PSG-FC Barcelona: Data, statistics and curiosities from the Champions League match

PSG vs FC Barcelona. This Wednesday, Barça visits Luis Enrique and Mbappé's PSG in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. The duel comes at an impeccable time for Barcelona after managing to come back in LaLiga, where they are already second, and also going 11 consecutive games without losing. The blaugranas will seek to continue with the good streak of results and get on track to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, to do so they will have to beat the French team at the Parc des Princes and thus take an advantage ahead of the second leg at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium. Below we review the data and curiosities of the match:

• Technical details of the match: PSG against FC Barcelona:
• PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (probable alignment):: Donnarumma; Zaïre-Emery, Marquinhos, Lucas Hernández, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha, Ugarte, Fabián Ruiz; Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola Sanctioned: Achraf Hakimi Apercibido of sanction: Lucas Hernández, Škriniar, Ugarte.
• FC BARCELONA (probable alignment):: Ter Stegen: Koundé, Araújo, Cubarsí, Joãor Cancel; Of Jong, Christensen, Gündoğan; Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha Sanctioned: any Apercibido of sanction: Christensen, Of Jong, Ferran Torres, Joãor Félix, Ronald Araújo, Sergi Roberto, Lamine Yamal.
• When it plays the match: Wednesday 10 April (21:00HEC).
• Where it plays the match: Parc give Princes, Paris.
• Competition: gone of quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League 2023-2024.
• Where see the match in TV: Here you have the International guide with the schedules and the channels of TV that broadcast in direct and on-line the match PSG-FC Barcelona of the UEFA Champions League.

Statistics of the FC Barcelona in the Champions League 2023-24

This season, the Barça started with a 5-0 home in front of the Antwerp, before winning 0-1 in Port wine and win 2-1 to the Shakhtar home in the third day. His impulse saw braked by a defeat by 1-0 in front of the Ukrainian club, but the classification remained ensured with a victory by 2-1 home in front of the Port wine, although it concluded with another defeat to domicile, by 3-2 in Amberes. In the round of eighth of final, the team of Xavi empató 1-1 in Naples in the gone and imposed by 3-1 home, with goals of Robert Lewandowski in both parties.

• The numbers of the FC Barcelona in the Champions League 2023-2024: 8 parties played, 5 victories, 1 tie and 2 defeats. 16 goals in favour and 8 against.

In the last 11 meetings contested, the great Barcelona team 9 victories (Osasuna, Alavés, Celtic, Getafe, Mallorca, Naples, Athletic and UD The Palms) and three ties (Granada, Naples and Athletic). Said of another form: since Xavi announced that it would leave the bench of the Barça on 30 June, the team does not know the KO.

The FC Barcelona adds 5 consecutive parties with the goal to 0. The Barça has improved in defence and proof of this is that the team of Xavi Hernández adds five parties of League without fitting goals: Getafe (4-0), Athletic (0-0), Mallorca (0-0), Athletic (0-3) and UD The Palms (1-0). The last goal against in League was on 17 February against the Celtic of Vigo.

The PSG was second of the Group F, by behind the Borussia Dortmund. This season, the PSG started with a 2-0 home in front of the Dortmund, before losing 4-1 in Newcastle and win 3-0 to the Milan home in the third day. In the fourth jornasa suffered a defeat by 2-1 in front of the Italian club, in the fifth empató 1-1 home against the Newcastle and sealed the classification with a tie 1-1 in the field of the Dortmund. In the round of eighth of final, the team of Luis Enrique won home 2-0 against the Real Sociedad and 1-2 in the turn.

Statistics PSG vs FC Barcelona in the Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona will confront in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by fourth time. Previous clashes between FC Barcelona and PSG: 4 victories of the PSG, 5 victories of the FC Barcelona and 4 ties. 21 goals of the PSG and 24 of the Barça.

The Barcelona has won the two last previous clashes of quarter-finals, in the season 2012/13 and, under the control of Enrique, in the season 2014/15, and also achieved a traced back record in the Champions League against the PSG in the eighth of final of the season 2016/17. The French team, however, won in quarter-finals of the campaign 1994/95, and in the eighth of final of the season 2020/21.

The balance of the Barcelona in quarter-finals of the Glass of Europe is of 15 victories and 7 defeats. Five of these defeats have produced in the last seven eliminatory. The defeat in 2020 in front of the Bayern supposed for the Barcelona his 13ª eliminatory consecutive of quarter-finals of the Champions League, all a record in the competition. In the 2006/07 had not reached the quarter-finals.

The victory by 0-1 in the field of the Manchester United in the gone of the quarter-finals of the 2018/19 is the only triumph of the Barcelona in eleven parties out of house in eliminatory of the Champions League (five ties and five defeats), from the victory by 0-2 in the field of the Arsenal in the eighth of final of the season 2015/16. The victories in front of Manchester United and Arsenal are his only triumphs in the last 13 clashes of this type, with six defeats.

This is the 28ª campaign of the FC Barcelona in the Champions League, a record of the competition that shares with the Real Madrid. It has participated in all the seasons from the 2003/04 and has reached the eighth of final by 23ª time. The Barcelona has won twice the Glass of Europe in Wembley, stage of the final of this season; in 1992 it imposed to the Sampdoria by 1-0 after the extention to do with the trophy for the first time, and also defeated to the Manchester United by 3-1 in 2011. The pentacampeón of Europe arrived to quarter-finals or more in each season between 2007/08 and 2019/20, winning the title in 2009, 2011 and 2015, but did not happen of eighth in each one of the two last campaigns

The FC Barcelona only has won 14 of his last 35 parties to domicile in European competition (ten ties and eleven defeats), although it was invicto in eight (five victories and three ties) before losing in front of the Benfica in the second day of the 2021/22. Since, his balance out of house is of five triumphs, two ties and six defeats.

Paris Saint-Germain is in fourth for the first time in three seasons, whereas the FC Barcelona reached the quarter-finals in all the seasons between 2007/08 and 2019/20, but did not arrive to this phase from this last campaign. This is the eighth participation of Paris in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where his balance is of three victories and four defeats. This is the 16ª campaign of Paris in the Champions League, equalising the French record of the Lyon. It has participated in all the seasons from the 2012/13, reaching the eliminatory rounds in the last 12 campaigns.

With the triumph against the Real Sociedad in eighth of final, the Parisians add 13 victories in his last 29 European parties (seven ties and nine defeats). The PSG only has lost seven of his last 73 European parties home (47 victories and 19 ties), although five of these defeats have produced in his last 23 meetings in the Parc give Princes.

Curiosities of the PSG-Barça

Luis Enrique was trainer of the FC Barcelona of 2014 to 2017, winning the League, the Glass of Rey and the Champions League in his first season at the head of the Barcelona team. The Asturian technician guided to the Barça to two titles of league and three Glasses of the King in his three seasons in the charge, in addition to conquering the Supercopa of Europe and the World-wide Glass of Clubs of the FIFA in 2015. Luis Enrique and Xavi were mates in the Barcelona between 1998 and 2004.

Ousmane Dembélé Marked 40 goals in 185 parties with the FC Barcelona between 2017 and 2023, when fichó by Paris Saint-Germain. The French forward won three Leagues, the last in 2022/23, and the Glass of the King in 2017/18 and 2020/21 with the team culé. Another ex Barcelona is Arnau Tenas, who arrived to the Barça in 2010 and remained until the summer of 2023, when fichó by Paris. It contested 58 parties with the team B of the FC Barcelona.

THE NUMBERS OF XAVI IN THE BENCH OF THE BARÇA

133 parties of Xavi like trainer culé. The FC Barcelona of Xavi Hernández adds already 133 parties with 83 victories, 24 ties and 26 defeats. It has converted 254 goals and has fit 140.

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