Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool are each looking to go deep in the UEFA Champions League after virtually wrapping up their respective domestic titles.
Arne Slot’s Reds are 13 points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League, while PSG have the same margin of advantage over Marseille in Ligue 1. Liverpool’s defeat to Nottingham Forest back in September is the only league loss either side has suffered this season.
However, they experienced contrasting league phases in the Champions League. Liverpool stormed to first place, winning each of their first seven matches, while PSG had to salvage a spot in the elimination playoffs by winning each of their final three.
That showed Luis Enrique’s men hitting peak form, though, as RB Salzburg, Manchester City and Stuttgart were swept aside. An even more brutal showing came in the playoffs, as Ligue 1 counterparts Brest were eviscerated 10-0 on aggregate.
Liverpool will represent an entirely different challenge, even if this has come to feel like a somewhat dubious reward for coming first.
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PSG vs. Liverpool lineups, predicted starting 11, team news
Luis Enrique has a clean bill of health in his first-team squad, allowing him to rotate at the weekend in Ligue 1. That didn’t do Lille much good as the champions elect dashed into a 4-0 lead inside 37 minutes.
Vitinha, Willian Pacho and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia are set to rotate back in with the former Napoli winger having opened his Champions League account against Brest in the previous round. Ousmane Dembele is primed to add to his six goals and one assist in the Champions League this term.
Captain Marquinhos is in line for a 100th start in this competition.
PSG predicted lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Donnarumma (GK) — Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes —Vitinha, Neves, Fabian Ruiz — Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola
Injured: None
Suspended: None
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Slot has a similarly positive outlook in terms of key stars being fit. Defensive duo Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez remain sidelined with hamstring problems but neither would be considered composite parts of the first XI.
Teenager Amara Nallo is suspended after his red card in Liverpool’s dead-rubber defeat to PSV.
Mohamaed Salah, with three goals and four assists, is level with Dembele on seven goal involvements in this season’s competition and their respective performances could come to define this tie.
Liverpool predicted lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Alisson (GK) — Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson — Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai — Salah, Diaz, Gakpo
Injured: Bradley (hamstring), Gomez (hamstring), Morton (shoulder)
Suspended: Nallo
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PSG vs. Liverpool live stream, TV channel
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