Paris Saint-Germain vs Atlético de Madrid facts

Paris Saint-Germain and Atlético de Madrid are both in need of an improvement in results as they meet at the Parc des Princes on Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League.

The French champions kicked off with a 1-0 home win against Girona but then lost 2-0 at Arsenal before being held 1-1 by PSV Eindhoven in Paris. Atleti also began with a home victory, 2-1 against Leipzig, but then went down 4-0 at Benfica and 1-3 at home to LOSC Lille.

This is the sides' first meeting.

Form guide

Paris Saint-Germain 

Record vs Spanish clubs: W18 D9 L14 F68 A62
Home record vs Spanish clubs: W11 D6 L4

A 90th-minute own goal at home to Girona on Matchday 1 made it four wins in Paris's last five games with Liga opponents.

Paris faced Spanish opponents in both the round of 16 and the quarter-finals of last season's Champions League, beating Real Sociedad 2-0 at home and 2-1 away before overturning a 2-3 home first-leg defeat against Barcelona by coming from behind to progress with a 4-1 victory in Spain.

Despite wins in five of their last seven matches, Paris have managed only eight victories in their last 20 against Spanish clubs, home and away (D3 L9). They have lost three of their last ten games against Liga clubs at the Parc des Princes (W5 D2).

This is Paris's 17th campaign in the Champions League proper, setting a new French record; they had previously been level with Lyon. They have featured every season since 2012/13, reaching the knockout stages in all 12 of those campaigns.

Runners-up to Bayern München in the 2020 final, Les Parisiens were second in their section behind Borussia Dortmund last season. After eliminating Real Sociedad and Barcelona they came up short against Dortmund again in the last four (0-1 a, 0-1 h).

The French side have lost in the last 16 in five of their last eight campaigns.

The Parisians have won 15 of their last 36 European matches (D8 L13).

The second-leg defeat by Dortmund in last season's semi-finals is one of only nine losses in Paris's last 77 European home games (W48 D20), although seven have come in their last 27 matches at the Parc des Princes.

Paris claimed their 12th French title, and tenth in the last 12 seasons, in 2023/24 and lifted the Coupe de France for the 15th time to complete a fifth domestic double.

Atlético de Madrid

Record vs French clubs: W9 D5 L2 F30 A19
Away record vs French clubs: W3 D4 L1

The Matchday 3 defeat against Lille ended Atlético's four-match winning run against French side and a seven-match unbeaten run (W5 D2) since a 4-2 loss at Lens in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup fourth round second leg that completed a 6-4 aggregate defeat. That is their only other loss against French opponents.

Atleti's last away game against a Ligue 1 side was a 2-1 win at Monaco in the 2018/19 group stage, making it successive victories in France and four games unbeaten (W2 D2).

Atleti are making their 15th appearance in the Champions League proper and a 12th in succession. They have featured every season since 2013/14.

Runners-up in 2014 and 2016, both against Real Madrid, Diego Simeone's side finished top of their section in 2023/24 and then ousted Inter Milan on penalties in the round of 16 (0-1 a, 2-1 h aet, 3-2 pens) before losing to Dortmund in the last eight (2-1 h, 2-4 a).

A 3-1 win at Feyenoord on Matchday 5 last season is Atlético's only victory in ten Champions League away games – a run that includes seven defeats.

Atleti have progressed to the knockout rounds in nine of their last 11 campaigns.

The Colchoneros were fourth in La Liga in 2023/24. It was their lowest league finish since 2011/12, when they were fifth.

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Lucas Hernández joined Atlético's youth team in 2007 aged 11. He made his first-team debut in December 2014 and went on to feature 110 times in all competitions; having come on as a late substitute in the 2016 Champions League final, Hernández won the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup in 2018 before joining Bayern München.

Have played together:
Ousmane Dembélé & Clément Lenglet (Barcelona 2018–21)
Ousmane Dembélé & Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona 2019–22)
Marco Asensio & Marcos Llorente (Real Madrid 2017–19)
Achraf Hakimi & Marcos Llorente (Real Madrid youth, B team, first team 2008–18)

Have also played in Spain:
Marco Asensio (Mallorca 2014–16, Espanyol 2015/16 loan, Real Madrid 2016–23)
Lee Kang-in (Valencia 2019–21, Mallorca 2021–23)
Fabián Ruiz (Real Betis 2014–18, Elche 2016/17 loan)
Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid 2006–18)
Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona 2017–23)

Have played in France:
Reinildo (LOSC Lille 2019–22)
César Azpilicueta (Marseille 2010–12)
Clément Lenglet (Nancy 2010–17)
Robin Le Normand (Brest 2011–16)
Thomas Lemar (Caen 2010–15, Monaco 2015–18)
Antoine Griezmann (Mâcon academy 1997–2005)

International team-mates:
Presnel Kimpembe, Lucas Hernández, Ousmane Dembélé, Randal Kolo Muani, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaïre-Emery & Antoine Griezmann, Thomas Lemar (France)
Fabian Ruiz, Marco Asensio & Robin Le Normand, César Azpilicueta, Koke, Marcos Llorente (Spain)
Pablo Barrios & Arnau Tenas (Spain Under-21)

Enrique and Simeone have faced each other 14 times as coaches, the Spaniard recording nine wins to the Argentinian's three.

Latest news

Paris

On Saturday an early Ousmane Dembélé goal gave Paris a 1-0 home victory against Lens, their third Ligue 1 success in a row.

Paris were 3-0 winners at ten-man Marseille on 27 October, João Neves opening the scoring with his first goal for the club.

Bradley Barcola scored his eighth Ligue 1 goal of the season in Marseille and is Paris's top scorer.

Paris have won eight of their first ten Ligue 1 games, drawing the other two.

Luis Enrique's side have lost only one league game in 2024 – 1-3 at home to Toulouse on 12 May – winning 18 and drawing eight.

Gonçalo Ramos has not played since suffering an ankle injury in a 4-1 win at Le Havre on 16 August.

Presnel Kimpembe, who has been out since 26 February 2023 with a ruptured Achilles, has resumed training with the squad.

Lucas Hernández (1 May, cruciate ligament) is another long-term absentee.

On 16 October, former Paris player Yohan Cabaye was named head of the club's academy.

Atlético de Madrid

Atlético's record in this season's Liga is W6 D5 L1. They were 2-0 winners at home to Las Palmas on Sunday.

That was only Atleti's third win in eight matches in all competitions (D2 L3).

Diego Simeone's side lost 1-0 at Real Betis on 27 October, their first league defeat of the season.

Atlético won 2-0 at sixth division Vic in the Copa del Rey first round on 31 October, substitute Julián Alvarez scoring both goals.

Robin Le Normand suffered a serious head injury in a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid on 29 September and has not played since.

Marcos Llorente has been out since going off at Benfica on Matchday 2 with a thigh injury.

César Azpilicueta has sat out the last eight games with a calf injury while Pablo Barrios started on Sunday having missed three with a muscle strain.

Thomas Lemar came on against Betis and Vic, his first appearances since suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon on 16 September 2023, although he was himself replaced against Vic due to injury and missed the weekend win.