Paris Saint Germain and Benfica get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's quite the trip for Benfica when visiting Paris Saint Germain as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Paris Saint Germain nor Benfica 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.
Paris Saint Germain form and stats
PSG participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Real Madrid.Paris Saint Germain have played 4 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Paris Saint Germain has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Paris Saint Germain shared the glory with Reims in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Pereira got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Pereira won 0 of 1 duels.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Benfica (Champions League). PSG are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 10, drew 1 and lost 0.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Paris Saint Germain's attacking play is working.
Benfica form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Liverpool drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Total Champions League statistics for Benfica: 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Impressive finishing from Ramos (2) and Musa secured the home win 4-2 against Rio Ave in their previous game. A mental game with lots of goals last time out for Benfica, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this game be as gleeful? The attacker Ramos got a match rating of 9.24 in that game. Ramos scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
One game before, 1-1 at home against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League.
Benfica have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Taça De Portugal fixture vs Caldas. A difficult itinerary for the visiting team!
Benfica have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Benfica - Paris Saint Germain 1-1. Last seven meetings between these participants: PSG won two, Benfica were winners in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbappé 8 goals |  Neymar 8 goals |   G. Ramos 6 goals |
Paris Saint Germain missing players
Benfica missing players
| Paris Saint Germain | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 71 | 38 | Scored | S | 17 | 60 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 16.5 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 16.6 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 6.5 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 9.7 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Juventus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 26 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 | Lorient | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Lens | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Monaco | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Rennes | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Lille | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Clermont | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Troyes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Nice | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Reims | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Auxerre | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Angers SCO | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | Nantes | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Brest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Strasbourg | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Estoril | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Boavista | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Chaves | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Arouca | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Vizela | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 2 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -19 | 0 |
