Wednesday’s second leg represents the 13th meeting between PSG and Barcelona in the Champions League, with the hosts boasting four wins compared to La Blaugrana’s five.
A clean sheet for either team would be a novelty in this fixture, as 37 goals have been scored in the last nine meetings between PSG and Barca since 2012, with Neymar (7) and Messi (5) leading the way in terms of goals.
PSG have notched up at least two strikes in four of their five home meetings with the Blaugrana in the Champions League, and should Barcelona somehow turn the tie around on Wednesday, they will become the first team ever in Europe’s big league to progress after a first-leg home defeat by three goals.
Barcelona 6–1 PSG, also known as La Remontada (“The Comeback”), the result of the second leg of a UCL tie which occurred on 8 March 2017 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona.
FC Barcelona overcame a four-goal deficit in the second leg of their 2016–17 UCL round of 16 tie against PSG to win 6–5 on aggregate, making it the largest comeback in UEFA Champions League history.
PSG have won two of their last three games against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League, as many as they had managed against the Catalan giants in their first eight meetings in the competition (W2 D3 L3).
In the history of the European Cup/Champions League, no team has ever progressed from a knockout round over two legs after losing the first leg at home by a margin of three goals.
Can Messi and Barcelona break this record tonight?
Barcelona have only won one of their last nine away games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League (D3 L5). They have scored just three goals across these nine games.
PSG have found the back of the net at least once in each of their last 22 Champions League games at the Parc des Princes (61 goals), in a run that dates back to December 2015.
19 - Lionel Messi has scored 19 goals from outside the box in the UEFA Champions League – since his debut in the competition back in December 2004, only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more from range in the competition (20). Thunderbolt.