2 15 11 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 15
11 West Ham United 9 4 2 3 15 10 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 14
12 Leeds United 10 4 2 4 15 17 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 3 0 2 9 8 -2 14
13 Newcastle United 10 4 2 4 12 15 5 2 0 3 6 11 5 2 2 1 6 4 -3 14
14 Arsenal 10 4 1 5 10 12 5 2 0 3 5 8 5 2 1 2 5 4 -2 13
15 Crystal Palace 10 4 1 5 12 15 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 2 0 3 5 9 -3 13
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 2 4 4 14 16 5 0 3 2 5 8 5 2 1 2 9 8 -2 10
17 West Bromwich Albion 10 1 3 6 7 18 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 0 1 4 3 11 -11 6
18 Burnley 9 1 2 6 4 17 4 1 0 3 1 5 5 0 2 3 3 12 -13 5
19 Fulham 9 1 1 7 9 18 5 1 0 4 5 11 4 0 1 3 4 7 -9 4
20 Sheffield United 10 0 1 9 4 16 5 0 1 4 1 6 5 0 0 5 3 10 -12 1
  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 12 8 1 3 30 8 6 4 1 1 16 4 6 4 0 2 14 4 22 25
2 Lille 12 6 5 1 22 8 6 4 2 0 13 2 6 2 3 1 9 6 14 23
3 Olympique Lyonnais 12 6 5 1 21 10 6 4 2 0 14 4 6 2 3 1 7 6 11 23
4 Monaco 12 7 2 3 23 16 7 5 2 0 18 8 5 2 0 3 5 8 7 23
5 Montpellier 12 7 2 3 21 16 6 4 0 2 13 11 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 23
6 Olympique Marseille 10 6 3 1 15 9 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 4 1 0 7 3 6 21
7 Rennes 12 5 4 3 19 16 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 2 3 1 10 8 3 19
8 Angers SCO 12 6 1 5 18 22 6 2 1 3 5 9 6 4 0 2 13 13 -4 19
9 Lens 11 5 3 3 17 18 6 3 2 1 11 9 5 2 1 2 6 9 -1 18
10 Brest 12 6 0 6 21 23 6 4 0 2 13 11 6 2 0 4 8 12 -2 18
11 Nice 11 5 2 4 16 15 6 2 1 3 7 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 1 17
12 Metz 12 4 4 4 12 11 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 1 3 2 4 5 1 16
13 Bordeaux 12 4 4 4 12 13 6 2 3 1 5 2 6 2 1 3 7 11 -1 16
14 Nantes 12 3 4 5 14 18 5 2 2 1 8 8 7 1 2 4 6 10 -4 13
15 Saint-Etienne 12 3 2 7 12 20 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 1 1 4 6 12 -8 11
16 Nimes 12 3 2 7 11 22 6 1 1 4 8 15 6 2 1 3 3 7 -11 11
17 Reims 12 2 3 7 16 22 5 1 0 4 3 8 7 1 3 3 13 14 -6 9
18 Lorient 12 2 2 8 12 22 6 1 1 4 6 9 6 1 1 4 6 13 -10 8
19 Strasbourg 12 2 1 9 14 24 6 1 1 4 4 10 6 1 0 5 10 14 -10 7
20 Dijon 12 1 4 7 8 21 6 0 3 3 3 7 6 1 1 4 5 14 -13 7

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.