UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid vs PSG live
Preview
Real Madrid welcome Paris Saint-Germain to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid for the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 encounter. The match kicks off at 8:00 pm(GMT) with Dutch referee Danny Desmond Makkelie in charge as center referee. After a narrow 1-0 win for PSG at home in the first leg, Real Madrid need nothing less than a win to increase their chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals.
Real Madrid are in good form coming into today’s game with three wins in their last five games. Los Blancos won their last game 4-1 at the Bernabeu against Real Sociedad with goals from Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric, Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio. With a 1-0 deficit in the first leg coming into today’s match, Real Madrid will have to play at their very best if they are to qualify for the next round of the Champions League.
PSG have won three of their last five competitive games, losing two of their last two away games. The Parisians lost their last competitive game 1-0 to OGC Nice in Ligue 1 conceding very late in the game. With just two away wins since the turn of the year PSG have to avoid defeat in today’s game to secure qualification for the next round of the Champions League.
Head-to-head
The last five meetings between Real Madrid and PSG is evenly shared with two wins for each team and a draw. Their last meeting was in the first leg of today’s game at the Parc des Princes with a Kylian Mbappe 90+4’ goal securing the win for the Parisians.
Prediction
Real Madrid have never lost to PSG at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in competitive meetings. Los Blancos are more than capable of turning this tie around this evening with manager Carlo Ancelotti in charge. However, the glamorous attack of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe is a threat for any opposition in European football. Goals are expected to be scored in today’s game but Real Madrid might narrowly edge pass PSG.
