RB Leipzig vs PSG Champions League semi-final Match Preview or Key Statistics 🔥
- This will be the first ever competitive meeting between RB Leipzig and Paris SG. Both RB Leipzig and Paris SG are aiming to reach their first ever European Cup/Champions League final.
- RB Leipzig would be the seventh different German team to reach the final (second only to English sides), while PSG would be the first French team to reach the showpiece since Monaco in 2003-04.
- Paris SG have progressed from all three of their European knockout ties with German opponents, including eliminating Borussia Dortmund in this year's Champions League Last 16. Paris Saint-Germain have reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the first time since the 1994-95 campaign, where they were eliminated over two legs against AC Milan (0-3 on aggregate).
- Only one of the previous seven French teams to reach the CL semi-finals has reached the final (Monaco in 2003-04).
- Paris Saint-Germain have found the back of the net in each of their last 33 Champions League games, only one behind the all-time record in major UEFA European competition (Real Madrid, 34 between 2011 and 2014).
- The last side to stop the Parisians scoring were Man City back in April 2016 (0-1) as they were eliminated from the Champions League quarter-finals. RB Leipzig are unbeaten in their last seven Champions League matches (W5 D2), having lost four of their first eight in the competition (W3 D1).
- RB Leipzig's Marcel Sabitzer has been involved in six goals in his last six Champions League games (4 goals, 2 assists), assisting his side's opening goalin their quarter-final victory over Atlético Madrid.
- At 33 years old, RB Leipzig's Julian Nagelsmann could become the youngest manager to reach the Champions League final, taking the record from Didier Deschamps, who was 35 with Monaco in 2004.
- Since his debut in the competition in 2013-14, Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar has provided more assists in the Champions League than any other player (23), including assisting their equaliser against Atalanta in the quarter-finals.
- Paris SG forward Kylian Mbappé has been directly involved in 10 goals in eight Champions League appearances in 2019-20 (5 goals, 5 goals); his best goal involvement total in a single campaign in the competition. The Frenchman has been involved in a Champions League goal on average every 48 minutes this term.
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