Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona Preview

Paris Saint-Germain host Barcelona at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night with both clubs perfect after two games and level on six points at the top of the Champions League table. PSG beat Manchester City 4-2 away on matchday two, having won 6-1 in their opener, while Barcelona won 4-1 away at Galatasaray after a 5-1 win in their first game. Each side also won again at the weekend, PSG 3-1 away at Strasbourg in Ligue 1 and Barcelona 5-2 away at Betis in La Liga. Only goals scored separate them in the standings, with PSG on 10 and Barcelona on nine, and both have a goal difference of +7. Between them they have scored 19 goals and conceded five in their four league phase games. Kick-off in Paris is at 8pm UK time.

PSG have won each of their last five matches, scoring 13 goals and conceding five. Saturday’s 3-1 win away at Strasbourg in Ligue 1 is the latest, and Manchester City were beaten 4-2 at the Etihad in the Champions League on 14 October, with PSG scoring four away from home. Before that, Le Mans were beaten 3-1 at the Parc des Princes on 10 October, the only home game of the five. Further back, PSG won 2-1 away at Marseille on 20 September and 1-0 away at Brest on 13 September. Four of the five were played away from home and all four were won. PSG scored in every game of the run and conceded in four of the five, with the 1-0 at Brest the only clean sheet.

Barcelona have won all five of their last five matches, scoring 22 goals and conceding six. Saturday’s 5-2 win away at Betis in La Liga is the latest, and Galatasaray were beaten 4-1 away in the Champions League on 13 October. Before that, Getafe were beaten 3-0 at home on 10 October, the only clean sheet of the run. Further back, Sevilla were beaten 3-1 away on 19 September and Racing Santander 7-2 at home on 16 September, a thumping by any scoreline. Barcelona scored at least three goals in every game, and all three of their away games were won, with 12 goals scored on the road. They have conceded in four of the five games.

PSG lead the five Champions League meetings listed, with three wins to Barcelona’s one and one draw, and the goals read 13-7. The most recent was a 2-1 PSG win away at Barcelona on 1 October 2025, and before that Barcelona won 3-2 at the Parc des Princes on 10 April 2024. The home side has not won any of the five: PSG won all three of the games played in Barcelona, by a combined 10-3, while the two matches in Paris were that 3-2 Barcelona win and a 1-1 draw on 10 March 2021. The visitors have won four of the five meetings in this record and lost only once.

PSG are first in the league phase standings on six points with a goal difference of +7, and Barcelona are second on six points, also on +7. A PSG win would take them to nine points. A Barcelona win would take them to nine, with positions in both cases depending on results elsewhere on matchday three.

In France, the match is live on Canal+ Foot and Canal+ Live 1, with myCANAL streaming. Spanish viewers can watch on Movistar Liga de Campeones, with Movistar+ streaming, while in the UK it’s on TNT Sports 2 and TNT Sports 9, with HBO Max streaming. In the USA, TUDN USA and UniMás carry it, with Paramount+ and ViX streaming.

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