Paris Saint-Germain will welcome Juventus to Parc des Princes for the first 2022-23 Champions League clash between the two teams on Tuesday. PSG are in excellent form in Ligue 1 and are unbeaten after six games. Barring the fixture against Monaco wherein they dropped points, Lionel Messi and co. have enjoyed a wonderful start to the season.
Juventus also remain unbeaten but their fortunes have been different from that of their Champions League opponents. They have registered three draws in their last four games and would want to start their European campaign with a win to regain their lost form.
How To Watch
Match: PSG vs Juventus
Date & Time: September 6 @ 8:00 PM (BST) / 3:00 PM (ET)
Venue: Parc des Princes Stadium, Paris City, France
TV Channel: BT Sport 4, CBS Sports, Sony Sports Network
Online Streaming: BT Sport App, fuboTV & Sony Liv (Try for free)
Watch in Canada: DAZN Canada
Team News
PSG: Christophe Galtier has no major injury concenrs ahead of his team's first Champions League game of the 2022-23 season. Timothee Pembele remains the only long-term absentee.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice in PSG's last outing which ended in a 4-1 win against Nantes. The French striker and Neymar have been in supreme form in front of goal and are are top scorers in Ligue 1 with seven goals each so far. Galtier will hope the duo can fire on all cylinders against Juventus as well.
Juventus: Juventus have their fair share of injury concerns ahead of the big clash against PSG. Midfielder Paul Pogba is set to undergo surgery for a knee surgery and is likely to miss multiple games. Angel Di Maria, Wojciech Szczesny and Federico Chiesa are all set to miss the big game as well due to injuries.
Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed that Leonardo Bonucci, Adrien Rabiot, Dusan Vlahovic and Mattia Perin are set to be included in the lineup.
Prediction: PSG's attacking three are in incredible form. Neymar is at the forefront, with an insane seven goals and six assists through just 455 league minutes, both which put the Brazilian atop the Ligue 1 charts. Lionel Messi is also in great creative form, with three goals and six assists of his own and looking revived from last year's struggles. Kylian Mbappe, meanwhile, has seven goals leading the PSG line.
Juventus, meanwhile, strike a different chord. They've been held to a draw in three of their five league matches thus far, collecting just a single point against Fiorentina, Roma, and Sampdoria. The club has lacked creativity in the final third, with just 6.52 xG (expected goals) across the five matches, sitting Juve eighth in Serie A, miles behind the likes of Napoli, Inter, and AC Milan.
Score Prediction: PSG 2 - 0 Juventus