Paris and Bayern out to lay down marker
Paris Saint-Germain and FC Bayern München both won impressively in a initial turn of games, and now have a event to take control of Group B when they accommodate during a Parc des Princes.
• While Paris were equalling their biggest European divided feat with a 5-0 success during Celtic FC, Bayern were easing past RSC Anderlecht 3-0 in Munich, nonetheless story suggests a German side could face a contrast dusk in France.
Previous meetings
• The teams have met in 6 prior matches – all in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre – and all though one of those contests were won by a home side.
• The many new encounters came in a initial organisation theatre in 2000/01 – a deteriorate that culminated in Bayern winning a foe for a fourth time. Home surrogate Laurent Leroy’s 90th-minute strike gave Paris a 1-0 feat during a Parc des Princes on 26 Sep 2000 before Bayern incited a tables in Munich, goals from Hasan Salihamidžić (3) – now a club’s sporting executive – and surrogate Paulo Sérgio (89) securing a 2-0 success.
• The line-ups in Paris were:
Paris: Letizi, Mendy, Rabesandratana, Déhu, Algerino, Luccin, Christian (Leroy 79), Benarbia (Ducrocq 69), Dalmat, Robert, Anelka.
Bayern: Kahn, Sagnol (Strunz 77), Andersson, Wiesinger (Santa Cruz 77), Linke, Tarnat, Fink, Sforza, Scholl, Salihamidžić, Jancker (Elber 83).
• In 1997/98 Bayern ran out 5-1 winners in a initial diversion in Germany, Giovane Elber and Carsten Jancker any scoring twice and Thomas Helmer removing a other notwithstanding Marco Simone’s consolation. Paris, however, were 3-1 victors behind in France, their goals entrance from Franck Gava (17), Florian Maurice (73) and Leroy again (75); Markus Babbel had leveled for Bayern.
• The French bar also came out on tip in 1994/95, George Weah and Daniel Bravo earning a 2-0 home win and Weah, again, claiming a usually idea in Germany – a usually divided feat possibly organisation has managed in this fixture.
Match background
Paris
• Quarter-finalists in 4 unbroken seasons between 2013 and 2016, Paris were on a wrong finish of a biggest quip in UEFA Champions League story in final term’s turn of 16. Having won 4-0 during home to FC Barcelona, a French outfit succumbed 6-1 in a divided leg to crawl out – with Neymar, now of Paris, providing dual Barça goals and an assist.
• Paris have mislaid usually one of their final 43 European home games given crashing 4-2 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC in a 2006/07 UEFA Cup organisation theatre (W27 D15) – going down 3-1 to Barcelona in a 2014/15 quarter-finals.
• They picked adult 5 points during home in final season’s organisation theatre (W1 D2).
• Paris’s final assembly with German antithesis came in a 2013/14 turn of 16, a 4-0 delight during Bayer 04 Leverkusen environment adult a 6-1 total success. That extended a French side’s record of never carrying mislaid during home to German visitors (W5 D1).
Bayern
• Bayern have not faced a French bar given a 2012/13 organisation stage, when they kick LOSC Lille 1-0 away, Thomas Müller scoring from a chastisement spot, and 6-1 during home with Arjen Robben on target.
• The Bundesliga organisation have won on their final 3 visits to France, where their altogether record is W6 D3 L6. A 2-1 detriment during FC Girondins de Bordeaux in a 2009/10 organisation theatre is Bayern’s solitary retreat in their final 8 trips (W5 D2).
• Bayern competent for a organisation theatre after winning their fifth true Bundesliga pretension in 2016/17. The German side are aiming to strech a knockout rounds for a tenth deteriorate running.
• Carlo Ancelotti’s organisation collected usually 3 points on their travels in final year’s organisation stage, winning during PSV Eindhoven though losing during Club Atlético de Madrid and FC Rostov.Â
• Bayern have won usually dual of their final 8 European divided games, losing four.
Coach and actor links
• Ancelotti was Paris manager between 2011 and 2013, lifting a Ligue 1 pretension in 2012/13.
• Ancelotti also worked with Ãngel Di MarÃa during Real Madrid CF in 2013/14, a span winning a UEFA Champions League together.
• Unai Emery gave Juan Bernat his veteran entrance during Valencia CF in 2011/12.
• Bayern partner manager Willy Sagnol picked adult 58 caps for France and was Bordeaux trainer between 2014 and 2016.
• Kingsley Coman assimilated a Paris academy aged 9 and pennyless into a initial organisation in 2013, relocating on to Juventus in summer 2014 carrying done usually 4 comparison appearances.
• Have played together:
Dani Alves Thiago Alcántara (FC Barcelona, 2008–13)
Layvin Kurzawa James RodrÃguez (AS Monaco FC, 2013–14)
• Has played in Germany:
Kevin Trapp (1. FC Kaiserslautern, 2008–12; Eintracht Frankfurt, 2012–15)
• Trapp’s record opposite Bayern in a Bundesliga was W0 D0 L6, with 16 goals conceded.
• Have played in France:
Franck Ribéry (FC Metz, 2004/05; Olympique de Marseille, 2005–07)
Corentin Tolisso (Olympique Lyonnais, 2013–17)
James RodrÃguez (AS Monaco FC, 2013/14)
• Have played for same inhabitant side:
Alphonse Areola, Presnel Kimpembe, Layvin Kurzawa, Adrien Rabiot Corentin Tolisso, Kingsley Coman (France)
Kevin Trapp, Julian Draxler Manuel Neuer, Niklas Süle, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng, Sebastien Rudy, Joshua Kimmich, Thomas Müller (Germany)
Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Dani Alves, Lucas, Neymar Rafinha (Brazil)
Grzegorz Krychowiak Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
• Neymar scored in a 2015 UEFA Champions League final as Barcelona kick Arturo Vidal’s Juventus 3-1.
• Neymar also got 3 goals for Barça in a 2014/15 semi-final opposite Bayern (3-0, 2-3).
• Lewandowski bagged all 4 goals for Borussia Dortmund in a 2012/13 semi-final initial leg opposite Di MarÃa’s Real Madrid.
• Julian Draxler faced Bayern 10 times in joining and crater with FC Schalke 04 and VfL Wolfsburg (W1 D1 L8).
• Kylian Mbappé scored in France’s 4-0 FIFA World Cup subordinate win opposite Robben and a Netherlands on 31 August.