On Wednesday, eight matches of the second stage of groups A-D will be played in the UEFA Champions League. Today will see many intriguing matches, but most attention should be focused on the match in Paris, where the "Saint-Germain" club, which shook the player transfer market in the summer, meets the Munich "Bayern". Season start Both teams in Group B started with confident victories - PSG away left no hope for the Glasgow "Celtic" footballers with a score of 5-0, and "Bayern" without much difficulty showed superiority with a score of 3-0 against "Anderlecht" in Brussels. In the weekend local championships, "Bayern" and PSG played almost identically. The Parisian team without Neymar could not beat "Montpellier" away, while "Bayern" allowed a draw against "Wolfsburg" at the end of the match - ending with a 2-2 draw. However, PSG players have had a much more confident start to the season, with a draw against "Montpellier" being their first loss of points over the weekend. Unai Emery's team has six wins and 19 points, putting them in the first position on the tournament table. On the other hand, the "Bayern" team cannot boast perfect results in the first six rounds of the German "Bundesliga" - four wins, one draw, and one loss. The Bavarians are in third place and are three points behind the leaders from Dortmund. Team news The Parisian team has almost no absences in these matches - the only doubt is about Javier Pastore's ability to appear on the field. Neymar is fully prepared for the match, as he did not play in the seventh round of "Ligue 1" over the weekend. Meanwhile, the "Bayern" team has problems in the goalkeeping position - Manuel Neuer will not be able to play due to a foot injury until next year, so he will be replaced by Sven Ulreich, who did not shine in the weekend match. Predicted starting lineups: PSG: Areola; Dani Alves, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Kurzawa; Verratti, Thiago Motta, Rabiot; Mbappé, Cavani, Neymar. "Bayern": Ulreich; Kimmich, Hummels, Boateng, Rafinha; James, Thiago, Vidal; Robben, Ribéry, Lewandowski. Interesting facts PSG has only suffered one defeat in their last 41 Champions League home matches - in the 2014-15 season, they lost 3-1 to Barcelona. Last season, PSG collected five points at home during the entire group stage - one win and two draws. The last time the Parisian team faced a German club in the Champions League was in the 2013-14 season when they beat Leverkusen 6-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals. PSG has never experienced defeat against German clubs in Paris - five wins and two draws. The match against PSG will be the first for "Bayern" since the group stage of the 2012-13 season when they had to compete against French football representatives - both times the Bavarians defeated "Lille". "Bayern's" away match statistics are not encouraging - out of eight matches, they suffered defeats in four. In total, Bayern has faced French clubs 15 times in the Champions League - six wins, six losses, and three draws. The head coach of "Bayern", Carlo Ancelotti, is very familiar with PSG club and their stronghold - the strategist worked here from 2011 to 2013.
