Champions League Matchday 2: Leipzig vs PSV Eindhoven facts

Leipzig will look to get their UEFA Champions League campaign off the mark as PSV Eindhoven visit Germany on Matchday 2.

Previous meetings

This is the first match between the sides and Leipzig's first with a Dutch team.

PSV are winless in their last six matches against German sides (D2 L4), losing the most recent 1-2 at home against Bayern München on Matchday 8 last season.

A 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen on Matchday 2 last season, PSV's last game in Germany, means the Dutch club have won only one of their 21 away matches against Bundesliga opponents (D5 L15) – 2-1 at Eintracht Braunschweig in the 1977/78 UEFA Cup third round second leg (4-1 aggregate).

Form guide

Leipzig 

This is Leipzig's eighth Champions League campaign, all since 2017/18 – when they were the first club to make their UEFA competition debut in the group stage. They were 32nd in the 2024/25 league phase, their last appearance (W1 L7).

The German club did not feature in UEFA competition last season, for the first time since that debut in 2017.

PSV

Dutch champions for the 27th time – and third season in succession – in 2025/26, PSV are in the Champions League proper for the 20th time, a new national record; they were previously level with Ajax on 19.

Peter Bosz's side were 28th in last season's league phase (W2 D2 L4).

 Links and trivia

Johan Bakayoko joined Leipzig from PSV in 2025, who he had joined in 2022. The forward scored 33 goals in 130 games for the Eindhoven club, winning two Eredivisie titles.

Lutsharel Geertruida joined PSV on loan from Leipzig in August having made 35 appearances for the Bundesliga club in 2024/25, his sole season in Germany.

Beaten 4-1 at European debutants Como in their first fixture this season, Leipzig have won only one of their last 11 Champions League matches (D1 L9).

Only one of Leipzig's 79 European games has finished goalless, a 0-0 draw at Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League qualifying play-offs in August 2018.

The German club have not kept a clean sheet in 19 UEFA competition matches.

Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku has made 49 appearances in UEFA club competition; he has scored 22 goals.

PSV have won only two of their last 11 matches in the Champions League proper (D4 L5), losing three in a row before being held 1-1 at home by Shakhtar Donetsk on Matchday 1.

None of PSV's last 35 matches in the Champions League proper finished goalless, since a 0-0 group stage draw at home to Rostov in December 2016.

PSV have been winning at half-time in only one of their last 13 matches in the Champions League proper.