Barcelona vs Paris Saint Germain

Barcelona have only lost three of their last 52 UEFA Champions League matches when scoring the opening goal – all three have been at home against Paris SG (1-4 in February 2021, 1-4 in April 2024 and 1-2 tonight).

PSG’s Gonçalo Ramos scored just the second 90th minute winning goal against Barcelona in UEFA Champions League history, with the other scored by Royal Antwerp in December 2023; this was the first ever scored away from home against Barca in any major European competition.

Tonight was only Barcelona manager Hansi Flick’s second defeat in 16 home UEFA Champions League matches (W12 D2) – both have come against Paris SG, also losing 3-2 with Bayern Munich in April 2021.

Barcelona and Paris SG will meet for the 16th time in European competition, with the two sides separated by just one victory across the previous 15 (six Barcelona wins and five for Paris SG, along with four draws).

Since winning three consecutive UEFA Champions League games against Paris SG in the 2014-15 season – all of which were with Luis Enrique in charge – Barcelona have only won two of their last six meetings with the French side in the competition (D1 L3).

Paris SG have won their last two games away to Barcelona, both by 4-1 scorelines in the UEFA Champions League (February 2021 and April 2024). If they win here, the French outfit will be the first team ever to win three consecutive away games against Barcelona in major European competition.

Barcelona have only lost one of their last 12 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (W9 D2), although that lone defeat did come against Paris SG (1-4 in April 2024). That was the only occasion across the 12 games where Barcelona failed to score at least two goals.

Paris SG have won their last four UEFA Champions League games by a combined scoreline of 12-1, and the last two by 9-0 combined (5-0 v Internazionale and 4-0 v Atalanta). Only one team has ever won three consecutive games in the UEFA Champions League by 4+ goals, with that instance also being by Paris SG (between October and November 2017).