Paris hope to have Ibrahimović against Malmö

• Zlatan Ibrahimović a doubt as Paris Saint-Germain host his first club Malmö
• Ibrahimović is three goals away from Pauleta's club record tally of 109
• Laurent Blanc convinced Paris will win the competition, if not this season
• Malmö at full strength for start of second straight group campaign
• Åge Hareide says Malmö are unconcerned whether Ibrahimović plays or not

Possible lineups
Paris: Trapp; Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Maxwell; Matuidi, Thiago Motta, Verratti; Cavani, Ibrahimović, Di María.
Out: Aurier (suspended)
Doubtful: Ibrahimović (knee)

Malmö: Wiland; Tinnerholm, Bengtsson, Árnason, Carvalho, Yotún; Lewicki, Adu, Berget; Djurdjić, Rosenberg.
Out: none

Laurent Blanc, Paris coach
The important thing will be to win. Paris want to win the Champions League, as every big club does. Of course, Paris have not won this competition yet, but they will some day. When? I don't know. But the Champions League is a crucial competition for the club.

Tomorrow we'll be facing Malmö, a quality team, and we need to prepare for every match the same way, no matter who our opponents are. I think we can expect a difficult game, judging by what I've seen of them. I've watched quite a lot of their matches, especially the ones against Celtic. They play with a lot of intensity and never surrender. I don't know yet if Zlatan Ibrahimović will play – we'll make a decision after training.

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Åge Hareide, Malmö coach
We are not concerned or influenced at all by whether Zlatan plays or not. In fact, we haven't discussed this at all between ourselves; it's only the media who have. There are a lot of stars in this Paris team – the only place where you can find more is in the sky!

Our level of confidence has grown and we are very focused on keeping the ball. We need to believe in ourselves – that's a key factor when you're playing against the best teams in Europe. In these games, you need to avoid letting your opponents have the ball too much.

Weekend results
Paris 2-2 Bordeaux (Cavani 27 34; Saivet 31, Khazri 79)
Paris failed to equal Bordeaux's French top-flight record of 14 consecutive Ligue 1 victories despite Edinson Cavani's first-half double.

Malmö 1-1 Elfsborg (Adu 52; Lundqvist 22)
Adam Lundqvist put the visitors in front midway through the first half, but Malmö levelled thanks to Enoch Kofi Adu.

Form guide (all competitions, most recent first)*
Paris: DWWWW
Malmö: DWWLLW

*This season only

Reporter's view: Chris Burke (@UEFAcomChrisB)
Much of the focus will fall on Ibrahimović if he faces his first professional side – who, realistically, have nothing to lose – but Paris's mission will be to erase Friday's misstep against Bordeaux and make a winning start as they seek to improve on three straight quarter-final finishes.

Did you know?
Find out about Ibrahimović's history with his home-town team, whom he left for Ajax in 2001, in our extensive match background.