Champions League full preview and statistics: Paris Saint Germain to fight Bayern München at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Sun 23.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

Paris Saint Germain and Bayern München get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Final fixture.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Olympique Lyonnais. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

It's quite the trip for Bayern München when visiting Paris as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Last season, Paris's Champions League journey ended in the 8th finals.

Paris Saint Germain have been very solid at home in the Ligue 1 so far, with 37 points collected from 14 matches (12-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition. Paris haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Dijon, 295 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Paris tasted defeat here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

A strong away win for Paris Saint Germain against RB Leipzig the last match, as Marquinhos, Juan Bernat and Ángel Di María were on target. Before that match, a Champions League win away at Atalanta.

Paris always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica with 44 goals in 14 league games. From these home matches, Paris have conceded only 11 goals.

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Bayern München form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Liverpool drew the shortest straw.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 13 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Bundesliga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 10 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for München who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 20 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Borussia M'gladbach. Bayern München are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.

München play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Olympique Lyonnais. Preceding that game was the away Champions League victory against Barcelona with the score of 8-2.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 47 goals in 17 league games away this season. 17 goals have been conceded by München in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Paris, zero draws and two wins for Bayern München. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Paris Saint Germain Bayern München
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
21 9   Won W   13 24
3 2   Drew D   0 1
1 0   Lost L   0 0
84 34   Scored S   44 76
20 9   Conceded C   8 19
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 76%
72% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 68%
52% 64%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   54% 52%
44% 45%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 40%
44% 36%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
56% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 52%
4% 9%   Failed to Score F T   0% 4%
 
6 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.8 7.2
3.8 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 2.8
2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
386 155   Total Shots T S   230 405
192 74   Shots on Target S O   96 168
44% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 45%

  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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Etienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nimes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 26 4 4 100 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 17 13 2 2 47 17 68 82
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 6 7 84 41 17 11 3 3 46 17 17 10 3 4 38 24 43 69
3 RB Leipzig 34 18 12 4 81 37 17 7 8 2 38 21 17 11 4 2 43 16 44 66
4 Borussia M'gladbach 34 20 5 9 66 40 17 12 2 3 40 21 17 8 3 6 26 19 26 65
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 17 9 4 4 32 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 17 63
6 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 17 8 6 3 27 16 0 52
7 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 17 4 7 6 19 23 17 9 3 5 29 23 2 49
8 Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 17 9 2 6 23 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 17 8 4 5 36 27 17 5 2 10 23 33 -1 45
10 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 48 59 17 6 3 8 23 32 17 5 5 7 25 27 -11 41
11 Union Berlin 34 12 5 17 41 58 17 8 3 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -17 41
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 17 5 7 5 20 27 17 4 5 8 18 31 -20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 17 5 2 10 18 29 17 6 2 9 26 36 -21 37
14 Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 4 2 11 23 42 -18 36
15 Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 17 5 5 7 28 29 17 4 4 9 17 34 -18 36
16 Werder Bremen 34 8 7 19 42 69 17 2 3 12 15 36 17 6 4 7 27 33 -27 31
17 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 6 12 16 36 67 17 4 6 7 18 28 17 2 6 9 18 39 -31 30
18 Paderborn 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 2 2 13 21 46 17 2 6 9 16 28 -37 20

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 Bayern München 34 26 4 4 100 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 17 13 2 2 47 17 68 82
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 6 7 84 41 17 11 3 3 46 17 17 10 3 4 38 24 43 69
3 RB Leipzig 34 18 12 4 81 37 17 7 8 2 38 21 17 11 4 2 43 16 44 66
4 Borussia M'gladbach 34 20 5 9 66 40 17 12 2 3 40 21 17 8 3 6 26 19 26 65
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 17 9 4 4 32 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 17 63
6 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 17 8 6 3 27 16 0 52
7 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 17 4 7 6 19 23 17 9 3 5 29 23 2 49
8 Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 17 9 2 6 23 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 17 8 4 5 36 27 17 5 2 10 23 33 -1 45
10 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 48 59 17 6 3 8 23 32 17 5 5 7 25 27 -11 41
11 Union Berlin 34 12 5 17 41 58 17 8 3 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -17 41
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 17 5 7 5 20 27 17 4 5 8 18 31 -20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 17 5 2 10 18 29 17 6 2 9 26 36 -21 37
14 Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 4 2 11 23 42 -18 36
15 Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 17 5 5 7 28 29 17 4 4 9 17 34 -18 36
16 Werder Bremen 34 8 7 19 42 69 17 2 3 12 15 36 17 6 4 7 27 33 -27 31
17 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 6 12 16 36 67 17 4 6 7 18 28 17 2 6 9 18 39 -31 30
18 Paderborn 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 2 2 13 21 46 17 2 6 9 16 28 -37 20

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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.