Paris Saint-Germain welcome Barcelona to the Parc des Princes this evening in a huge Champions League encounter between the competitions top two sides. Luis Enriques men are chasing a third successive European crown and have made an impressive start to their title defence, winning both of their opening league phase matches.The French champions thrashed Slovan Bratislava 6-1 before producing an excellent performance to beat Manchester City 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium last week.PSG have also maintained their strong domestic form and head into tonights clash on the back of a win over Strasbourg.Barcelona have been equally impressive under Hansi Flick, winning all nine of their opening La Liga matches to establish a five-point lead at the top of the table.The Catalan giants have also scored nine goals in their opening two Champions League games, beating Feyenoord 5-1 and Galatasaray 4-1.Flick will be boosted by the return of Raphinha, who has scored 14 goals this season, although Barcelona have several defensive injury concerns ahead of the trip to Paris.PSG have enjoyed the better of recent meetings between the sides, losing just once in their last five encounters.101GreatGoals brings you all the team news ahead of the 8pm kick-off.PSG team newsPSG: Safonov, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kvaratskhelia, Ruiz, Dembele, Doue, Vitinha, Hernandez, Pacho, NevesPSG Substitutes: Chevalier, Mouak, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Torres, Akliouche, Digne, Godts, Mayulu, Fernandez, Zaire-Emery, NdjantouBarcelona team newsBarcelona: Garcia, Cancelo, Cubarsi, Pedri, Yamal, Raphinha, Espart, Gordon, Martin, Olmo, BernalBarcelona Substitutes: Szczesny, Livakovic, Balde, Farinas, Gavi, Lopez, Jesus, Adeyemi, Rodri, De Jong, Abdelkarim, CamposChampions League table UEFA Champions League 2026 World #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 2 1 Paris Saint Germain220010376 W W 2 Barcelona22009276 W W 3 Aston Villa22009276 W W 4 VfB Stuttgart22006156 W W 5 Liverpool22008446 W W 6 Sporting CP22005146 W W 7 Arsenal22004046 W W 8 Real Madrid22006426 W W 9 Real Betis22006426 W W 10 Bayern Mnchen21108354 D W 11 Shakhtar Donetsk21104224 W D 12 Como21016423 L W 13 Manchester United21014223 L W 14 Villarreal21015413 W L 15 Atletico Madrid21013213 W L 16 Club Brugge KV21016603 W L 17 Manchester City21014403 L W 18 Borussia Dortmund21013303 L W 19 Lens210134-13 L W 20 AEK Athens FC210123-13 L W 21 RB Leipzig210124-23 W L 22 Sabah FA210124-23 W L 23 Feyenoord210147-33 W L 24 Bodo/Glimt210115-43 W L 25 AS Roma201145-11 L D 26 PSV Eindhoven201112-11 L D 27 Viking201146-21 D L 28 Fenerbahe201117-61 L D 29 Inter200246-20 L L 30 FC Porto200225-30 L L 31 Slavia Praha200225-30 L L 32 Napoli200214-30 L L 33 Lask Linz200237-40 L L 34 Lille200226-40 L L 35 Galatasaray200227-50 L L 36 Slovan Bratislava200219-80 L L Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals) Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals) Recent Form & Stats for Paris Saint Germain v BarcelonaThe teams have met 16 times in UEFA competition with six wins each, four draws and 29 goals apiece.Paris have lost only one of their last five meetings with Barcelona (W3 D1),triumphing 2-1 in Spain on Matchday 2 last season. Ferran Torres, now of Paris, put the home side ahead only for Mayulu and Gonalo Ramos to score late in each half and give Paris the points.That was also Paris third successive away win against Barcelona, with 10 goals scored and three conceded.However, Bara have been victorious in two of their last four games at Parc des Princes (D1 L1) including the last,a 3-2 win in the 2023/24 quarter-final first leg in which Raphinha scored twice althoughParis won the return in Spain 4-1 despite another Raphinha strike, Ousmane Dembl and Vitinha scoring the French sides first two goals.Paris have lost only three of their last 14 games against Spanish clubs (W8 D3), most recentlydrawing 0-0 at Athletic Club on Matchday 6 last season.Barcelona have lost three of their last four games versus French opponents (W1). They have won only four of their last 11 games involving Ligue 1 sides (D2 L5).Prediction for PSG v BarcelonaBoth sides are brilliant going forward but we give PSG the edge defensively, despite their recent record. It should be a fascinating battle in midfield with Rodri and Pedri on one side and Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves on the other. Match PredictionParis Saint Germain 3 1 Barcelona Topics FC Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 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