Bayern München vs Paris Saint-Germain facts

Bayern München and Paris Saint-Germain are meeting for the fourth time in six seasons, a sequence that includes Bayern's victory in the 2020 UEFA Champions League final, as they face off in Germany on Matchday 5.

Both sides have work to do in the new league phase. Bayern have won both home games – 9-2 at home to GNK Dinamo, the first time a team had scored nine in a Champions League match, and 1-0 against Benfica on Matchday 4 – but lost both away, at Aston Villa (0-1) and Barcelona (1-4).

Paris have four points to Bayern's six, conceding in the 93rd minute to lose 1-2 at home to Atlético de Madrid last time out. Their only win came via a 90th-minute own goal at home to debutants Girona on Matchday 1 (1-0) before defeat at Arsenal (0-2) and a draw at home to PSV Eindhoven (1-1).

Previous meetings

Matches 13
Bayern wins 7
Paris wins 6
Draws 0
Bayern goals 18
Paris goals 15

All 13 of the teams' past fixtures have come in the Champions League.

1994/95 group stage
Paris 2-0 Bayern
Bayern 0-1 Paris
George Weah and Daniel Bravo earned Paris a home win and Weah claimed the only goal in Germany.

1997/98 group stage
Bayern 5-1 Paris
Paris 3-1 Bayern
Giovane Elber and Carsten Jancker each struck twice in Germany, Thomas Helmer getting the other with Marco Simone scoring a consolation. Paris's goals in France came from Franck Gava, Florian Maurice and Laurent Leroy; Markus Babbel had levelled for Bayern.

2000/01 first group stage
Paris 1-0 Bayern
Bayern 2-0 Paris
In a campaign that culminated in Bayern winning the competition for the fourth time, home substitute Leroy's 90th-minute strike gave Paris a 1-0 victory at the Parc des Princes. Bayern turned the tables in Munich thanks to goals from Hasan Salihamidžić and substitute Paulo Sérgio.

2017/18 group stage
Paris 3-0 Bayern
Bayern 3-1 Paris
The Matchday 2 defeat in France in which Dani Alves, Edinson Cavani and Neymar scored proved to be Carlo Ancelotti's last match as Bayern coach. Jupp Heynckes was in charge for the win in Munich, where Corentin Tolisso scored twice after Robert Lewandowski's opener; Kylian Mbappé got Paris's goal.

2019/20 final
Paris 0-1 Bayern
A 59th-minute header from former Paris winger Kingsley Coman proved enough to separate the sides at Lisbon's Estádio do SL Benfica, giving Bayern their sixth European Cup and ensuring Paris's first – and only – final appearance ended in defeat.

2020/21 quarter-finals
Bayern 2-3 Paris
Paris 0-1 Bayern
Paris edged through on away goals, Mbappé and Marquinhos striking in the first half-hour; though former Paris forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Thomas Müller levelled, Mbappé's second of the evening gave the visitors victory. Choupo-Moting got the only goal of the second leg at the Parc des Princes but the French side held on to go through.

2022/23 round of 16
Paris 0-1 Bayern
Bayern 2-0 Paris
A Coman goal again separated the sides in the first leg, when the visitors held on despite Benjamin Pavard's 90th-minute red card; second-half strikes from Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry sealed Bayern's aggregate win in Munich.

Form guide

Bayern

Record vs French clubs: W23 D5 L11 F61 A38
Home record vs French clubs: W12 D2 L4

Bayern's last five games against French clubs – and seven of the last eight – have been against Paris, the exception a 3-0 defeat of Lyon in the one-off Champions League semi-final in 2019/20.

The Munich club have won 12 of their last 14 games against French teams, home and away, losing to Paris in 2017 and 2021.

That 2021 defeat against Paris is the only one of Bayern's last six games against French clubs in Munich they have not won.

The German club have featured in the Champions League proper in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout rounds in each one of those campaigns.

Overall, this is Bayern's 28th campaign in the Champions League proper, level with Porto and fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 29).

Defeat at Villa on Matchday 2 this season ended Bayern's record run of 41 Champions League group/league phase matches unbeaten (W37 D4).

Bayern won five of their six group games in 2023/24, then edged past Lazio (3-1 aggregate) and Arsenal (3-2 agg) before conceding two late goals in the semi-final second leg at Real Madrid to bow out (2-2 h, 1-2 a).

The six-time European champions have reached the quarter-finals or better in 12 of their last 13 Champions League campaigns, the exception a last-16 elimination by Liverpool in 2018/19.

Bayern have won 22 of their last 27 home Champions League games, drawing four – the only loss a 2-3 reverse to Paris in the 2020/21 quarter-final first leg.

A side coached by Thomas Tuchel relinquished their hold on the Bundesliga title in 2023/24, finishing third behind Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart. It was the first time Bayern had failed to win the title since 2011/12 and their lowest league placing since 2010/11, when they were also third.

Tuchel was replaced by Vincent Kompany in the summer.

Paris

Record vs German clubs: W15 D4 L12 F44 A35
Away record vs German clubs: W4 D3 L8

Paris played four games against German clubs in 2023/24, all against Borussia Dortmund. They were 2-0 winners at the Parc des Princes on Matchday 1 and drew 1-1 in Germany on Matchday 6, but lost 1-0 both away and at home in the semi-finals.

Last season's win against Dortmund is Paris's only victory in seven matches against Bundesliga clubs (D2 L4).

The 3-2 win at Bayern four seasons ago is Paris's only victory in eight games in Germany (D2 L5).

This is Paris's 17th campaign in the Champions League proper, 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 most recent campaigns.

Les Parisiens were second in their section behind Dortmund last season and beat Spanish pair Real Sociedad (4-1 aggregate) and Barcelona (6-4 aggregate) in the round of 16 and quarter-finals respectively, before losing to Dortmund in the last four.

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

The Parisians have won 15 of their last 37 European matches (D8 L14) and have been victorious in 14 of their last 33 away Champions League fixtures (D6 L13).

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

Links and trivia

Coman was born in Paris, joining the club's academy in 2004. He made his first-team debut against Sochaux in February 2013 to become, aged 16 years 250 days, the club's youngest-ever player. Coman signed for Juventus in July 2014 having made only four appearances for Paris's senior side.

Lucas Hernández made 107 appearances for Bayern between 2019 and 2023, when he joined Paris; he won four Bundesliga titles and a German Cup and was part of their 2019/20 Champions League-winning squad, appearing in UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup victories the following season.

Has also played in Germany:
Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund 2018–20 loan)
Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt 2023/24)
Ousmane Dembélé (Dortmund 2016/17)
Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt, 2022–23)

Have also played in France:
Dayot Upamecano (Valenciennes 2013–15)
Mathys Tel (Rennes 2020–22)
Raphaël Guerreiro (Caen 2009–13, Lorient 2013–16)
Sacha Boey (Rennes 2014–21, Dijon 2020/21 loan)

Have played together:
Raphaël Guerreiro & Achraf Hakimi (Dortmund 2018–20)
Raphaël Guerreiro & Ousmane Dembélé (Dortmund 2016/17)
João Palhinha & Nuno Mendes (Sporting CP 2020/21)

International team-mates:
Dayot Upamecano, Kingsley Coman, Michael Olise & Randal Kolo Muani, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Lucas Hernandez, Ousmane Dembélé, Presnel Kimpembe (France)
Raphaël Guerreiro, João Palhinha & Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, João Neves, Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal)
Min-jae Kim & Kang-in Lee (South Korea)

Enrique's Barcelona side beat Bayern 5-3 on aggregate in the 2014/15 Champions League semi-finals (3-0 h, 2-3 a).

Latest news

Bayern

Vincent Kompany's team have won seven of their last eight games (L1), all without conceding.

A Harry Kane hat-trick – two of them penalties – in the final half-hour earned a 3-0 victory against Augsburg in Munich on Friday. Kane has now scored 50 goals in 43 Bundesliga games, a new record.

Kane has 14 goals in this season's Bundesliga and 23 in 22 games for club and country this season.

On 16 November Jamal Musiala, who has seven goals in his last eight games for club and country, and Leroy Sané registered in Germany's 7-0 UEFA Nations League win against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The next day Kane converted a penalty in England's 5-0 success against the Republic of Ireland.

Sacha Boey came on on Friday having been out with a knee problem since 15 September, although Mathys Tel missed the game with a knock.

João Palhinha missed Portugal's games having suffered an adductors injury in training and was also absent on Friday.

Aleksandar Pavlovic (out since 19 October, collarbone fracture) and Josip Stanišić (19 August, knee) are both back in training.

New signing Hiroki Ito (out since 28 July, broken metatarsal) suffered a setback and needed another operation on 5 November.

Paris

Paris have won ten of their first 12 Ligue 1 games, drawing the other two. They were 3-0 victors at home to Toulouse on Friday.

Bradley Barcola is Paris's top scorer in Ligue 1 this season with ten goals, including two in a 4-2 victory in Angers on 9 November.

Luis Enrique's side have lost only one league game in 2024 – 1-3 at home to Toulouse on 12 May – winning 20 and drawing eight.

Ousmane Dembélé withdrew from the France squad due to a hamstring injury but started on Friday.

Nuno Mendes (ankle) and Senny Mayulu (calf) sat out the win against Toulouse.

Gonçalo Ramos has not played since suffering an ankle injury in a 4-1 win at Le Havre on 16 August but has resumed training with the squad.

Presnel Kimpembe, who has been out since 26 February 2023 with a ruptured Achilles, and Lucas Hernández (1 May, cruciate ligament), are also back in training.