CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2023-24 - ROUND 1/4 FINA

FC Barcelona-PSG: Data, statistics and curiosities from the Champions League match

Published:16/04/2024 - 00:32h

Updated:16/04/2024 - 00:32h

This Tuesday, starting at 9:00 p.m. at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium, Barça hosts Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of the 2023-24 Champions League quarterfinals. The culé team will try to make good on the advantage obtained a week ago at the Parque de los Príncipes (2-3) and seal the pass to the semifinals of the highest European club competition

The most important week of the season for Barça begins. This Tuesday, at 9:00 p.m., the Barça team receives a visit from PSG in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals with the advantage achieved in Paris a week ago (2-3). The duel comes at the best moment for a Barcelona team that has gone 13 consecutive games without losing and that will seek in a packed Montjuic Olympic Stadium to continue the good streak of results and qualify for the semifinals of the Champions League.

FC Barcelona plays the Champions League and the League in six days. Xavi's men face the moment of truth with two games in which making a mistake (not winning) would leave them KO and in a complicated situation for the final stretch of the season. Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, with whom they face on Sunday at the Bernabéu, are presented as the great threats to the culés' aspirations. Below we review the data and curiosities of the match:

TECHNICAL INDEX CARD OF THE MATCH: FC Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain:
FC BARCELONA (likely alignment):: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Ronald Araújo, Cubarsí, Joãor Cancel; Of Jong, Gündoğan, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha Sanctioned: Christensen, Sergi Roberto Apercibido of sanction: Frenkie Of Jong, Ferran Torres, Joãor Félix, Ronald Araújo, Lamine Yamal.
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (likely alignment):: Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Hernández, Nuno Mendes; Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Fabián Ruiz; Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola Sanctioned: ningunoi Apercibido of sanction: Dembélé, Lucas Hernández, Škriniar, Ugarte, Vitinha.
WHEN it PLAYS THE MATCH?: Tuesday 16 April (21:00HEC).
WHERE it PLAYS THE MATCH?: Olympic state of Montjuïc, Barcelona
COMPETITION: Party of turn of quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League 2023-2024.
WHERE SEE THE PARTY IN TV: Here you have the International guide with the schedules and the channels of TV that broadcast in direct and on-line the match FC Barcelona VS PSG of the UEFA Champions League.

Statistics of the FC Barcelona in the Champions League 2023-24

The FC Barcelona has advanced 37 of the 39 times that won the party of gone out of house in competition UEFA, the most recent against the Manchester United in the quarter-finals of 2018/19 (0-1 to domicile, 3-0 home). His two failures produced in front of the Colony in the second round of the Glass of the UEFA 1980/81 (0-1 to domicile, 0-4 home) and the Metz in the first round of the Recopa of Europe 1984/85 (2-4 to domicile, 1-4 home). Three of these global victories produced after a 2-1 to domicile in the gone, the most recent against the Celtic in the eighth of final of the Champions League 2007/08 (1-0 home).

We remember that, this season, the Barça started with a 5-0 home in front of the Antwerp, before winning 0-1 in Port wine and win 2-1 to the Shakhtar home in the third day. His impulse saw braked by a defeat by 1-0 in front of the Ukrainian club, but the classification remained ensured with a victory by 2-1 home in front of the Port wine, although it concluded with another defeat to domicile, by 3-2 in Amberes. In the round of eighth of final, the team of Xavi empató 1-1 in Naples in the gone and imposed by 3-1 home, with goals of Robert Lewandowski in both parties.

The numbers of the FC Barcelona in the Champions League 2023-2024: 9 parties played, 6 victories, 1 tie and 2 defeats. 19 goals in favour and 10 against.

13 meetings followed of the Barça without losing, 3 in Champions and 10 in LaLiga: The great Barcelona team 10 victories (Osasuna, Alavés, Celtic, Getafe, Mallorca, Naples, Athletic, UD The Palms, PSG and Cádiz) and three ties (Granada, Naples and Athletic). Said of another form: since Xavi announced that it would leave the bench of the Barça on 30 June, the team culé does not know the KO..

Against the PSG, party 46 of the season 2023-2024. Against the Cádiz, the FC Barcelona trained by Xavi Hernández contested his split number 45 of the present season. Until the moment, 30 victories, 8 ties and 7 defeats; 92 goals in favour and 55 against.

It follows the series of the Barça against French teams. The FC Barcelona only has remained without marking in 2 of his last 28 parties in competitions of the UEFA against French teams. Besides, the Barça only has lost 3 of his last 20 parties in competitions of the UEFA against French teams.

The Barça annotated 3 goals out of house in Europe. The Barcelona have marked 3 goals in a party out of house of the Champions League in the eliminatory phase for the first time from April of 2015, when the then men of Luis Enrique won 1-3 in Paris. To way of reminder, the Barça has put fine to the series of the hosts, that carried 27 parties invictos in all the competitions.

Statistics FC Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona confront in eliminatory of the Champions League by sixth time. Catalans and French have seen the faces in 3 occasions in the round of quarter-finals, this is the fourth, with a balance of 3 passes of the Barça and 1 of the PSG. In the three eliminatory previous, 2 victories of the Barça, 1 of the PSG and 3 ties, with 10 goals of the Barça and 7 of the PSG. And in eighth of final, FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain have confronted in two occasions with a balance of 1 pass for the Barça and 1 for the PSG. In these two eliminatory, 2 parties won of the PSG, 1 of the Barça and 1 tie, with 10 goals in favour for the PSG and 8 for the Barça.

Finally, remember that PSG and FC Barcelona also confronted in the Phase of Groups of the Champions League 2014-15. In the first party, played in Paris, the French won 3-2, in the second, played in Barcelona, the culés imposed 3-1.

In total, in the previous clashes between FC Barcelona and PSG (included the party of gone of this edition): 4 parties won by the PSG, 5 by the FC Barcelona and 4 ties. 23 goals of the PSG and 26 of the Barça.

The Barcelona has won the two last previous clashes of quarter-finals, in the season 2012/13 and, under the control of Enrique, in the season 2014/15, and also achieved a traced back record in the Champions League against the PSG in the eighth of final of the season 2016/17. The French team, however, won in quarter-finals of the campaign 1994/95, and in the eighth of final of the season 2020/21.

The balance of the Barcelona in quarter-finals of the Glass of Europe is of 16 victories and 7 defeats. Five of these defeats have produced in the last seven eliminatory. The defeat in 2020 in front of the Bayern supposed for the Barcelona his 13ª eliminatory consecutive of quarter-finals of the Champions League, all a record in the competition. In the 2006/07 had not reached the quarter-finals. Before this victory of the Barça in the field of the PSG (2-3), the victory by 0-1 in the field of the Manchester United in the gone of the quarter-finals of the 2018/19 was the only triumph of the Barcelona in eleven parties out of house in eliminatory of the Champions League (five ties and five defeats), from the victory by 0-2 in the field of the Arsenal in the eighth of final of the season 2015/16. The victories in front of Manchester United and Arsenal were his only triumphs in the last 13 clashes of this type, with six defeats.

This is the 28ª campaign of the FC Barcelona in the Champions League, a record of the competition that shares with the Real Madrid. It has participated in all the seasons from the 2003/04 and has reached the eighth of final by 23ª time. The Barcelona has won twice the Glass of Europe in Wembley, stage of the final of this season; in 1992 it imposed to the Sampdoria by 1-0 after the extention to do with the trophy for the first time, and also defeated to the Manchester United by 3-1 in 2011. The pentacampeón of Europe arrived to quarter-finals or more in each season between 2007/08 and 2019/20, winning the title in 2009, 2011 and 2015, but did not happen of eighth in each one of the two last campaign.

Paris Saint-Germain is in fourth for the first time in three seasons, whereas the FC Barcelona reached the quarter-finals in all the seasons between 2007/08 and 2019/20, but did not arrive to this phase from this last campaign. This is the eighth participation of Paris in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where his balance is of three victories and four defeats. This is the 16ª campaign of Paris in the Champions League, equalising the French record of the Lyon. It has participated in all the seasons from the 2012/13, reaching the eliminatory rounds in the last 12 campaigns.

With the defeat in front of the FC Barcelona in the gone (2-3), the Parisians add 13 victories in his last 30 European parties (7 ties and 10 defeats). The PSG only has lost 8 of his last 74 European parties home (47 victories and 19 ties), although 6 of these defeats have produced in his last 24 meetings in the Parc give Princes.

Curiosities of the Barça-PSG

Sergi Roberto and Christensen lose the party of turn: The captain barcelonista, that went out in the eleven initial, saw the yellow for cutting a contragolpe holding on to Marco Asensio and the Danish by a fault to Zaïre-Emery. The two players will lose the party of turn of the quarter-finals of the Champions League against the PSG.

Against the Cádiz, Xavi Hernández threw of massive rotations thinking in the turn of the quarter-finals of the Champions League against the PSG. Araujo, Pedri, Raphinha, Yamal, Of Jong, Gundogan and Koundé were between the acting. Besides, it could not have Robert Lewandowski, Joao Cancel and Iñigo Martínez by suspension, neither with the lesionados Gavi and Alejandro Balde.

In the party of gone, Raphinha was the hero of the FC Barcelona with two goals and was appointed MVP, Better player of the Party Paris Saint-Germain 2-3 FC Barcelona. Raphinha Dressed of star and went the attendant to annotate a doublet that signalled the way to the FC Barcelona in the Park of the Princes against the PSG. The Brazilian forward of the Barça finished like the just 'MVP' of the night.

Lamine Yamal made history in the Champions: Against the PSG, the player of the FC Barcelona, with only 16 years and 272 days, convertió in the youngest player of the history in contesting some quarter-finals of the League of Champions.

Another record of Pau Cubarsí: With only 17 years and 79 days, the defence has turned into a key piece for the FC Barcelona. The defender, that already was chosen as 'MVP' of the party in front of the Naples in the turn of the eighth of final, in the gone against the PSG convertió in the youngest defence of the history in being headline in some quarter-finals of the maximum continental competition.

Pedri 'Break' two marks of the Champions in his magic turn after the injury: And it is that, further of his spectacular assistance to the '11' in the first balloon that touched, the one of Tegueste was flawless in the transfer, with 17 passes completed in equal number of attempts, being the only footballer in the gone of chambers of Champions with 100 % of efficiency in passes. In fact, any player of the Barça attained something similar from Alejandro Balde, the one who completed 24 of 24 touch in October of 2022 in front of the Bayern Munich.

Luis Enrique was trainer of the FC Barcelona of 2014 to 2017, winning the League, the Glass of Rey and the Champions League in his first season at the head of the Barcelona team. The Asturian technician guided to the Barça to two titles of league and three Glasses of the King in his three seasons in the charge, in addition to conquering the Supercopa of Europe and the World-wide Glass of Clubs of the FIFA in 2015. Luis Enrique and Xavi were mates in the Barcelona between 1998 and 2004.

Ousmane Dembélé Was the best of the offensive trident of Paris Saint-Germain in the defeat in front of the FC Barcelona (2-3). The 'Mosquito' converted a golazo and sent a clear message to the fans culé for the turn, celebrating efusivamente his so much.

Ousmane Dembélé Marked 40 goals in 185 parties with the FC Barcelona between 2017 and 2023, when fichó by Paris Saint-Germain. The French forward won three Leagues, the last in 2022/23, and the Glass of the King in 2017/18 and 2020/21 with the team culé. Another ex Barcelona is Arnau Tenas, who arrived to the Barça in 2010 and remained until the summer of 2023, when fichó by Paris. It contested 58 parties with the team B of the FC Barcelona.

THE NUMBERS OF XAVI IN THE BENCH OF THE BARÇA

135 parties of Xavi like trainer culé. The FC Barcelona of Xavi Hernández adds already 135 parties with 85 victories, 24 ties and 26 defeats. It has converted 258 goals and has fit 142.

In the party of gone against the PSG Xavi lived his first quarter-finals like trainer. This yes, the technician of the Barcelona has played more than a party of this category and with big note. Xavi confronted in six occasions to the PSG during his stage like player, all they in the Champions League: his balance was of three victories, two ties and a defeat.

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