It’s crunch time for Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City with both sides fighting to make the play-offs in the revamped Champions League.
PSG start the night in 26th place, one point and two places behind bottom-placed City which means their European adventure continues for another month.
It’s not a situation these two big-spending clubs – both backed by money from the Middle East – would have envisioned at the start of the campaign.
Paris Saint Germain team news
The big news for the home side is the return of centre-back and captain Marquinhos from a thigh injury.
The Brazilian, who missed the weekend win at Lance, comes in for Lucas Beraldo.
There were two more changes with Achraf Hakimi and Joao Neves coming on for Lucas Hernandez and Warren Zaire-Emery.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes, Ruiz, Neves, Vitinha, Lee, Doue, Barcola
Manchester City team news
Pep Guardiola made two changes to the side that won 6-0 at Ipswich on Sunday, one forced with Jeremy Doku missing through injury.
Doku was great at Portman Road at the weekend but suffered a pinch which meant he couldn’t travel to Paris. Savinho comes on for the Belgian winger.
Elsewhere, Bernardo Silva is preferred in midfield to Ilkay Gundogan.
Mateus Nunes continues at right back.
Manchester City: Ederson, Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Guardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland
Line to Paris 💪
XI| Ederson, Nunes, Akanji, Diaz, Guardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (W), Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Stones, Grealish, Gundogan, Wright, Alleyn, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee#ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/jR7556a9fd
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