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The second match-day of the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 Round of 16 round will offer some of the grittiest encounters this season.
Paris Saint-Germain, the high-flying French outfit, will lock horns against Liverpool, the league phase table-toppers in the UCL 2024-25 Round of 16 tie, as the first leg will take place on 6 March, 2025 at the iconic Parc des Princes in Paris.
Paris vs Liverpool 🍿#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/SL9LwWqpUl
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 21, 2025
From possible starting XIs to Fantasy predictions, here is everything you need to know about Paris Saint-Germain vs Liverpool's first leg of the Round of 16 match in the UEFA Champions League 2024-25.
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Match Details
Match: Paris Saint-Germain vs Liverpool - UEFA Champions League 2024-25 Round of 16 tie, First Leg
Date: 6 March 2025
Time: 1:30 AM IST
Venue: Parc des Princes, Paris, France
Broadcasting and Streaming Details
The match will be streamed Live on the Sony Liv app and website. Viewers can also watch the game live on TV on Sony Sports Network.
Team News
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain were on the edge of an early exit from the league phase after the fifth match-week, but they came back on top following a consecutive three-game winning streak in the last three league phase encounters. Les Parisiens finished in the 15th position with 13 points in 8 matches.
PSG thrashed Brest 10-0 on aggregate in the knock-out play-offs to storm into the Round of 16 in style. Following a 3-0 away victory in the first leg, the French champions ran riot over their national counterpart in the second leg, salvaging a 7-0 victory.
A great evening at the Parc des Princes with 7 goals against Brest! ❤️💙#UCL | #PSGSB29 ( 7-0) pic.twitter.com/QOqJsqiy8Q
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) February 19, 2025
Coach Luis Enrique can have a sigh of relief, as he will have his full squad available for selection ahead of the encounter against Liverpool. Only Fabian Ruiz is at risk of getting suspended in the second leg if he faces another yellow.
Two days before Liverpool! 💪⚽️#PSGLIV | #UCL pic.twitter.com/BdK6L4H3dL
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) March 3, 2025
PSG are on a 10-game winning streak at this point, inducing fear for the opponents in the continental competitions. The French side are in full flow and will try their best to earn the much-eluded European crowd.
Paris Saint-Germain | UCL 2024-25 Results
League Phase results
- Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Girona
- Arsenal 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain
- Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 PSV Eindhoven
- Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 Atletico Madrid
- Bayern Munich 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain
- FC Salzburg 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain
- Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 Manchester City
- VfB Stuttgart 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain
Play-offs results
- Brest 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain
- Paris Saint-Germain 7-0 Brest
Liverpool
Liverpool remained in contention to clinch the continental treble following their seven-out-of-seven winning run in the league phase. Although the Reds faced a dead-rubber 3-2 defeat against PSV in the last matchday, they comfortably finished atop the league phase table with 21 points across 8 games.
The English giants are edging closer to the Premier League title and will feature in the EFL Cup Final in the coming weeks, but the most glorious title of all, they will definitely put their best to achieve European glory.
Our 2024/25 #UCL journey so far 💫 pic.twitter.com/eAQLArKxkz
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 3, 2025
Manager Arne Slot has done a tremendous job in his first season at Liverpool and he will have a favourable squad for the RO16 tie as well. However, seasoned veteran Joe Gomez is out for injury and youngster Amara Nallo is suspended, whereas Conor Bradley is doubtful for the first leg.
Harvey Elliott, Ibrahima Konaté, Alexis Mac Allister, and Andy Robertson are all at risk of getting suspended in the seond leg if they get booked.
Despite facing two stalemates in their last five matches, Liverpool salvaged two back-to-back Premier League victories against Manchester City and Newcastle United, leaving no room for the continental foes to discard their capability in any possible way.
Liverpool | UCL 2024-25 Results
League Phase results
- AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
- Liverpool 2-0 Bologna
- RB Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool
- Liverpool 4-0 Bayer Levekusen
- Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid
- Girona 0-1 Liverpool
- Liverpool 2-1 Lille OSC
- PSV 3-2 Liverpool
Head-to-head Stats
This will be just the third UEFA Champions League meeting between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain, with the two sides previously squaring off in the 2018-19 group stage, with the Reds winning 3-2 at home and losing 1-2 away.
Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain will face each other in the knockout stages of a major European competition for the first time since meeting in the semi-final of the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1996-97, with the Parisians progressing to the final following a 3-2 aggregate victory.
Matches played: 2
PSG won: 1
Liverpool won: 1
Draws: 0
Possible Playing XI
Paris Saint-Germain
Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK); Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes; João Neves; Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola
Liverpool
Alisson (GK); Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai; Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz, Curtis Jones
Dortmund vs Lille: Fantasy XI Prediction
Donnarumma, Hakimi, Van Dijk, Konate, Mendes, Mac Allister, Neves, Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Salah, Diaz