Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester City facts

Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City both have ground to make up in the UEFA Champions League as they meet at the Parc des Princes on Matchday 7.

The French champions have seven points, one behind their English counterparts, having claimed their second win of this season's competition on Matchday 6, 3-0 at Salzburg.

City took seven points from their first three games but have picked up only one from the last three, losing 2-0 at Juventus in the most recent.

Previous meetings

Matches 7
Paris wins 1
Manchester City wins 4
Draws 2
Paris goals 6
Manchester City goals 9

2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage
Manchester City 0-0 Paris
Paul Le Guen's Paris earned a goalless draw against a City side managed by Mark Hughes at the City of Manchester Stadium – City's first match against a French club.

2015/16 Champions League quarter-finals
Paris 2-2 Manchester City
Manchester City 1-0 Paris
Kevin De Bruyne's strike for Manuel Pellegrini's City in the first leg at the Parc des Princes was overturned by goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović and Adrien Rabiot before Fernandinho's equaliser. De Bruyne got the only goal in Manchester as City reached a first semi-final at the expense of a Paris side coached by Laurent Blanc.

2020/21 Champions League semi-finals
Paris 1-2 Manchester City
Manchester City 2-0 Paris
City reached their first Champions League final with a 4-1 aggregate success against Thomas Tuchel's Paris, who struck first in the semi-final first leg at the Parc des Princes through Marquinhos. De Bruyne levelled before Riyad Mahrez gave Pep Guardiola's City the advantage, Paris ending with ten men after Idrissa Gueye was sent off. Two more Mahrez goals in Manchester took City to their first final, and again Paris ended a man short as Ángel Di María was dismissed.

2021/22 Champions League group stage
Paris 2-0 Manchester City
Manchester City 2-1 Paris
Paris claimed their first win against City on Matchday 2 thanks to goals from Gueye and Lionel Messi – the latter's first strike for Paris – but Guardiola's side came out on top in Manchester despite Kylian Mbappé's opener for Mauricio Pochettino's Paris; Raheem Sterling and substitute Gabriel Jesus turned the Matchday 5 fixture City's way.

Form guide

Paris

Record vs English clubs: W8 D9 L13 F 36 A44
Home record vs English clubs: W5 D5 L4

Paris lost 2-0 at Arsenal on Matchday 2, making it three defeats in their last four games against English clubs (D1) and one win – and five defeats – in their last seven games.

The French club lost 4-1 at Newcastle in last season's group stage, Mbappé's last-gasp penalty subsequently salvaging a 1-1 home draw.

The 2-0 home win against City in 2021/22 is one of only four Paris victories in their last 17 matches against English sides, home and away (D4 L9). The Parisiens had lost their previous three home games against English visitors; a 2-1 defeat of Liverpool on 28 November 2018 is Paris's only other win in their last eight home fixtures.

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 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 (4-1 aggregate) and Barcelona (6-4 agg) 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 16 of their last 39 European matches (D8 L15), including a 1-0 defeat of Girona on Matchday 1. Paris have subsequently drawn 1-1 with PSV Eindhoven and lost 1-2 to Atlético de Madrid, their tenth loss in their last 78 European home games (W48 D20) and eighth in their last 28 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.

Manchester City

Record vs French clubs: W7 D3 L4 F25 A19
Away record vs French clubs: W2 D2 L2

City's last four games against French opponents have all been against Paris.

The 2-0 loss in Paris in September 2021 is the only one of City's last six matches against Ligue 1 opponents they have not won after only two victories in the first eight (D3 L3).

Their win at Paris in April 2021 is one of only two City have recorded in France, the other a 3-0 success at Marseille in the 2020/21 group stage on their previous visit.

This is City's 14th successive season in the Champions League; they have featured in every campaign since 2011/12 and have reached the knockout stages in each of the last 11.

Having claimed the club's first Champions League title in 2022/23, Pep Guardiola's side won all six group games for the first time last season, the seventh successive season in which City had come first in their group.

City then brushed past Copenhagen in the round of 16 (3-1 a, 3-1 h) but lost an epic quarter-final against eventual champions Real Madrid (3-3 a, 1-1 h, 3-4 pens) – the third season in a row in which they had faced the Spanish side.

The Cityzens have won 20 of their last 37 away European matches (D10 L7), including 4-0 at Slovan Bratislava on Matchday 2, and were unbeaten in 12 (W6 D6), since a 3-1 extra-time loss at Real Madrid in the 2021/22 semi-final second leg, before going down 4-1 at Sporting CP on Matchday 4. The loss at Juventus last time out made it successive away defeats for the first time since 2014.

Guardiola's side claimed a fourth successive Premier League title in 2023/24 – a new English record – but lost to neighbours Manchester United in the FA Cup final to miss out on a second successive double.

Links and trivia

Enrique and Guardiola played 127 games together at Barcelona between 1996 and 2001 and were also Spain team-mates on 26 occasions. They were both in the squad that won gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

The pair have faced each other four times as coaches, each recording two victories.

Have played together:
Achraf Hakimi & Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund 2018–20)
Désiré Doué & Jérémy Doku (Rennes 2022/23)
Lucas Hernandez & Rodri (Atlético Madrid 2018/19)
Marco Asensio & Mateo Kovačić (Real Madrid 2016–18)
Nuno Mendes & Matheus Nunes (Sporting CP 2020/21)

Have played in France:
Bernardo Silva (Monaco 2014–17)
Jérémy Doku (Rennes 2020–23)
Josh Wilson-Esbrand (Reims 2022/23)

Has played in England:
Vitinha (Wolverhampton Wanderers 2020/21 loan)

International team-mates:
Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, João Neves, Gonçalo Ramos & Bernardo Silva, Rúben Dias, Matheus Nunes (Portugal)
Marquinhos, Lucas Beraldo & Ederson, Savinho (Brazil)
Marco Asensio, Fabián Ruiz, Arnau Tenas & Rodri (Spain)

Latest news

Paris

The French champions have won six of their seven games since Matchday 6, scoring 17 goals. They came from behind for a 2-1 Ligue 1 victory at Lens on Saturday, Bradley Barcola scoring an 86th-minute winner.

The sole exception was a 1-1 draw at Lens in the last 64 of the French Cup, a tie Paris won 4-3 on penalties.

On 15 January holder Paris were 4-2 winners at fifth-tier Espaly in the round of 32 thanks to late goals from Barcola and Gonçalo Ramos. They will visit Le Mans in the last 16.

Ousmane Dembélé, who sat out Saturday's victory due to illness, has six goals in his last five games.

Dembélé scored twice in a 2-1 defeat of St-Étienne on 12 January as Paris reached the halfway stage of the Ligue 1 season as the unbeaten leaders (W13 D4).

On 5 January Paris lifted the French Super Cup thanks to Dembélé's added-time strike that secured a 1-0 win against Monaco. Paris have claimed the trophy a record 13 times.

Marquinhos has missed the last three games with an adductors injury.

Senny Mayulu was out between 9 November and 12 January with a calf injury.

Presnel Kimpembe, who has not played since 26 February 2023 with a ruptured Achilles, was an unused substitute in the last two matches.

On 17 January Paris announced the signing of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Napoli; the club's first Georgian player has signed a contract until 2029.

Manchester City

The Matchday 6 loss at Juventus was the first of three successive defeats for City, who went down 2-1 both at home to Manchester United – conceding two late goals – and at Aston Villa.

City are unbeaten in their subsequent six matches (W4 D2), winning 6-0 at Ipswich on Sunday – their biggest Premier League victory since 31 August 2022. Despite wins at Leicester on 29 December (2-0) and at home to West Ham on 4 January (4-1) they have only four wins in City's last 13 Premier League matches (D3 L6).

Phil Foden scored twice at Ipswich to make it five goals in his last three Premier League matches.

On 14 January Pep Guardiola's side conceded twice in the final eight minutes to draw 2-2 at Brentford.

City have already dropped 28 points this season – their most in an entire Premier League campaign since 2020/21.

A second-half James McAtee hat-trick helped City to an 8-0 win against Salford in the FA Cup third round on 11 January, Jack Grealish converting a penalty for his first club goal since 16 December 2023.

City will visit third-tier Leyton Orient in the fourth round.

Rúben Dias played 90 minutes on Sunday having been sidelined by a calf injury since 15 December.

John Stones, who was out between 23 November and 21 December with a foot problem, was replaced at half-time of his return at Aston Villa with an ankle injury and has not played since.

Rodri suffered a cruciate ligament injury against Arsenal on 22 September and has undergone surgery that is expected to rule him out for the rest of the season.

Oscar Bobb suffered a leg fracture in training on 14 August.

Former City captain Tony Book died aged 90 on 13 January. He led the club to the league title in 1968, the FA Cup a year later and the European Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup in 1970, also winning the League Cup as manager in 1976.

On 17 January City announced that Erling Haaland had signed a new contract until 2034. The Norwegian's goal at Ipswich made it 17 in 22 Premier League appearances in 2024/25 and four in his last four.