UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Anfield - Liverpool Tuesday 18 September 2018 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Liverpool FC Group C - Matchday 1 Paris Saint-Germain Last updated 19/08/2019 14:30CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 6 Squad list 9 Head coach 11 Match officials 12 Fixtures and results 15 Match-by-match lineups 19 Competition facts 20 Team facts 21 Legend 23 1 Liverpool FC - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 September 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - Paris Saint- 2-0 Fowler 11, M. Wright 24/04/1997 SF Liverpool Germain agg: 2-3 78 Paris Saint-Germain - Liverpool Leonardo 11, Cauet 10/04/1997 SF 3-0 Paris FC 43, Leroy 83 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Liverpool FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 Liverpool FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - FC Girondins de Milner 38 (P), Benteke 26/11/2015 GS 2-1 Liverpool Bordeaux 45+1; Saivet 33 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - 17/09/2015 GS 1-1 Bordeaux Jussiê 81; Lallana 65 Liverpool FC UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Gerrard 9 (P), Torres 18/03/2010 R16 Liverpool FC - LOSC Lille Liverpool agg: 3-1 49, 89 Villeneuve 11/03/2010 R16 LOSC Lille - Liverpool FC 1-0 E. Hazard 84 d'Ascq UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique Lyonnais - Liverpool 04/11/2009 GS 1-1 Lyon Lisandro 90; Babel 83 FC Benayoun 41; Liverpool FC - Olympique 20/10/2009 GS 1-2 Liverpool Gonalons 72, Lyonnais Delgado 90+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - Olympique de 26/11/2008 GS 1-0 Liverpool Gerrard 23 Marseille Olympique de Marseille - Cana 23; Gerrard 26, 16/09/2008 GS 1-2 Marseille Liverpool FC 32 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - Gerrard 4, Torres 11, 11/12/2007 GS 0-4 Marseille Liverpool FC Kuyt 48, Babel 90+1 2 Liverpool FC - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 September 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool UEFA Champions League Liverpool FC - Olympique de 03/10/2007 GS 0-1 Liverpool Valbuena 77 Marseille 4-0 Crouch 19, Hyypiä 49, 28/08/2007 QR3 Liverpool FC - Toulouse FC Liverpool agg: 5-0 Kuyt 87, 90+1 15/08/2007 QR3 Toulouse FC - Liverpool FC 0-1 Toulouse Voronin 43 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - FC Girondins de Luis García 23, 76, 31/10/2006 GS 3-0 Liverpool Bordeaux Gerrard 72 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - 18/10/2006 GS 0-1 Bordeaux Crouch 58 Liverpool FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/11/2004 GS AS Monaco FC - Liverpool FC 1-0 Monaco Saviola 55 15/09/2004 GS Liverpool FC - AS Monaco FC 2-0 Liverpool Cissé 22, Baroš 84 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - 2-1 Drogba 38 (P), Méïté 25/03/2004 R4 Marseille Liverpool FC agg: 3-2 58; Heskey 15 Liverpool FC - Olympique de 11/03/2004 R4 1-1 Liverpool Baroš 55; Drogba 79 Marseille UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 27/02/2003 R4 Liverpool FC - AJ Auxerre Liverpool Owen 66, Murphy 72 agg: 3-0 20/02/2003 R4 AJ Auxerre - Liverpool FC 0-1 Auxerre Hyypiä 72 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Fowler 63 (P), Riedle 04/11/1997 R2 Liverpool FC - RC Strasbourg Liverpool agg: 2-3 84 Zitelli 20, 64, Conteh 21/10/1997 R2 RC Strasbourg - Liverpool FC 3-0 Strasbourg 70 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Mølby 4 (P), Marsh 06/11/1991 R2 Liverpool FC - AJ Auxerre Liverpool agg: 3-2 30, Walters 83 Ferreri 42, K. Kovács 23/10/1991 R2 AJ Auxerre - Liverpool FC 2-0 Auxerre 59 3 Liverpool FC - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 September 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Keegan 2, Kennedy 3-1 16/03/1977 QF Liverpool FC - AS Saint-Étienne Liverpool 58, Fairclough 84; agg: 3-2 Bathenay 51 02/03/1977 QF AS Saint-Étienne - Liverpool FC 1-0 Saint-Etienne Bathenay 79 Paris Saint-Germain - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Giroud 45+1 (P), Verratti 60 (og); 23/11/2016 GS Arsenal FC - Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 London Cavani 18, Iwobi 77 (og) Cavani 1; Alexis 13/09/2016 GS Paris Saint-Germain - Arsenal FC 1-1 Paris Sánchez 78 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - Paris 1-0 12/04/2016 QF Manchester De Bruyne 76 Saint-Germain agg: 3-2 Ibrahimović 41, Rabiot Paris Saint-Germain - Manchester 06/04/2016 QF 2-2 Paris 59; De Bruyne 38, City FC Fernandinho 72 Diego Costa 27; Chelsea FC - Paris Saint- 1-2 09/03/2016 R16 London Rabiot 16, Ibrahimović Germain agg: 2-4 67 Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea Ibrahimović 39, 16/02/2016 R16 2-1 Paris FC Cavani 78; Mikel 45+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cahill 81, E. Hazard Chelsea FC - Paris Saint- 2-2 96 ET (P); David Luiz 11/03/2015 R16 London Germain agg: 3-3 ag (aet) 86, Thiago Silva 114 ET Cavani 54; Ivanović 17/02/2015 R16 Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea FC 1-1 Paris 36 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chelsea FC - Paris Saint- 2-0 08/04/2014 QF London Schürrle 32, Ba 87 Germain agg: 3-3 ag Lavezzi 4, David Luiz Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea 61 (og), Pastore 02/04/2014 QF 3-1 Paris FC 90+3; E. Hazard 27 (P) 4 Liverpool FC - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 September 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - Paris Saint- 03/12/2008 GS 0-0 Manchester Germain UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/11/2004 GS Chelsea FC - Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 London Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea Terry 29, Drogba 14/09/2004 GS 0-3 Paris FC 45+1, 76 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 12/04/1994 SF Arsenal FC - Paris Saint-Germain London Campbell 7 agg: 2-1 29/03/1994 SF Paris Saint-Germain - Arsenal FC 1-1 Paris Ginola 50; I. Wright 35 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Liverpool FC 14 11 1 2 14 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 28 16 3 9 41 22 Paris Saint-Germain 8 3 4 1 9 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 17 4 8 5 19 21 5 Liverpool FC - Paris Saint-Germain Tuesday 18 September 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool Match background Group C kicks off with a heavyweight contest as Liverpool welcome Paris Saint-Germain to Anfield with both sides looking to lay down an early marker. • After both sides had broken the previous record for group stage goals in 2017/18 – Paris scoring 25 goals, Liverpool 23 – each found their campaigns halted by Real Madrid. While Paris bowed out to the Spanish giants in the last 16 – the second successive year in which they had fallen at that hurdle – Liverpool made it all the way to the final only to lose 3-1 to Madrid in Kyiv, missing out on a sixth European title. Previous meetings • The clubs' only fixtures to date came in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals, when Paris seized control of the tie with a 3-0 first-leg win at the Parc des Princes – although they had to survive a scare back on Merseyside, going through despite a 2-0 defeat. The final ended in a 1-0 loss to Barcelona. Form guide Liverpool • Fourth in the Premier League in 2017/18, Liverpool are in the group stage for the second season running, having featured once in the previous seven. • Liverpool scored an average of 3.15 goals per game in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League. • The five-time winners reached their eighth European Cup final in 2017/18, when they won five of their seven UEFA Champions League home matches (qualifying included), drawing the others. • Before being held 2-2 by Sevilla on matchday one last season, Liverpool's previous six European games at Anfield had all produced a home win. They are unbeaten in their last 16 European home matches (W11 D5), since a 3-0 loss to Real Madrid on 22 October 2014. • The Reds have won their last two home matches against French sides – most recently a 2-1 defeat of Bordeaux in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage – having lost two of the previous three.