PSG vs Istanbul Basaksehir UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics ⚽️
Paris SG won 2-0 in their only previous meeting with İstanbul Başakşehir, thanks to a brace from Moise Kean earlier in this season’s UEFA Champions League group stage.
İstanbul Başakşehir have lost seven of their last nine away matches in all European competition (W2), including each of the last four in a row.
Paris SG have won their last four UEFA Champions League games against Turkish opponents, scoring 10 goals and keeping a clean sheet in all four. Three of these games have come since the start of last season, having faced Galatasaray twice in 2019-20.
İstanbul Başakşehir have conceded four goals in each of their last two UEFA Champions League matches (1-4 vs Man Utd and 3-4 vs RB Leipzig) – they could become just the ninth side in the competition’s history to concede at least four goals three games running, and the second Turkish side after Galatasaray between October-November 2014.
Paris SG have won five of their last six home matches in the UEFA Champions League (L1), keeping a clean sheet in all five of those victories.
İstanbul Başakşehir midfielder Irfan Can Kahveci scored a hat-trick entirely from outside the box last time out against RB Leipzig, the first player to do so in the UEFA Champions League since Wayne Rooney against Fenerbahçe in September 2004. Kahveci also became only the third player in the competition’s history to finish on the losing side despite scoring three goals, after Ronaldo for Real Madrid v Man Utd in April 2003 and Gareth Bale for Tottenham v Inter Milan in October 2010.
Paris SG could finish top of their UEFA Champions League group for the fourth consecutive participation, excluding the 2nd group stage, only two previous French have had as a long a run – Monaco (four seasons between 2003-04 and 2016-17) and Lyon (four seasons between 2003-04 and 2006-07).
Paris SG’s Kylian Mbappé has failed to score in his last nine UEFA Champions League matches, having never previously gone more than three games without scoring in the competition. Over this nine-games drought he has taken 27 shots and has an Expected Goals total of just 3.9.
İstanbul Başakşehir winger Edin Visca has carried the ball 1264 metres in total during this season’s UEFA Champions League, second only to Bayern Munich centre-back David Alaba (1465 metres).
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