Le Guen on course for Dynamo treble

Paris Saint-Germain FC coach Paul Le Guen will look to make it three wins in a row against FC Dynamo Kyiv when the two teams meet in Paris in the first leg of their UEFA Cup quarter-final tie.

1) Match background

Previous meetings:
FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain FC
1994/95 UEFA Champions League group stage

• PSG and Dynamo have met before, with then coach Luis Fernandez's PSG twice overcoming József Szabó's Dynamo in the 1994/95 UEFA Champions League group stage.

• Le Guen played at the back for PSG in both matches, while goalkeeper Olexandr Shovkovskiy, then just 19 but now 34, appeared in both games for Dynamo.

PSG's record against Ukrainian clubs: P4 W4 D0 L0
PSG's record at home against Ukrainian clubs: P2 W2 D0 L0
Dynamo's record against French clubs: P10 W2 D2 L6
Dynamo's record away against French clubs: P5 W1 D0 L4

• PSG have won all four of their previous games against Ukrainian sides, scoring eight goals and conceding just one. That solitary strike came away against Dynamo in 1994.

• Dynamo have avoided defeat only once on French soil, winning 3-1 at RC Lens in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League.

• Dynamo have lost their two previous knockout ties against French teams, losing against AS Saint-Etienne in the 1975/76 European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals and Stade Lavallois-Mayenne FC in the first round of the 1983/84 UEFA Cup.

• This is Le Guen's first game against a Ukrainian outfit since he moved into coaching.

• Dynamo boss Yuri Semin coached FC Lokomotiv Moskva when they faced AS Monaco FC in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League first knockout round. His charges won 2-1 at home but bowed out on away goals after a 1-0 loss in France.

• PSG's Jérôme Rothen played in both legs of that match for Monaco, while his Parc des Princes team-mate Ludovic Giuly was an unused substitute in the first fixture.

• This is not the only France versus Ukraine tie in the quarter-finals: FC Shakhtar Donetsk face Olympique de Marseille in one of the other fixtures.

• Dynamo's Senegalese defender Pape Diakhate (AS Nancy-Lorraine 2001-07) and Guinean forward Ismaël Bangoura (Le Mans UC 72 2005-07) have both played in France.

• Bangoura and PSG's Benin international midfielder Stéphane Sessegnon were team-mates at Le Mans in the 2006/07 season.

• Bangoura arrived at Le Mans in 2005, a year after striker Fabrice Pancrate left the club for PSG.

• Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko expressed her gratitude to Dynamo, Shakhtar and eliminated FC Metalist Kharkiv for their achievements after the three Premier League teams competed in the Round of 16, saying their success augured well for Ukraine's co-hosting of UEFA EURO 2012™.

• French League Cup holders PSG qualified for the Round of 32 as third-placed finishers in Group A. They then proved too strong for VfL Wolfsburg in the Round of 32, winning 2-0 at home and 3-1 away. Le Guen's men lived on their nerves in the Round of 16, drawing 0-0 at home against SC Braga before prevailing 1-0 in Portugal.

• Runners-up in the Ukrainian Premier League last season, Dynamo finished third in UEFA Champions League Group G to reach the UEFA Cup Round of 32. Having overcome Valencia on away goals to reach the Round of 16, drawing 1-1 in Ukraine and 2-2 in Spain, they then got the better of Metalist on away goals, winning 1-0 at home but losing 3-2 in Kharkov.

• The second leg will be held at the Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadium on 16 April. The winners of this tie will meet either Shakhtar or Marseille in the semi-finals on 30 April and 7 May, playing the first leg at home. The winners of that semi-final will be the nominal home side in the final at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul on 20 May.

2) Form book
PSG: PSG knocked out Real Madrid CF in their only previous UEFA Cup quarter-final appearance in the 1992/93 season. The Paris side are unbeaten in seven European encounters since losing 3-1 at FC Schalke 04 in the group stage. They have not lost in eight UEFA Cup home games since going down 4-2 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC in the 2006/07 group stage.

Last five European games: WWWDW
Last five European home games: DDWWD
Top scorer (Europe): Péguy Luyindula (6)

Last five league games: WWLLW
Last five home league games: LWWLW
Top scorer (Ligue 1): Guillaume Hoarau (16)

Dynamo: In the last eight of the UEFA Cup for the first time, Dynamo have been beaten only twice away from home in Europe under coach Semin. These were a 1-0 reverse at Arsenal FC in the UEFA Champions league group stage and the 3-2 loss at Metalist in the Round of 16.

Last five European games: WDDWL
Last five European away games: DWLDL
Top scorer (Europe): Artem Kravets (2) & Artem Milevskiy (2)

Last five league games: WWWWW
Last five away league games: LWWWW
Top scorer (Premier League): Bangoura (12)

Disciplinary information:
PSG: Péguy Luyindula is within a caution of a one-match lay-off.

Dynamo: Ognjen Vukojević returns after serving a suspension. Olexandr Aliyev and Taras Mikhalik are within a booking of one-match bans.

3) Who are...

PSG

Honours
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995/96
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001
• Domestic honours: 2 French titles, 7 French Cups

Trivia
• PSG trace their roots back to the formation of Stade Saint-Germain in 1904, with the current club being forged through a 1970 merger with Paris FC.

• PSG are one of only two Ligue 1 sides to have won a major European trophy. Their 1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup success represents France's most recent triumph in major club competition.

• Last promoted to Ligue 1 in 1974, they are the longest-standing side in the French top division. Their Parc des Princes home was also the venue where the French national team won their first major international honour – the 1984 UEFA European Championship.

Dynamo

Honours
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1974/75, 1985/86
• UEFA Super Cup: 1975
• Domestic honours: 12 Ukrainian titles, 9 Ukrainian Cups, 13 Soviet titles, 9 USSR Cups

Trivia
• Founded in 1927, the club were a thorn in the side of the big Moscow teams during the Soviet era, winning a record 13 titles. Since independence they have dominated Ukrainian football, winning 12 titles and nine Ukrainian Cups.

• Two Dynamo players won the Ballon d'Or while at the club – Oleh Blokhin in 1975 and Igor Belanov in 1986. A third, Andriy Shevchenko, took the title in 2004, having left for AC Milan in 1999.

• A winger for Dynamo in the 1950s and 1960s, coach Valeriy Lobanovskiy led Dynamo to their landmark European successes and guided the Soviet Union to a runners-up finish at the 1988 UEFA European Championship. Following his death in 2002, Dynamo renamed their home stadium in his honour and erected a statue to his memory outside.