RB Leipzig and Paris Saint Germain get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
These are full days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Bundesliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Eintracht Frankfurt.
These teams have little in common geographically as Paris Saint Germain have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
RB Leipzig form and stats
Leipzig participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Liverpool.The story so far in the Bundesliga for RB Leipzig at their home stadium (Red Bull Arena) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. 0W-0D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for RB Leipzig. It’s been three wins in a row for Leipzig here at Red Bull Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Leipzig drew their last game, 1-1 away at Eintracht Frankfurt. Willi Orbán was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.71 out of 10. The defender Orbán served one assist, hit one key pass and won 10 of 13 duels.
In the game before, an away victory in the DFB Pokal match versus Babelsberg with a 1-0 scoreline.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Borussia Dortmund are coming to town in three days.
It's goals goals goals for Leipzig who have scored 18 goals from 5 league home games. RB Leipzig's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paris Saint Germain form and stats
Paris Saint Germain was sent out of Champions League in the semi-finals last season, when Manchester City turned out to be too strong.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Ligue 1. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Paris go into this game after a win, the home game against Lille that ended 2-1. Ángel Di María, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.7. María scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).
A 0-0 draw at Olympique Marseille's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Paris manager M. Pochettino Trossero as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bordeaux.
Paris are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. 6 goals have been conceded by Paris Saint Germain in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Paris Saint Germain - Leipzig 3-2. Statistics for the preceeding four meetings featuring these two sides are: one win for Leipzig, zero draws and three wins for Paris Saint Germain. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbappé Lottin 5 goals |   E. Forsberg 4 goals |  C. Nkunku 4 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Paris Saint Germain missing players
| RB Leipzig | Paris Saint Germain | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 17 | 53 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.5 | ||
| 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 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 | FC Bayern München | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 25 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Köln | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 12 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Bochum | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 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 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Lens | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Nice | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Rennes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Nantes | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Monaco | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Lorient | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Lille | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Clermont | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Troyes | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Reims | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Metz | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 19 | Brest | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 6 |