Liverpool are in the French capital tonight for a massive Champions League last-16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain. Despite finishing top of the revamped league phase with seven wins from eight matches, Arne Slot’s side have been handed an extremely difficult first knockout round assignment.
The Reds face a PSG side that despite only managing a rather disappointing 15th-place finish in the league phase, thrashed Ligue 1 rivals Brest 10-0 on aggregate in the play-off round and are currently on a 10-game winning streak across all competitions. Though, Liverpool are in good form themselves having stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 13 points in the past week.
As a result, tonight’s crucial first leg is a heavyweight meeting between two in-form European giants, both of whom are firmly on track to win domestic league titles this season. However, only can can advance to the quarter-final against either Aston Villa or Club Brugge. It promises to be an entertaining clash at the Parc des Princes, follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog!
PSG vs Liverpool latest news
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Kick-off: 8pm GMT | Parc des Princes
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How to watch: TNT Sports
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PSG team news: No fresh injury concerns
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Liverpool team news: Gakpo doubtful
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Standard Sport Prediction: Score draw
PSG vs Liverpool: Head to head (h2h) history and results
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PSG wins: 1
Liverpool wins: 1
Draws: 0
These two sides have remarkably only met twice before, in the group stage of the 2018/19 Champions League. Liverpool won 3-2 at Anfield thanks to Roberto Firmino’s dramatic stoppage-time goal, before losing 2-1 in Paris with Neymar on the scoresheet.
Liverpool team news
17:45 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
Liverpool will definitely remain without defenders Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley, who are both currently sidelined with hamstring injuries.
Arne Slot was not believed to be battling any new injury concerns, until Cody Gakpo missed open training on Tuesday and his manager later revealed that the Dutch forward - who recently missed two games with a knock suffered in the Merseyside derby - had re-injured himself while blocking a shot on Monday.
He has made the trip but his availability for the game is in the balance.
PSG team news
17:40 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
PSG received a boost last week with teenage midfield star Warren Zaïre-Emery resuming training following an ankle issue that had kept him out since late January and coming off the bench in Saturday’s 4-1 home win over Lille in Ligue 1.
Luis Enrique was able to rotate between last week’s 7-0 demolition of fourth-tier minnows Stade Briochin in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France and the win over Lille, with an otherwise clean bill of health at present.
How to watch PSG vs Liverpool
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TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 1. Coverage starts at 7pm GMT ahead of an 8pm kick-off.
Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Discovery+ app and website.
Live blog: You can follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog!
Welcome
17:30 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of the Champions League round of 16 first leg tie between Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool!
Both sides lead the way at the top of their respective domestic leagues and go into tonight's clash in great form.
We’ll have all the latest updates, build-up and team news ahead of kick-off, which comes at 8pm GMT from the Parc des Princes.
