Celtic kick off with Paris challenge

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Paris Saint-Germain's latest attempt on the UEFA Champions League kicks off with a trip to Celtic FC.

• While Paris are in the group stage for a sixth straight season, and have progressed to the knockout rounds in all the previous five, Celtic are seeking to reach the last 16 for the first time since 2013 but know their home form has to improve.

Previous meetings
• The teams' only previous encounters came in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round, Paris running out comfortable 4-0 winners over the two legs – and going on to lift their sole piece of major European silverware.

• The French side were 1-0 first-leg victors at the Parc des Princes thanks to a Youri Djorkaeff goal (76) before Patrice Loko struck twice in Glasgow (36, 42) with Pascal Nouma (68) getting the other.

Match background

Celtic
• Celtic started this season in the second qualifying round, beating Linfield FC (2-0 away, 4-0 home) and then Rosenborg BK in the third qualifying round (0-0 home, 1-0 away). They recorded a fifth successive clean sheet with a 5-0 win against FC Astana in the home first leg of the play-offs, advancing despite a 4-3 loss in Kazakhstan.

• The defeat at Astana was only Celtic's second in their last nine European games (W4 D3).

• Scottish champions for a sixth consecutive season in 2016/17 – when they went through their domestic campaign unbeaten – Celtic are in the group stage for the tenth time.

• Celtic have won just two of their last six European home matches (D2 L2).

• The Hoops have not won any of their last 15 European group stage fixtures in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League (D7 L8).

• In 2016/17 the Glasgow club finished fourth in their section, collecting three points from six games. They drew at home to Manchester City FC (1-1) and lost 2-0 to both VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Barcelona.

• Celtic's last victory in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, was a 2-1 home success against AFC Ajax on 22 October 2013. Their record since is D3 L6.

• Celtic have won only one of their last seven home games in the UEFA Champions League proper (D1 L5).

• The Scottish side's last experience of French opposition came in the form of Stade Rennais FC in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. Celtic won 3-1 at home after a 1-1 draw in France.

• Celtic's record at home to French clubs is W4 D0 L3; overall, it is W5 D2 L7.

Paris
• Quarter-finalists in four successive seasons between 2013 and 2016, Paris were on the wrong end of the biggest comeback in UEFA Champions League history in last term's round of 16. Having won 4-0 at home to FC Barcelona, the French team succumbed 6-1 in the away leg to bow out with Neymar, now of Paris, providing two goals and an assist.

• Unai Emery's charges won at PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (3-1) and FC Basel 1893 (2-1) in last year's group stage, also drawing at Arsenal FC (2-2).

• The Parisians have won five of their last nine away fixtures in the competition, losing three. They are without a clean sheet in six away matches.

• Paris are unbeaten in their six games against Scottish clubs, winning three and drawing the rest. Away from home their record is W1 D2.

Coach and player links
• Emery was in charge of FC Spartak Moskva when Celtic recorded their first UEFA Champions League away victory with a 3-2 win in Moscow on 2 October 2012.

• Moussa Dembélé was a team-mate of Adrien Rabiot and Presnel Kimpembe in the Paris academy between 2010 and 2012. Odsonne Edouard also came through the PSG ranks between 2011 and 2016.

• Dembélé and Olivier Ntcham, plus Paris pair Rabiot and Kimpembe, are French Under-21 internationals.

• Dedryck Boyata and Thomas Meunier play together for Belgium.

• Ntcham had spells with Chennevières-sur-Marne, US Ormesson, VGA Saint-Maur, Paris FC and Le Havre AC in his native France before signing for Manchester City FC in 2015.

• Thiago Motta was sent off in Barcelona's 1-0 first-leg loss at Celtic in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup fourth round.

• Neymar has four goals in four UEFA Champions League appearances against Celtic. He hit a hat-trick in Barcelona's 6-1 home win on 11 December 2013, and also struck in a 7-0 victory at Camp Nou on matchday one last season – Celtic's heaviest European defeat – when the Brazilian also managed a record-equalling four assists.

• Neymar and Dani Alves were in the Barcelona side that won 1-0 at Celtic in the 2013/14 group stage, having lost 2-1 at Celtic Park in 2012/13.

Match facts

Celtic
• Odsonne Edouard scored on his debut as Celtic won 4-1 at Hamilton Academical FC on Friday.

• Celtic are unbeaten in 54 domestic matches – the Hoops' last league defeat coming against Saint Johnstone FC in their penultimate fixture of 2015/16.

• Brendan Rodgers became the third Celtic manager after Jock Stein and Martin O'Neill to win the Scottish treble last season.

• The second-leg loss to Astana ended Celtic's 42-game undefeated run in all competitions.

• Dembélé (hamstring) has not featured since the visit of Linfield on 19 July but is back in training. Boyata was ruled out for around three months after sustaining a knee injury in a friendly against SK Slavia Praha 15 days earlier. Erik Sviatchenko (knee), meanwhile, last played in the away leg versus Rosenborg on 2 August.

• Stuart Armstrong scored his first goal for Scotland in the 3-0 win against Lithuania in the European Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup on 1 September.

• Leigh Griffiths provided assists for two of the goals in Vilnius and was on the scoresheet against Malta three days later at Hampden Park, when he also delivered the corner for Christophe Berra's opener in Scotland's 2-0 victory.

• Six Celtic players started against Lithuania and Malta – Craig Gordon, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Armstrong, James Forrest and Griffiths.

• All eight of Scotland's qualifying goals since their 3-0 reverse against England last November have either been scored or set up by Celtic players.

• Mikael Lustig scored and assisted in Sweden's 3-2 defeat by Bulgaria on 31 August. The full-back also laid on Emil Forsberg's goal in their 4-0 success against Belarus three days later.

Paris
• Kylian Mbappé opened his account for the club with a goal in Friday's 5-1 win at FC Metz. The 18-year-old scored his first senior international goal on 31 August as France ran out 4-0 victors against the Netherlands. He was on as a second-half substitute.

• Paris won the French Super Cup for the fifth consecutive year when they defeated AS Monaco FC 2-1 on 29 July.

• Emery's men have won their opening five matches of the Ligue 1 season, scoring 19 goals and conceding three, as they attempt to wrest back the title from Monaco.

• Neymar has registered four goals in as many outings for Paris since his move from Barcelona.

• Meunier hit a hat-trick in Belgium's 9-0 triumph over Gibraltar and played the entirety of the 2-1 win in Greece three days later, the latter result confirming the Red Devils' qualification for next summer's World Cup.

• Angel Di María was substituted with a leg injury in the first half of Argentina's World Cup qualifier at home to Venezuela on 5 September and was left out of the squad for Friday's trip to Metz.

• Neymar is on the 24-strong shortlist to be named The Best FIFA Men's Player 2017. The winner will be announced on 23 October.