We have reached the fourth round of group fixtures in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League. One of the biggest games to be played on Tuesday the 24th of November is between Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig at the Parc des Princes.
The hosts begin the game in third place on 3 points while the visitors are in second place on 6 points, making it a crucial match.
Paris Saint-Germain come into the game having suffered a 3-2 at Monaco in Ligue 1 on Friday night. It appeared as though the defending champions were on course to take maximum points having opened a 2-0 lead. However, Monaco had other ideas and scored 3 goals in the second half, with the winning goal coming in the 84th minute from the penalty spot.
The second half performance was extremely disappointing and PSG will need to raise their game if they are to win this match.
PSG have been struggling in the Champions League this season and have won only one of their 3 games. The victory came away from home at Istanbul Basaksehir but there have been defeats at home against Manchester United and at RB Leipzig.
Trends show PSG have a good record when playing at home in the Champions League and they have won 10 of their last 14 games at the Parc des Princes in the competition. PSG have kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 home Champions League games and have scored 2 or more goals in 3 of their last 6 Champions League matches on home soil.
RB Leipzig returned from the international break with a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. Having fallen behind just before half time, it took RB Leipzig just 12 minutes to find the equaliser in the second half to take a share of the spoils. That was the third game without defeat for the German club following a 2-1 home win over PSG in the Champions League and a 3-0 victory against Freiburg at home in the Bundesliga.
However, away form has not been great and RB Leipzig have won only one of their last 5 away games in all competitions. The victory came at Augsburg in the Bundesliga but following that win, RB Leipzig lost 5-0 at Manchester United in the Champions League.
Trends show RB Leipzig are unbeaten in 9 of their last 11 Champions League games and they have scored 2 or more goals in 8 of their last 11 UCL matches.
Team news and Paris Saint-Germain will be without the suspended Presnel Kimpembe and Idrissa Gueye. Ander Herrera, Thilo Kehrer, Julian Draxler, Marco Verratti, Mauro Icardi, and Juan Bernat could all miss out due to injury.
RB Leipzig travel without several injured players including Nordi Mukiele, Hee-Chan Hwang, Marcel Halstenberg, Lukas Klostermann , Konrad Laimer, and Fabrice Hartmann.
🔙🎥-#OnThisDayA #UCL evening with plenty of goals ⚽️ 🆚@CelticFC pic.twitter.com/GmRTh9kGHs— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) November 22, 2020
🔙🎥-#OnThisDayA #UCL evening with plenty of goals ⚽️ 🆚@CelticFC pic.twitter.com/GmRTh9kGHs
This should be a close game in terms of the final score but we expect to see both teams find the back of the net. RB Leipzig will be mindful of what happened to them in their match at Old Trafford earlier in the group and could restrict PSG to fewer goals but the hosts are the favourites to take maximum points.