Home / Football / Champions League News Monaco v PSG Confirmed line-ups for crunch Champions League clash The holders are making hard work of progress in the Champions League this season Written by Tom Rostance Last Update: February 17, 2026 07:01:12 pm GMT 3 min read Champions PSG are able to name an all-star front three in their all-French knockout play-off round first leg. Luis Enriques side narrowly missed out on a place in the top eight a year after beating Inter emphatically in the final and now face an extra hurdle against familiar foes.At eighth in the French top flight, Monaco are 20 points behind PSG and finished four points and 10 places below them in the league phase of the Champions League.This is the first time the sides have met in Europe.The return match is on February 25 (20:00 GMT). The winners of the tie will meet Barcelona or Chelsea in the last 16 in March.Table of Contents1 Monaco team news2 PSG team news3 How to watch Monaco v PSG: TV channel, live online stream4 Monaco v PSG statsMonaco team newsFormer Leicester defender Wout Faes and ex-Arsenal forward Folarin Balogun start for the hosts, who are unbeaten in four home games in the Champions League.Monaco: Philipp Khn, Caio Henrique, Wout Faes, Jordan Teze, Vanderson, Denis Zakaria, Lamine Camara, Simon Adingra, Aleksandr Golovin, Maghnes Akliouche, Folarin BalogunPSG team newsGoalkeeper Lucas Chevalier is again on the bench as PSG go with Matvey Safonov. Up front the big guns are all in action as PSG look to make a statement on the south coast.PSG: Matvey Safonov, Nuno Mendes, Willian Pacho, Marquinhos, Achraf Hakimi, Jo�o Neves, Vitinha, Warren Zare-Emery, Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembl, Khvicha KvaratskheliaHow to watch Monaco v PSG: TV channel, live online streamKick-off on Tuesday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the Discovery Plus app.TNT Sports costs �29.99 a month through Discovery Plus, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.Monaco v PSG statsThis is the first European meeting between Monaco and Paris but both sides have been in all-French ties: Monaco were eliminated by Marseille in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup third round, while Paris beat Brest 10-0 on aggregate at this stage last seasonMonaco have lost their last five two-legged European tiesThey have lost one of their last sevenChampions Leaguematches (W2 D4) and kept four clean sheets in their previous sixOne of their last six matches in all competitions has ended in defeat, although three of those games have finished 0-0Benfica eliminatedMonacoat this stage last seasonKehrer played 128 times across four seasons with PSG, including 20 in the Champions League.Takumi Minaminos second-half goal gave Monaco that win against Paris this season, which ended a run of three straight defeats and five games without a win (D1 L4) in the fixturesPSGhave won six of their last seven two-legged ties in the Champions League and have lost two of their last 12 matches overall in Europe (W7 D3)They are in theChampions Leagueknockout phase for the 14th season runningThe reigning European champions have won four of their last nine matches in all competitions over 90 minutes Topics: AS Monaco FC Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Follow us: Tom Rostance Tom has been writing about football - and other sports - for almost 20 years. He has covered four summer Olympics and many, many, many football matches from the World Cup final to the bottom of the EFL. Read more from Tom Rostance
