Women's Champions League Matchday 4: Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern facts

Paris Saint-Germain are still without a point in the league phase of the UEFA Women's Champions League as they welcome familiar foes Bayern München to the French capital on Matchday 4.

Last match

The head-to-head record between the teams features two wins apiece and two draws from six previous meetings.

Paris SG progressed in both the 2016/17 (4-1 aggregate) and 2021/22 (4-3 aggregate aet) quarter-finals. The teams' last meetings were in the 2023/24 group stage when Magdalena Eriksson gave Bayern a 1-0 win in France on Matchday 2 before a 2-2 draw in Munich on Matchday 6 in which Giulia Gwinn was on target for the hosts but Georgia Stanway scored a late own goal that sent the visitors through to the last eight at Bayern's expense.

PSG are winless in their last six games against German clubs (D3 L3) since beating Bayern 2-1 in Munich in the first leg of their 2021/22 quarter-final. They lost 0-4 away to Wolfsburg on Matchday 1 of this season's league phase.

Bayern have won only three of their 13 games against French teams (D3 L7), most recently losing 0-2 at home and 1-4 away against OL Lyonnes in the 2024/25 quarter-finals.

The German side's victory at Paris SG in November 2023 is their only win in seven visits to France (D2 L4).

Paris SG

Paris SG reached the Women's Champions League final twice in three years, losing to Frankfurt in 2015 (1-2) and fellow French side OL Lyonnes in 2017 (0-0 aet, 6-7 pens).

In 2024/25 they were eliminated in round 2 by Juventus (1-3 a, 1-2 h), ending a run of reaching at least the quarter-finals six years in a row and nine times in ten seasons.

Bayern

This is Bayern's 12th Women's Champions League appearance, their first coming in 2009/10. This is the 11th season in a row in which they have taken part, with semi-final appearances in 2018/19 and 2020/21 their best showings to date.

Finishing second in a group containing winners Arsenal, Juventus and Vålerenga last season, Bayern lost 1-6 on aggregate to eight-time winners OL Lyonnes in the quarter-finals (0-2 h, 1-4 a).

Key stats

Paris SG's 1-2 defeat at Manchester United on Matchday 3 made it seven successive losses in UEFA competition.

The Parisiens have scored in 12 of their last 13 Women's Champions League matches.

PSG have won 49 European games.

Sakina Karchaoui has made 49 Women's Champions League appearances.

Bayern have lost only three of their last 18 group stage/league phase matches (W10 D5), winning their last two at home against Juventus (2-1) and Arsenal (3-2).

Bayern have lost their last three away Women's Champions League matches, most recently 1-7 at Barcelona on Matchday 1 – their heaviest defeat in the competition.

The German side have scored in 24 of their last 26 group stage/league phase fixtures.

Pernille Harder has eight goals at this stage of the competition.