UEFA Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich – live text commentary and score updates from semi-final first leg
Paris SG and Bayern Munich have confronted one another 15 instances within the UEFA Champions League, and 9 instances throughout the final 9 campaigns. Since the beginning of the 2017-18 version, solely Real Madrid v Manchester City has been performed extra instances within the competitors (13) than this fixture (9).
Bayern Munich have gained every of their final 5 video games in opposition to Paris SG within the UEFA Champions League, together with one earlier this season (2-1 final November). This is already the longest successful streak a staff has achieved in opposition to Paris SG in main European competitors (5).
Paris SG have misplaced 60% of their video games in opposition to Bayern Munich within the UEFA Champions League (9/15 – W6), with this their highest loss share in opposition to any opponent they’ve confronted 3+ instances within the competitors. Indeed, their 9 whole defeats in opposition to Bayen are their most in opposition to any aspect within the Champions League.
Bayern Munich supervisor Vincent Kompany has gained each of his UEFA Champions League conferences with Luis Enrique’s Paris SG (1-0 in November 2024 and 2-1 in November 2025). If Bayern win right here, Kompany may have probably the most victories of any supervisor in opposition to Luis Enrique within the competitors (3).
With a victory right here, Paris SG boss Luis Enrique would turn out to be the quickest to 50 wins of any supervisor in UEFA Champions League historical past (presently 49 wins in 76 video games). The present report is held by Pep Guardiola, who achieved his fiftieth victory in his eightieth sport (Bayern Munich 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb in December 2015).
Paris SG have scored 2+ targets in every of their final eight knockout stage video games within the UEFA Champions League; the joint-longest run within the competitors’s historical past. The solely different staff to take action in eight in a row was Barcelona between April 2015 and April 2016, who had been additionally managed by Luis Enrique.
Bayern Munich and Paris SG are the joint-high scorers within the UEFA Champions League this season (38 targets), in addition to having the 2 highest targets per sport averages (3.2 for Bayern and 2.7 for Paris SG). Both sides additionally rank joint-first for targets scored following excessive turnovers, netting six instances every after recovering the ball in superior areas.
Paris SG have utilized excessive-depth stress to 58% of their opponent’s touches made within the center third of the pitch within the UEFA Champions League this season, the very best share of any staff. Indeed, Warren Zaïre-Emery has probably the most excessive-depth pressures within the center third of any midfielder on the remaining 4 groups on this version (265).
Paris SG’s Vitinha has accomplished 1,370 passes within the UEFA Champions League this season, the very best whole by a participant in a single version on report (since 2003-04). The Portuguese midfielder has additionally accomplished 100+ passes in eight totally different video games this season, with solely Xavi in ​​2010-11 (9) doing so in additional in a single marketing campaign on report (since 2003-04).
Harry Kane’s 12 targets this season are already probably the most by an English participant in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League marketing campaign. Kane has scored in every of his final 4 knockout stage video games within the competitors, and may equal the longest streak by a Bayern Munich participant within the Champions League (5 by Robert Lewandowski between 2016 and 2018).
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been immediately concerned in 13 targets within the UEFA Champions League this season (8 targets, 5 assists), only one shy of probably the most by a Paris SG participant in a single version, achieved by Ousmane Dembélé in 2024-25 (14 – 8 targets, 6 assists).
If Luis DÃaz scores or assists on this sport (6 targets, 3 assists to this point), will probably be the first time that three Bayern Munich gamers have reached 10+ purpose involvements in a UEFA Champions League marketing campaign (Harry Kane on 13 and Michael Olise on 10).
On a per 90 foundation (min. 500 minutes performed), the three defenders with probably the most attacking sequence involvements within the UEFA Champions League this season are made up of Paris SG duo Nuno Mendes (7.6) and Achraf Hakimi (7.5), adopted by Bayern Munich’s Josip Stanisic (6.6).
Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich has made extra line of defense-breaking passes than some other participant within the UEFA Champions League this season (19). However, Paris SG have six totally different gamers with not less than 10 (Vitinha, Dembélé, Mendes, Kang-In, Kvaratskhelia & Hakimi), the place Kimmich is the one Bayern participant in double figures.
Should Marquinhos seem for Paris SG on this sport, he’ll equal Roberto Carlos (120) for probably the most appearances by a Brazilian participant in European Cup/UEFA Champions League historical past, and joint second-most by a South American participant, solely trailing Lionel Messi (163).
