Paris Saint Germain vs Häcken Women's Champions League preview: Where to watch, line-ups

Paris Saint-Germain and Häcken meet in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg on Thursday 28 March at Parc des Princes.

What do you need to know

Tabitha Chawinga's winner gave Paris a 2-1 first-leg victory in Gothenburg despite a technically spirited display from Häcken, and in particular their attacking fulcrum Rosa Kafaji. Häcken, whose previous quarter-finals in 2012/13 and 2013/14 ended in defeat, can at least take inspiration from their previous trip to the French capital, a 2-1 win at Paris FC in the group stage on Matchday 1 in November, which proved the decisive result in the Swedish side's progress.

Häcken will, however, miss winger Anna Anvegård through suspension, with Paris right-back Thiniba Samoura similarly ruled out. Paris are unbeaten in all competitions since their 1-0 home reverse against Bayern on Matchday 2, and in eight previous Women's Champions League quarter-finals have only been knocked out twice.

Häcken did show their ability to win a clutch game on Sunday as in the deciding match of their Swedish Cup group they beat Kristianstad 7-2 to advance to next week's semi-finals, all happening before the new Damallsvenskan season begins on 13 April.

Jackie Groenen, Lieke Martens and Clare Hunt are out injured for Paris, while Thiniba Samoura is suspended. Häcken are missing banned Anna Anvegård suspended while Stine Larsen, Aisha Masaka and Alexandra Larsson are also absent.

Form guide

Paris Saint-Germain
Last six games: WWWWWW
Last match: Montpellier 1-3 Paris, 24/03, league
Where they stand: 2nd in D1 Féminine, French Cup final

Häcken
Last six games: WWWWDL
Last match: Häcken 7-2 Kristianstad, 24/03, Swedish Cup group stage
Where they stand: 2nd in Damallsvenskan (2023 season) Swedish Cup semi-finals

Starting line-ups

Paris: Kiedrzynek; Le Guilly, Gaetino, De Almeida, Karchaoui; Geyoro, Baltimore, Albert; Vangsgaard, Katoto, Chawinga

Suspended: Samoura
Misses next match if booked: De Almeida, Karchaoui

Häcken: Falk; Wijk, Rybrink, Luik, Junttila Nelhage; Fossdalsá, Curmark; Bergström, Kafaji, Jusu Bah; Schröder

Suspended: Anvegård
Misses next match if booked: Larisey, Sandberg

View from the camps

Jocelyn Prêcheur, Paris coach: "We're highly motivated and determined. It's a very important match for us. We know we got a good result in the first leg, but there's still a serious job to do at the Parc des Princes on Thursday. We're determined to put in a good performance and qualify.

"We're not expecting a different or simpler game just because we won the first leg. It was a very physically intense match, with two teams playing to their strengths. We saw a real clash of styles, and it will be the same on Thursday, a very intense and tactically very tight game."

Mak Lind, Häcken coach: "It was good for us to experience [the first leg], and it's only the first half out of two. There's one more game to play and we have a chance, for sure."

Amalie Vangsgaard, Paris forward: "Everyone wants to play this match. We want to win and we're going to do everything we can to qualify. It's always special to play at Parc des Princes, the fans are incredible and they create a great atmosphere."

Filippa Curmark, Häcken midfielder: "We have to go for victory and we have to score goals, that is above all what we have trained for this week, we know that we need to score goals to advance."

Where is the 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final being played?

San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao will stage the 2024 Women's Champions League final on Saturday 25 May, with the kick-off time to be confirmed.

The 50,000-plus capacity home of Bilbao's Athletic Club was built on the site of the old San Mamés, replacing the 100-year-old arena of the same name in 2013. Athletic Club women's team have played several games in the new stadium, attracting 48,121 fans for a 2019 cup tie against Atlético de Madrid, at the time a Spanish record.