Champions League: Group Stage between Paris Saint Germain and Club Brugge

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 07.December
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

Paris Saint Germain and Club Brugge get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.

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 PSG and Club Brugge.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

PSG participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Manchester City.

Paris Saint Germain have been very solid at home in the Ligue 1 so far, with 22 points collected from 8 matches (7-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Paris Saint Germain has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The Paris Saint Germain fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Parc des Princes and will expect new points from this game. PSG has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

The home team returns to Parc des Princes after being equal after 90 minutes with Lens on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. PSG's goalie Keylor Navas played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Lens with a stunning six saves. The hometeam coach M. Pochettino Trossero made a successful contribution in the game against Lens, bringing on Georginio Wijnaldum who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. The attacking player Lionel Messi was announced as "man of the match" for Paris Saint Germain with the rating of 7.53/10. Messi hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

Before that, PSG drew at home versus Nice.

Paris Saint Germain 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 eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew one and lost one.

Goals decide football matches and PSG are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Paris Saint Germain are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parc des Princes in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Club Brugge in their Pro League matches away. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-1D-3L. This is both home and away.

Club Brugge go into this game after a win, the home game against RFC Seraing that ended 3-2. The attacker Noa Lang got a match rating of 8.04 in that game. Lang served one assist and hit five key passes.

A 3-3 draw at Genk (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties)'s stadium before that.

You'll want to know how Club Brugge managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and one home win.

The travelling fans enjoy Brugge's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Brugge have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head game ended Club Brugge - PSG 1-1, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the preceeding three meetings): PSG won two games, one match ended in a draw and Club Brugge managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

PSGK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
7 goals
Club BruggeB. Dost
B. Dost
7 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
5 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Paris Saint Germain Club Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
16 10   Won W   5 13
6 2   Drew D   3 7
3 0   Lost L   3 5
48 27   Scored S   20 51
26 10   Conceded C   21 44
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 96%
60% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 72%
36% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 44%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 36%
64% 58%   BTTS BTTS   82% 76%
28% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 20%
16% 8%   Failed to Score F T   0% 4%
 
4.9 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.5
4.8 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.9 4.6
1.8 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
2 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
12.8 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 14.3
4.8 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.2
40% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 35%
 
12.4 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   13.2 11.7
4.6 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 5 4 0 1 17 8 3 3 0 0 12 5 2 1 0 1 5 3 9 12
2 Paris Saint Germain 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 8
3 RB Leipzig 5 1 1 3 13 13 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 1 0 2 10 9 0 4
4 Club Brugge 5 1 1 3 5 16 3 0 1 2 2 11 2 1 0 1 3 5 -11 4
  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 17 13 3 1 36 16 8 7 1 0 19 6 9 6 2 1 17 10 20 42
2 Olympique Marseille 16 8 5 3 23 14 9 4 3 2 15 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 9 29
3 Rennes 16 8 4 4 27 14 9 6 1 2 18 6 7 2 3 2 9 8 13 28
4 Nice 16 8 4 4 25 12 8 3 3 2 12 8 8 5 1 2 13 4 13 27
5 Lens 17 7 6 4 30 23 9 4 4 1 18 9 8 3 2 3 12 14 7 27
6 Brest 17 6 6 5 25 23 8 3 3 2 13 9 9 3 3 3 12 14 2 24
7 Lille 17 6 6 5 23 24 8 4 3 1 11 10 9 2 3 4 12 14 -1 24
8 Strasbourg 16 6 5 5 31 22 9 5 2 2 23 10 7 1 3 3 8 12 9 23
9 Monaco 16 6 5 5 23 20 8 3 3 2 13 10 8 3 2 3 10 10 3 23
10 Angers SCO 16 5 7 4 23 21 8 4 1 3 12 11 8 1 6 1 11 10 2 22
11 Montpellier 16 6 4 6 24 23 8 4 2 2 14 9 8 2 2 4 10 14 1 22
12 Olympique Lyonnais 15 6 4 5 23 23 8 4 3 1 16 10 7 2 1 4 7 13 0 22
13 Nantes 16 5 4 7 20 21 8 4 1 3 11 8 8 1 3 4 9 13 -1 19
14 Reims 16 4 7 5 18 19 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 2 4 3 10 11 -1 19
15 Troyes 17 4 4 9 16 25 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 2 1 6 7 16 -9 16
16 Lorient 16 3 6 7 13 25 7 3 2 2 7 7 9 0 4 5 6 18 -12 15
17 Clermont 16 3 5 8 19 31 8 2 3 3 10 11 8 1 2 5 9 20 -12 14
18 Bordeaux 16 2 7 7 24 37 8 1 3 4 11 15 8 1 4 3 13 22 -13 13
19 Metz 16 2 6 8 18 33 8 0 4 4 10 18 8 2 2 4 8 15 -15 12
20 Saint-Etienne 16 2 6 8 17 32 8 1 4 3 10 15 8 1 2 5 7 17 -15 12
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 17 12 1 4 43 18 8 5 0 3 18 9 9 7 1 1 25 9 25 37
2 Club Brugge 17 9 6 2 32 23 8 4 4 0 17 10 9 5 2 2 15 13 9 33
3 Antwerp 16 9 3 4 29 18 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 4 1 3 14 11 11 30
4 Gent 17 8 3 6 27 17 8 5 1 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 8 7 10 27
5 Mechelen 16 8 2 6 28 28 8 5 1 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 12 17 0 26
6 Sporting Charleroi 16 7 5 4 28 22 8 3 2 3 12 9 8 4 3 1 16 13 6 26
7 Anderlecht 16 6 7 3 31 22 8 3 4 1 20 12 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 25
8 AS Eupen 17 6 4 7 27 26 8 2 3 3 12 13 9 4 1 4 15 13 1 22
9 Kortrijk 17 5 7 5 20 21 8 3 3 2 10 9 9 2 4 3 10 12 -1 22
10 Genk 16 6 3 7 30 28 8 3 2 3 15 12 8 3 1 4 15 16 2 21
11 Sint-Truiden 17 6 3 8 18 25 9 2 2 5 11 16 8 4 1 3 7 9 -7 21
12 KV Oostende 17 6 2 9 21 36 9 4 1 4 13 21 8 2 1 5 8 15 -15 20
13 Standard Liege 16 5 5 6 18 26 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 9 14 -8 20
14 OH Leuven 17 4 8 5 22 27 9 3 3 3 11 12 8 1 5 2 11 15 -5 20
15 RFC Seraing 17 6 1 10 23 31 8 4 1 3 13 9 9 2 0 7 10 22 -8 19
16 Zulte-Waregem 16 4 5 7 25 35 9 2 2 5 14 23 7 2 3 2 11 12 -10 17
17 Cercle Brugge 17 4 4 9 20 24 9 1 2 6 8 14 8 3 2 3 12 10 -4 16
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 2 3 11 15 30 8 2 0 6 5 10 8 0 3 5 10 20 -15 9

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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.