Borussia Dortmund will host PSG at Signal Iduna Park in the first leg. This is the third meeting between these clubs in the Champions League this season.
Paris Saint-Germain has been aiming to win the Champions League since being taken over by QSI. Now they are just two games away from potentially challenging for the Champions League trophy.
Game preview
In the group stage of the Champions League, PSG secured four points out of six against Dortmund.
The match in France ended in a 2-0 win for PSG, while the second leg at Signal Iduna Park ended in a 1-1 draw.
This will be the clubs’ seventh meeting since 2010, with PSG slightly ahead of Dortmund with a record of 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
The pressure will be on Dortmund to get a good result at home to advance to the second leg in Paris.
Dortmund go into the first leg at home in poor form, having failed to win their last two Bundesliga games.
After a 1-1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen, they suffered a 1-4 defeat RB Leipzig over the weekend.
PSG, meanwhile, drew 3-3 with Le Havre at the weekend, ending their three-game winning streak in all competitions.
Kylian Mbappe has scored 43 goals across all competitions this season and leads PSG in the Champions League goalscoring with eight goals, one more than Bayern Munich Harry Kane.
Dortmunder Niclas Vollkrug is their top goalscorer with 14 goals in all competitions Donyell Painting netted 13 times.
Mbappe scored in the clubs’ first meeting this season Karim Adeyemi scored Dortmund’s only goal in the two games.
Although PSG were in better form, they failed to prevail in Group F. Dortmund finished top of the group with 11 points, while PSG moved up eight points on goal difference to draw level with third-placed AC Milan.
Prediction and Analysis:
Given PSG’s star-studded lineup and their goalscoring ability, they might seem like the favorites.
However, Dortmund’s home advantage and the support of their passionate fans at Signal Iduna Park could mean this is a closely contested game.
Historically, PSG have outpaced Dortmund in their encounters with a record of two wins, three draws and one defeat in their last six encounters.
Given the attacking strength on both sides, our prediction leans towards a high-scoring game with a 2-2 draw as the likely outcome. This result would leave everything open for the second leg in Paris.
- Borussia Dortmund – PSG 2:2