Milan vs Paris match facts

AC Milan are still seeking their first victory and goal in the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League as they welcome Group F leaders Paris Saint-Germain to San Siro.

Last season's semi-finalists went down 3-0 at the Parc des Princes on Matchday 3, Kylian Mbappé's 32nd-minute strike added to by goals in the second half from Randal Kolo Muani (53) and substitute Kang-In Lee (89). That was Paris's first win against Milan in the fifth fixture between the clubs.

Milan had drawn both their first two games 0-0, at home to Newcastle and at Borussia Dortmund, and have two points, two behind that pair. Paris are on six points, kicking off with a 2-0 win at home to Dortmund before being blown away at Newcastle on Matchday 2, going down 4-1.

Previous meetings 

Paris wins 1
Milan wins 2
Draws 2
Paris goals 5
Milan goals 5

Matchday 3 was the sides' first fixture since they drew 1-1 in both Paris and Milan in the 2000/01 Champions League second group stage.

The goals at San Siro on 14 February 2001 both came in a five-minute period midway through the first half, Leonardo giving Milan a 26th-minute lead with Nicolas Anelka levelling in the 30th minute.

Paris struck first at the Parc des Princes six days later, Laurent Robert opening the scoring in the 75th minute, only for José Mari to snatch a point for Milan with a 90th-minute equaliser.

Neither club progressed from Group B, however, Milan finishing third on seven points, three behind both Deportivo La Coruña and Galatasaray but two above fourth-placed Paris.

Milan had beaten Paris in the 1994/95 Champions League semi-finals, Zvonimir Boban scoring a 90th-minute winner in the first leg at the Parc des Princes before two Dejan Savićević goals (21, 68) at San Siro completed a 3-0 aggregate victory.

The Rossoneri went on to lose 1-0 to Ajax in the Vienna final.

Form guide

Milan

Record vs French clubs: W12 D7 L8 F32 A27
Home record vs French clubs: W8 D3 L2

Milan's last game against French opponents before Matchday 3 was a 1-1 draw at LOSC Lille on Matchday 4 of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League; they had lost 3-0 at home.

Both of Milan's home defeats by French clubs have come against LOSC, the other a 2-0 reverse on Matchday 6 of the 2006/07 Champions League.

The Rossoneri's most famous encounter with French opposition was the inaugural Champions League final of 1992/93, which they lost 1-0 to Marseille in Munich.

Milan are making their third successive Champions League group appearance and a 20th overall, three behind Juventus's Italian record of 23.

The seven-time European champions – who claimed their first title at Wembley, the venue for this season's final, in 1963 – reached the knockout rounds for the first time since 2013/14 last season. They finished second behind Chelsea in Group E and then knocked out Tottenham and Napoli (1-0 h, 1-1 a) only to lose another all-Italian tie, against neighbours Inter, in the last four (0-2 h, 0-1 a).

Despite five victories in 2022/23, Milan have won only seven of their last 28 UEFA Champions League games (D9 L12). The first-leg defeat of Napoli in the 2022/23 quarter-finals is one of six wins in their last 19 home fixtures, group stage to final (D7 L6), the 3-1 defeat of Dinamo on Matchday 2 having ended a six-game run without a victory (D3 L3).

Milan were Champions League winners in 1994, 2003 and 2007 and runners-up in 1993, 1995 and 2005. They are the only Italian side to triumph more than once in the Champions League era.

The Rossoneri finished fourth in Serie A in 2022/23, 20 points behind champions Napoli.

Paris

Record vs Italian clubs: W6 D9 L9 F26 A31
Away record vs Italian clubs: W2 D4 L5

Paris were paired with Juventus in last season's group stage, winning 2-1 at home on Matchday 1 thanks to Mbappé's first-half double (5, 22). Mbappé also opened the scoring in a 2-1 victory in Turin on Matchday 6, Nuno Mendes scoring a second-half winner.

The Matchday 3 win against Milan made it four victories in a row against Serie A sides, a 2-1 defeat of Atalanta in the one-off Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon in 2019/20 having ended Paris's run of six successive draws against Italian teams.

Paris are unbeaten in ten matches against Italian sides, home and away (W4 D6), since a 3-1 loss to Juventus in Palermo in the 1997 UEFA Super Cup second leg; they had been beaten 6-1 at home.

The Matchday 6 victory against Juve last season was only Paris's second away to an Italian team and a first since a 2-0 win against Napoli in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup second round first leg in which George Weah scored both goals.

This is Paris's 16th Champions League group campaign, level with Lyon's French record. They have featured every season since 2012/13, reaching the knockout stages in all 11 of those most recent campaigns.

Runners-up to Bayern in the 2020 final, Les Parisiens were again beaten by the German club in last season's round of 16 (0-1 h, 0-2 a). They had finished second in Group H behind Benfica, picking up 14 points.

The French side have lost in the last 16 in five of their last seven Champions League campaigns.

Paris have been victorious in 12 of their last 27 away Champions League fixtures (D5 L10), but the win at Juventus last season is one of only two successes in their last ten (D3 L5).

The Matchday 3 defeat of Milan is one of 11 victories in the Parisians' last 24 European matches (D5 L8).

Paris claimed their 11th French title, and ninth in the last 11 seasons, finishing one point ahead of Lens at the top of the Ligue 1 table.

The French club replaced coach Christophe Galtier with Luis Enrique in the summer.

Links and trivia

Milan defender Theo Hernández and Paris full-back Lucas Hernández are brothers. Both born in Marseille, they signed for Atlético de Madrid in 2007 and were both on the club's books until Theo signed for Real Madrid in 2017.

Gianluigi Donnarumma joined Milan aged 14 in 2013, making his first-team debut two years later. Aged 16 years 242 days, he was the second youngest goalkeeper in Serie A history.

Donnarumma went on to make 251 appearances for Milan in all competitions, including 215 in Serie A, before signing for Paris in June 2021.

Born in Vitry-sur-Seine in the Paris suburbs, Yacine Adli joined the Paris academy in 2013 and made his first-team debut in the final Ligue 1 match of the 2017/18 campaign. That proved to be his sole appearance before moving to Bordeaux the following January, although he went on to make 104 appearances over three and a half years with Les Girondins, scoring six goals including one in a 2-2 draw at the Parc des Princes on 28 November 2020.

Alessandro Florenzi spent 2020/21 on loan at Paris from Roma, making 36 appearances in all competitions and winning the Coupe de France.

Have also played in Italy:
Achraf Hakimi (Inter 2020/21)
Milan Škriniar (Sampdoria 2016/17, Inter 2017–23)
Marquinhos (Roma 2012/13)
Fabián Ruiz (Napoli 2018–22)
Danilo Pereira (Parma 2011/12)

Škriniar won 11 of his 18 games against Milan with Inter, losing only four. He captained the Nerazzurri to a 3-1 win in the Italian Super Cup on 18 January, setting up Lautaro Martínez for the final goal of a 3-0 win.

Have also played in France:
Pierre Kalulu (Lyon 2010–20)
Olivier Giroud (Grenoble 1999–2008, Istres 2007/08 loan, Tours 2008–10, Montpellier 2010–12)
Rafael Leão (LOSC Lille 2018/19)
Mike Maignan (LOSC Lille 2015–21)
Simon Kjær (LOSC Lille 2013–15)

Maignan was part of Paris's youth set-up between 2009 and 2015, making 42 appearances for the club's B team before departing for LOSC Lille in 2015.

Have played together:
Christian Pulišić & Achraf Hakimi (Dortmund 2018/19)
Christian Pulišić & Ousmane Dembélé (Dortmund 2016/17)
Alessandro Florenzi & Marquinhos (Roma 2012/13)
Luka Jović & Marco Asensio (Real Madrid 2019–21)
Theo Hernández & Marco Asensio (2017/18)
Yunus Musah & Lee Kang-In (Valencia 2019–21)
Yunus Musah & Carlos Soler (Valencia 2019–22)

International team-mates:
Mattia Caldara, Davide Calabria, Alessandro Florenzi & Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy)
Mike Maignan, Theo Hernández, Pierre Kalulu, Olivier Giroud & Lucas Hernández, Nordi Mukiele, Presnel Kimpembe, Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé (France)
Rafael Leão & Nuno Mendes, Danilo, Vitinha, Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal)

Paris coach Luis Enrique was in charge of Simon Kjær at Roma in 2011/12.

Enrique and Milan counterpart Stefano Pioli met twice in Serie A that season, Enrique's Roma being held to a 1-1 home draw by a Bologna side coached by Pioli before a 2-0 away win.

Latest news

Milan

Milan went down 1-0 at home to Udinese on Saturday, their third defeat in their last four matches in all competitions (D1).

Having also lost 1-0 at home to Juventus on 22 October, Milan have suffered successive home Serie A defeats without scoring for the first time since September 2012.

Two first-half goals from Olivier Giroud were not enough for Milan to win at Napoli on 29 October, the Italian champions scoring twice in the second half to earn a draw.

Milan have won only one of their last six games in all competitions (D2 L3), a 1-0 victory at Genoa in Serie A on 7 October.

The Rossoneri had kept five clean sheets in six games before losing to Juventus; they have not managed one since, conceding seven goals in their last four matches.

Giroud, who had not scored since 1 September before finding the net at Napoli, a run of 11 games for club and country, is Milan's top scorer in Serie A this season on six goals, two more than Christian Pulišić.

Milan have won seven of the first eight Serie A games in two of their last three seasons, also doing so in 2021/22. They had managed the feat only twice in the previous 67 seasons.

Pulišić was also on target in the United States' 3-1 friendly defeat against Germany on 14 October and the 4-0 win against Ghana four days later.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek came on on Saturday, his first appearance since suffering a groin problem on 30 September.

Left-back Theo Hernández missed the game against Udinese with an ankle injury.

Simon Kjaer missed the game against Napoli with a minor thigh injury, a similar problem forcing Pulišić's half-time replacement. Neither was involved in the weekend defeat.

Defender Pierre Kalulu will be out for about four months after suffering a thigh injury against Napoli. Marco Pellegrino, his replacement in that game, fractured a bone in his left foot and had to be substituted himself, missing the weekend loss.

Defender Mattia Caldara is expected be out for about three months after undergoing ankle surgery in September.

Samuel Chukwueze will be out for about a month after suffering a thigh injury on international duty with Nigeria.

Reserve goalkeeper Marco Sportiello has been sidelined by a calf injury.

Ismaël Bennacer has not been included in Milan's Champions League squad as he is recovering from the knee ligament injury suffered in the first leg of last season's semi-final.

Paris

Paris are unbeaten in Ligue 1 since a 3-2 home loss against Nice on 15 September. Their record since is W5 D1, their most recent result Friday's 3-0 home victory against Montpellier that made it four Ligue 1 wins in a row.

Kang-in Lee opened the scoring with his first Ligue 1 goal before Warren Zaïre-Emery made it two, scoring for the second successive league game to match his 2022/23 tally of two goals. Substitute Vitinha wrapped up the win with his own second league goal this season, equalling his tally for the previous campaign.

The win was a 300th Paris victory for Marquinhos, a new club record.

Kylian Mbappé scored twice in a 3-2 win at Brest on 29 October and has ten Ligue 1 goals in ten outings this season, and 11 in 12 games in all competitions for Paris.

Zaïre-Emery was also on target, his first Ligue 1 goal since 11 February. The 17-year-old also has three assists in the Champions League this season.

Paris have 24 points after 11 league games this season, five less than at the same point in 2022/23. It is their lowest total at this stage of a Ligue 1 campaign since 2016/17, when they had 20.

Paris were top of the table from the first matchday to the last in 2022/23.

Gonçalo Ramos scored his only Paris goals to date with a double in a 4-0 home win against Marseille on 24 September. He has two goals in 13 club appearances this season compared to three in two for Portugal.

Lee scored twice in South Korea's 3-0 friendly win against Tunisia in Seoul on 13 October, his first international goals, and was also on target in a 6-0 friendly win against Vietnam four days later. He opened his account for Paris against Milan on Matchday 3 before getting his first Ligue 1 goal on Friday.

Two Mbappé goals gave France a 2-1 victory in Amsterdam against the Netherlands on 13 October to take Les Bleus to UEFA EURO 2024. Ousmane Dembélé, Randal Kolo Muani and Lucas Hernández also featured.

Four days later, Mbappé scored another penalty in Lille as France ran out 4-1 friendly winners against Scotland. The France captain is now his country's fourth highest scorer with 43 goals, 11 behind record holder Olivier Giroud.

Zaïre-Emery captained France to a 9-0 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship victory against Cyprus in Grenoble on 17 October, his country's record win; Bradley Barcola set up one of the goals.

Ramos scored as Portugal beat Milan Škriniar's Slovakia 3-2 on 13 October to confirm their place at UEFA EURO 2024. Danilo and Vitinha also featured for the home side.

Ruiz started Spain's 1-0 win in Oslo on 15 October as La Roja also booked their spot at UEFA EURO 2024.

Gianluigi Donnarumma's Italy lost 3-1 to England at Wembley on 17 October in a repeat of the UEFA EURO 2020 final.#

Danilo missed Friday’s win with a hamstring injury, Paris confirming he is expected to be sidelined until the end of the next international window.

Keylor Navas missed Friday’s game due to back pain.

Presnel Kimpembe (out since 26 February, Achilles tendon) and Nuno Mendes (hamstring) are both still to appear this season. The latter underwent surgery on 29 September and is expected to be out for four months.

Marco Asensio withdrew from the Spain squad on 8 September after a foot injury and has not played since.

On 30 October Mbappé finished third in the voting for the Ballon d'Or. Kolo Muani was 28th.