Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool meet in a high-stakes encounter at the Parc des Princes as the intrigue continues in a tight Group C. In the teams' matchday one fixture, Daniel Sturridge and a James Milner penalty gave Liverpool a two-goal cushion before Thomas Meunier (40) and Kylian Mbappé (83) brought Paris level. Two minutes into added time, however, substitute Roberto Firmino struck to earn last season's runners-up a 3-2 victory.
Liverpool are on six points having won both home games but lost both away, and have a point more than Paris. Napoli also have six points, with bottom side Crvena zvezda also still in contention on four. That means Liverpool will be through if they win and Crvena zvezda do not beat Napoli. Paris will be unable to finish in the top two if they lose and Napoli win.
Both teams are one win away from 50 in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final.
Previous meetings
• The clubs' only other fixtures before the current campaign came in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals, when Paris seized control of the tie with a 3-0 first-leg win at the Parc des Princes – although they had to survive a scare back on Merseyside, going through despite a 2-0 defeat. The final ended in a 1-0 loss to Barcelona.
Form guide
PSG
• Thomas Tuchel's side bounced back from their Liverpool loss with a 6-1 defeat of debutants Crvena zvezda in their second fixture, Neymar scoring a hat-trick. They then shared two draws with Napoli: 2-2 at home, and 1-1 away.
• Paris have therefore won only one of their last seven UEFA Champions League matches (D2 L4).
• Before beating Crvena zvezda, Paris had lost four European matches in a row – the worst run in their history – during which they conceded 11 goals.
• Ligue 1 champions for the fifth time in six years in 2017/18, and seventh time overall, this is the French side's seventh successive UEFA Champions League campaign.
• Semi-finalists in 1995, Paris have been knocked out in the round of 16 in the last two seasons – having been eliminated in the quarter-finals in the four previous campaigns.
• Paris have scored in all of their last 20 UEFA Champions League games, since a 1-0 defeat at Manchester City in the 2015/16 quarter-final second leg (0-1).
• The Parisian club have lost only two of their last 49 European home games since crashing 4-2 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage (W31 D16) – they went down 3-1 to Barcelona in the 2014/15 quarter-finals and 2-1 against Real Madrid in last season's round of 16 second leg.
• The French side are without a win in their last five games against English opposition (D3 L2), since a 2-1 success at Chelsea in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg, which was also their first win in England.
• Paris have lost only one of their eight home fixtures against English visitors (W3 D4), 3-0 against Chelsea in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage, and have drawn the last two.
Liverpool
• Having scored a last-gasp winner to defeat Paris, the tables were turned on Liverpool on matchday two, a 90th-minute Lorenzo Insigne strike earning Napoli a 1-0 success in Italy. Crvena zvezda were then beaten 4-0 at Anfield before a 2-0 loss in the reverse fixture in Serbia.
• The defeat at Crvena zvezda means Liverpool have lost three successive away European matches – although they have been beaten only four times in the last 16. The Reds have nevertheless won just five of their last 21 (D8 L8).
• The Reds have lost four of their last six European matches.
• Fourth in the Premier League in 2017/18, Liverpool are in the group stage for the second season running, having featured once in the previous seven.
• Liverpool scored an average of 3.15 goals per game in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League.
• The five-time winners reached their eighth European Cup final in 2017/18, when they won four of their seven UEFA Champions League away matches (qualifying included), losing only one.
• The Reds have lost only once in their last seven visits to France (W4 D2), where their overall record is W5 D2 L7. However, they are without a win in their last three (D2 L1).
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