UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio do SL Benfica - Lisbon Tuesday 18 August 2020 21.00CET (20.00 local time) RB Leipzig Matchday 10 - Semi-finals Paris Saint-Germain Last updated 21/12/2020 15:48CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 9 Head coach 11 Match officials 12 Fixtures and results 15 Match-by-match lineups 19 Competition facts 22 Team facts 23 Legend 25 1 RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 August 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams RB Leipzig - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Aouar 50, Depay 82; 10/12/2019 GS Olympique Lyonnais - RB Leipzig 2-2 Decines Forsberg 9 (P), Werner 33 (P) RB Leipzig - Olympique 02/10/2019 GS 0-2 Leipzig Depay 11, Terrier 65 Lyonnais UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ilsanker 6 (og), Sarr 9, Olympique de Marseille - RB 5-2 Thauvin 38, Payet 60, 12/04/2018 QF Marseille Leipzig agg: 5-3 Sakai 90+4; Bruma 2, Augustin 55 RB Leipzig - Olympique de 05/04/2018 QF 1-0 Leipzig Werner 45+1 Marseille UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Falcao 43; Jemerson 21/11/2017 GS AS Monaco FC - RB Leipzig 1-4 Monaco 6 (og), Werner 9, 31 (P), Keïta 45 Forsberg 33; 13/09/2017 GS RB Leipzig - AS Monaco FC 1-1 Leipzig Tielemans 34 Paris Saint-Germain - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Paris Saint-Germain - Borussia 2-0 Neymar 28, Bernat 11/03/2020 R16 Paris Dortmund agg: 3-2 45+1 Borussia Dortmund - Paris Haaland 69, 77; 18/02/2020 R16 2-1 Dortmund Saint-Germain Neymar 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lewandowski 8, FC Bayern München - Paris 05/12/2017 GS 3-1 Munich Tolisso 37, 69; Saint-Germain Mbappé 50 Paris Saint-Germain - FC Bayern Dani Alves 2, Cavani 27/09/2017 GS 3-0 Paris München 31, Neymar 63 2 RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 August 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Paris Saint-Germain - Bayer 04 2-1 Marquinhos 13, 12/03/2014 R16 Paris Leverkusen agg: 6-1 Lavezzi 53; Sam 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Paris Matuidi 3, Ibrahimović 18/02/2014 R16 0-4 Leverkusen Saint-Germain 39 (P), 42, Cabaye 88 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Paris Saint-Germain - Borussia 04/11/2010 GS 0-0 Paris Dortmund Borussia Dortmund - Paris Saint- Nuri Şahin 50 (P); 21/10/2010 GS 1-1 Dortmund Germain Chantôme 87 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Wolfsburg - Paris Saint- 1-3 Hasebe 63; Luyindula 26/02/2009 R3 Wolfsburg Germain agg: 1-5 38 (P), 73, Rothen 60 Paris Saint-Germain - VfL 18/02/2009 R3 2-0 Paris Hoarau 80, 83 Wolfsburg Mabiala 12 (og), FC Schalke 04 - Paris Saint- Kuranyi 39, Halil 23/10/2008 GS 3-1 Gelsenkirchen Germain Altıntop 70; Chantôme 90+2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - Paris Salihamidžić 3, Paulo 18/10/2000 GS1 2-0 Munich Saint-Germain Sérgio 89 Paris Saint-Germain - FC Bayern 26/09/2000 GS1 1-0 Paris Laurent Leroy 90 München UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Paris Saint-Germain - FC Bayern Gava 17, Maurice 73, 05/11/1997 GS 3-1 Paris München Leroy 75; Babbel 28 Elber 4, 73, Jancker FC Bayern München - Paris 22/10/1997 GS 5-1 Munich 21, 47, Helmer 51; Saint-Germain Simone 48 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - Paris 23/11/1994 GS 0-1 Munich Weah 80 Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain - FC Bayern 14/09/1994 GS 2-0 Paris Weah 39, Bravo 80 München Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RB Leipzig 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 10 11 Paris Saint-Germain 8 7 1 0 9 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 17 10 2 5 28 19 3 RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 August 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon 4 RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 August 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon Match background The UEFA Champions League will have at least one new finalist in 2019/20 as Leipzig take on Paris Saint-Germain at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the first semi-final. • While Leipzig are at this stage for the first time in only their second UEFA Champions League campaign, Paris have become knockout regulars in recent seasons – although this is the first time they have made it as far as the last four in 25 years. • The teams each scored late winners to secure a 2-1 victory in their respective quarter-finals. Paris produced a stunning late turnaround against Atalanta to progress thanks to strikes in the closing stages from Marquinhos (90) and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (90+3), 24 hours before Tyler Adams' deflected 88th-minute strike gave Leipzig victory against Atlético de Madrid. Previous meetings • While this is the teams' first competitive fixture, Leipzig defeated Paris 4-2 in a July 2014 friendly when they were in the German second tier. Paris defender Marquinhos scored an own goal with Yussuf Poulsen also on target for Leipzig. Form guide Leipzig • This is Leipzig's first European semi-final. They are aiming to become the seventh German club to reach the European Cup final, after Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern München, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburg, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen. • Leipzig are the ninth German club to appear in the European Cup semi-finals, with Köln (1979) and Schalke (2011) the only Bundesliga clubs to have got to the last four and never made a final. • Leipzig's qualification for the semi-finals alongside Bayern München means Germany has two teams in the last four of the UEFA Champions League for only the second time. On the other occasion, in 2012/13, Bayern and Dortmund went on to contest the final. • Leipzig are the 31st different club to appear in a UEFA Champions League semi-final and the third newcomer to the competition's last four in successive years, after Roma in 2018 and Tottenham Hotspur in 2019. • This is their third game in Lisbon in 2019/20 having also won 2-1 at Benfica on Matchday 1 before being Atlético. • The German club finished three points clear at the top of Group G, picking up seven of their 11 points on their travels thanks to that win at Benfica and a 2-0 success at Zenit before they let slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Lyon on Matchday 6. • Julian Nagelsmann's side then despatched Tottenham 4-0 on aggregate in the round of 16 (1-0 a, 3-0 h) in their first UEFA Champions League knockout tie. They made it three wins in as many knockout matches in the competition as goals from Dani Olmo – on his UEFA Champions League debut for the club – and, after Atlético had levelled, Adams secured a dramatic quarter-final victory. • Aside from this season's two wins, the German club's only other visit to Portugal ended in a 3-1 reverse at Porto in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage, only their second European away fixture. • Leipzig have won eight of their 15 UEFA Champions League fixtures (D3 L4). • Leipzig's record outside Germany in this season's competition is W4 D1; they had previously won only three of their 12 European away matches (D4 L5). • Third in the Bundesliga in 2018/19 and German Cup finalists, this is Leipzig's third European campaign, and only their 34th match. In 2017/18 they became the first team to make their European debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage, picking up seven points to finish third in a section including Beşiktaş, Porto and Monaco. They went on to reach the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals before losing to Marseille. • Leipzig's record in knockout European ties is W7 L1, their 2017/18 loss to Marseille the sole defeat (1-0 h, 2-5 a). • That defeat by Marseille is also Leipzig's only previous knockout tie against a French club. • A home defeat (0-2) and away draw (2-2) against Lyon this season have made Leipzig's record against French clubs W2 D2 L2. Their sole victory outside Germany was a 4-1 success at Monaco in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage – their first away win in European competition. • Leipzig have yet to feature in a UEFA penalty shoot-out. Paris • This is Paris's second European Cup semi-final, and their first since 1995: 5 RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 August 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon AC Milan L 0-3 (0-1 h, 0-2 a) • That 25-year gap between semi-final appearances is a UEFA Champions League record – beating Ajax's 22-year absence between 1997 and 2019.