Everything about Benfica-Paris!

a bit of history...

This is the seventh official meeting between the two teams, and Benfica have a slight advantage with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats for the Lisbon side.

Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica will meet for the 16th time (official and friendly matches) since the club's creation in 1970 (4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats for Paris). Only two foreign clubs have played them more: Barcelona and Real Madrid (17 matches).

This is also the eighth competitive match in Portugal, the Parisians won in Braga (1-0, on 19/03/2009), drew in Porto (0-0, on 02/11/2004) and lost to Boavista (0-1, on 12/12/2002), in Porto (0-1, on 03/10/2012), and three times against Benfica in Lisbon (1-3, on 15/03/2007, 1-2, on 10/03/2011, 1-2 on 10/12/2013).

15 players have played for both teams: Joao Alves, Fernando Cruz, Angel Di Maria, David Luiz, Julian Draxler, Guedes, Helder Cristovao Marino, Hugo Leal, Humberto Coelho, Daniel Kenedy, Ricardo, Laurent Robert, Cristian Rodriguez, Renato Sanches and Valdo. Danilo Pereira has only played youth matches for Benfica.

what's at stake...

The two leaders of group H are facing each other with both having taken 6 points from two games.

Winning in Lisbon against Benfica would be a first: no French club has ever won at the Estadio de La Luz in 15 competitive matches: Saint-Etienne (1967/1968, 2-0), Nantes (1978/1979, 0-0), Bordeaux (1986/1987, 1-1), Montpellier (1988/1989, 3-1), Marseille (1989/1990, 1-0), Bastia (1997/1998, 0-0), Lille (2005/2006, 1-0), PSG (2006/2007, 3-1), Marseille (2009/2010, 1-1), PSG (2009/2010, 2-1), Lyon (2010/2011, 4-3), Bordeaux (2012/2013, 1-0), PSG (2013/2014, 2-1), Monaco (2014/2015, 1-0) and Lyon (2019/20, 3-1).

Paris Saint-Germain are on a 21-game unbeaten streak since last season's 0-3 defeat at Monaco on 20 March (17 wins, 4 draws, 68 goals scored, 16 goals conceded). Paris have always scored at least one goal since that defeat at Monaco.

The club from the capital is making its 30th European appearance since their Cup Winners' Cup debut in 1982-83 and this is their 11th consecutive UEFA Champions League appearance.

Paris are one of only three European clubs to have always qualified from the Champions League group stage since the 2012-13 season, along with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

Paris Saint-Germain will play their 138th UEFA Champions League match against Benfica (75 wins, 25 draws and 37 defeats). The club from the capital will also play their 250th European match*, with a record of 130 wins, 55 draws and 63 defeats.

the keys to the match...

Paris Saint-Germain will be able to count on their captain Marquinhos, who has made a record 75 appearances in European Cups for the club, ahead of Marco Verratti (74 European appearances for Paris).

Kylian Mbappé has caught up with Edinson Cavani as the top Parisian goalscorer in Europe with 30 goals, and a goal at Benfica would set a new record.

The UEFA Champions League is a competition that Paris Saint-Germain's number 7 enjoys: the Parisian striker has scored at least one goal in the last 6 matches in the UEFA Champions League (Manchester City, a brace against Club Bruges, Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes and then in Spain, a brace against Juventus Turin, and a winning goal against Maccabi Haïfa). The record for Paris held by Edinson Cavani (7 matches with at least one goal in 2016 and 2017) could be equalled in Lisbon.

Juan Bernat could play his 100th competitive match for the Rouge et Bleu in Lisbon, while Nuno Mendes is expected to wear the Parisian shirt for the 50th time since joining Paris Saint-Germain last season in his home country.

*These numbers take into account the European Supercup but not the Intertoto Cup.