Everything on Paris - Bayern!

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY...

Paris Saint-Germain will take on Bayern Munich for the 11th time in European competition, with a record of 6 wins and 4 defeats. A draw would be a first between the two sides. 

The Bavarian club will overtake Real Madrid (10 meetings). Only one European club has crossed swords more often with the Rouge et Bleu in Europe: FC Barcelona (13 matches), and knocked out by the capital club in the previous round. 

 Paris Saint-Germain will face Bayern for the 14th time (taking friendlies into account), placing them 4th among the clubs the Parisians have faced most often (French clubs excepted) behind Barcelona (17 matches), SL Benfica and Real Madrid (15 matches).

It's also the 23rd competitive match against a German club (10 matches so far against Bayern Munich, 4 matches against Borussia Dortmund, 3 for Leipzig, 2 for Wolfsburg, 2 for Leverkusen and 1 match for Schalke). The record is favourable to the Rouge et Bleu, with 13 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

The German clubs have never won at the Parc des Princes, as Paris have a record of 8 wins and a draw in 9 matches.  Bayern Munich have always lost to the Parisians at the Parc des Princes with 4 matches played, scoring only one goal and conceding 9 times.

German opposition is appreciated by the Parisians, as they've qualified 3 times  from two-legged ties, against Wolfsburg (2-0 and 1-3, Round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League 2008-2009), Leverkusen (4-0 and 1-2, Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League 2013-2014) and Dortmund (1-2 and 2-0, in the Round of 16 of last season's competition).

Paris Saint-Germain will against Bayern play the 125th match in the club's UEFA Champions League history (69 victories, 23 draws and 32 defeats). The capital club will play their 237th European match, for a record of 125 victories, 53 draws and 58 defeats.

4 players have worn the colours of both clubs : Juan Bernat, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Kingsley Coman and Tanguy Kouassi.

WHAT'S AT STAKE...

Paris Saint-Germain will take part in their 13th European quarter-final and the record is balanced with 6 qualifications and 6 eliminations.
The Paris Saint-Germain goalscorers are rarely kept quiet in European matches:  at the Parc des Princes in the UEFA Champions League, the Parisians have scored in every game since the 0-0 against Real Madrid on October 21 2015, a run of 24 matches.
If the Parisians qualify for the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, they'll become the third French club to reach the stage of the competition two seasons running, after Saint-Etienne (1974-1975 and 1975-1976) and Marseille (1989-1990 and 1990-1991).

THE KEYS TO THE match...

Paris Saint-Germain will be able to count on the prolific Kylian Mbappé in the UEFA Champions League, as the forward has scored 8 times in his last 4 European matches for the Rouge et Bleu.
The Parisians will be able to count tonight on their magic duo of Kylian Mbappé - Neymar Jr : of the 21 goals scored by the Rouge et Bleu in the UEFA Champions League this season, the two players have been decisive 20 times:  8 goals and 3 assists for Mbappé, 6 goals and 3 assists for Neymar Jr.