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Capital match between Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool on Wednesday as part of the fifth day of the Champions League. Both teams are no longer allowed to make mistakes. In case of defeat, and if Naples wins against the Red Star of Belgrade, the Parisians would be eliminated in the group stage. As for the Reds, a misstep on their part combined with a success of the Italians would almost mortgage their chances. Before this crucial meeting, here is a list of ten figures to measure the balance of power.
Klopp and Liverpool advantage
FIFA 19: Liverpool duel – PSG24
Jürgen Klopp is undefeated against PSG.Credit Photo – Icon Sport
0: Jürgen Klopp is undefeated against Paris Saint-Germain. The German coach has met the Parisians three times in his career: twice with Borussia Dortmund in Europa League, during the 2010-2011 season (1-1 and 0-0) and once with Liverpool, 18 September last (3-2). That's a record of one win and two draws.
2: Since returning to the Champions League in the 2012-2013 season, PSG have lost only two home games, and none in the group stages: against FC Barcelona on 15 April 2016 (quarter-final return, 1- 3) and Real Madrid on March 6th (round of 16, 1-3).
3: PSG and Liverpool have met three times in an official match: in the semifinals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1996-1997 (success of the Parisians 3-0 and 2-0 defeat in the return) and in group stages. of the Champions League, this season (3-2 for the Reds).
4: Liverpool have lost their last four away games against AS Roma (2-4), Real Madrid (1-3 in Kiev in the final), Napoli (0-1) and Etoile Belgrade Red (0-2).
5: Of the seven goals scored by Liverpool in the Champions League this season, five are signed by the offensive trio Salah-Firmino-Mané (two goals each for the Egyptian and the Brazilian, one for the Senegalese).
6: Of the eleven goals scored by the PSG in C1 this season, six are signed by the offensive trio Mbappé-Cavani-Neymar (the Brazilian has three achievements, the Frenchman two and the Uruguayan one).
7: PSG have won only one of their last seven Champions League matches. It was against the Red Star of Belgrade, on October 3rd (6-1).
13: Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel have faced each other thirteen times in their career (ten times in the Bundesliga, twice in the Europa League and once in the Champions League). The record leans heavily in favor of the first named: nine wins, three draws and one loss. The only success won by the current coach of PSG against his eldest goes back to April 10, 2010 and a victory of Mainz against Borussia Dortmund (1-0).
14: In case of defeat, and if Naples came to win against the Red Star of Belgrade in parallel, the Parisians would be eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage. This would be an unprecedented event since the takeover by the Qataris in 2011, and a first for fourteen years. In 2004-2005, Vahid Halilhodzic's team finished fourth behind Chelsea, Porto and CSKA Moscow.
20: PSG remain on a series of twenty consecutive matches of the Champions League having scored at least one goal. The last time the Rouge et Bleu went dumb was on April 12, 2016, in the quarter-final against Manchester City (0-1).
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