Paris Saint-Germain vs PSV Eindhoven facts

Paris Saint-Germain will look to get their UEFA Champions League campaign back on track as they welcome a PSV Eindhoven side still looking for their first win of the league phase.

The French champions needed a 90th-minute own goal to beat debutants Girona at the Parc des Princes on Matchday 1 before going down 2-0 at Arsenal in their second fixture. PSV have also suffered an away defeat, 3-1 at Juventus on the opening night, but got off the mark with a 1-1 home draw against Sporting CP last time out.

This is the first meeting between the clubs, and just Paris's fourth game against a team from Netherlands.

Form guide

Paris Saint-Germain

Record vs Dutch clubs: W2 D1 L0 F8 A2
Home record vs Dutch clubs W2 D0 L0

Paris have won both home games against Dutch teams, beating Twente 4-0 in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage and Ajax 3-1 in the 2014/15 Champions League group stage.

A 1-1 draw at Ajax on Matchday 1 in 2014/15 is their only other game against Eredivisie opponents.

This is Paris's 17th campaign in the Champions League proper, setting 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 most recent campaigns.

Runners-up to Bayern München in the 2020 final, Les Parisiens were second in their section behind Borussia Dortmund last season. They beat Spanish pair Real Sociedad (4-1 aggregate) and Barcelona (6-4 aggregate) in the round of 16 and quarter-finals respectively, but came up short against Dortmund again in the last four, losing 1-0 in both legs.

The French side have lost in the last 16 in five of their last eight campaigns.

The Parisians have won 15 of their last 35 European matches (D7 L13).

The second-leg defeat by Dortmund in last season's semi-finals is one of only nine losses in Paris's last 76 European home games (W48 D19), although seven have come in their last 26 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.

PSV Eindhoven

Record vs French clubs: W11 D16 L11 F37 A40
Away record vs French clubs: W2 D10 L7

PSV drew 1-1 at Lens in last season's group stage, winning 1-0 at home.

The draw at Lens was PSV's fourth in succession in France, since a 3-0 group stage loss at Marseille in November 2008. That is one of only two defeats in their last 12 away games against Ligue 1 opponents (W2 D8).

A 2-1 home reverse against Monaco in the 2021/22 Europa League group stage is PSV's only defeat in eight games with French teams, home and away (W3 D4).

This is PSV's 18th appearance in the Champions League proper – level with Ajax's Dutch record – and a second in succession.

The Eindhoven club returned to the group stage last season for the first time since 2018/19, finishing second behind Arsenal in Group B only to lose out to eventual finalists Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16 (1-1 h, 0-2 a).

That was PSV's first knockout appearance since 2015/16, and just the fifth time they had progressed beyond the initial Champions League group stage.

The 1-0 home victory against Lens on Matchday 4 last season ended PSV's 15-game run without a win in the Champions League group stage, since a 2-1 defeat of CSKA Moskva on Matchday 6 in 2015/16.

A 3-2 Matchday 5 win in Seville last season is PSV's only success in their last 18 away matches in the Champions League proper (D5 L12), going back to a 1-0 victory at CSKA on 27 November 2007.

The Eindhoven side have won five of their last 16 European away games, losing five.

This is the first time PSV have qualified directly for the Champions League proper since 2016/17.

Having finished second in the Eredivisie for three successive seasons, PSV claimed their first league title since 2017/18. Peter Bosz's side won 29 of their 34 league games, losing only one, their final tally of 91 points eclipsing Ajax's previous record of 89 set in 1997/98.

Links and trivia

Have played together:
Ousmane Dembélé & Sergiño Dest (Barcelona 2022–24)
Ousmane Dembélé & Luuk De Jong (Barcelona 2021/22)
Fabián Ruiz & Hirving Lozano (Napoli 2019–22)

Have played in France:
Walter Benítez (Nice 2016–22)
Olivier Boscagli (Nice 2013–19, Nîmes 2017/18 loan)

International team-mates:
Achraf Hakimi & Ismael Saibari (Morocco)

Bosz was Lyon coach between May 2021 and October 2022, his record against Paris W0 D1 L2.

Latest news

Paris

Paris have won six of their first eight Ligue 1 games, drawing the other two. They were 4-2 victors at home to Strasbourg on Saturday.

Luis Enrique's side have lost only one Ligue 1 game in 2024 – 1-3 at home to Toulouse on 12 May – winning 16 and drawing eight.

Substitute Bradley Barcola, who got Paris's third on Saturday, scored France's final goal in a 4-1 UEFA Nations League victory against Israel on 10 October.

Four days later, Randal Kolo Muani got both in Les Bleus' 2-1 win in Belgium.

Achraf Hakimi scored as Morocco won 5-0 at home to the Central African Republic in CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying on 12 October.

Marco Asensio started on Saturday having been out since going off with a thigh problem on Matchday 1 and got Paris's second goal.

Kolo Muani missed Saturday's win with a minor ankle sprain.

Gonçalo Ramos has not played since suffering an ankle injury in a 4-1 win at Le Havre on 16 August.

Presnel Kimpembe (out since 26 February 2023, ruptured Achilles) and Lucas Hernández (1 May, cruciate ligament) are long-term absentees.

On 16 October, former Paris player Yohan Cabaye was named head of the club's academy.

PSV

PSV have won all nine Eredivisie games in 2024/25, scoring 29 goals and conceding only six. On Saturday, first-half goals from Luuk de Jong and Noa Lang earned a 2-1 victory at AZ Alkmaar.

The Eindhoven club have scored in their last 59 Eredivisie matches – a total of 182 goals – surpassing their own league record of 54 between October 2014 and March 2016.

PSV have won 15 of their last 16 league games.

A 3-1 reverse at NEC Nijmegen on 30 March was PSV's only league loss in 2023/24 and their only Eredivisie defeat in their last 59 matches (W50 D8).

Joey Veerman has missed the last two games with a groin injury.

Hirving Lozano suffered a muscle injury during a 1-1 friendly draw against Genk on 5 September and has not played since.

Sergiño Dest has been out since suffering a knee injury in May.