PSG vs. Liverpool Champions League Preview and Prediction
Defending Premier League champions Liverpool can salvage a season littered with disappointing results by furthering its Champions League journey against the club that ended its European run a year ago.
Current cup holders and four-time defending Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain, which eliminated the Reds last season, hosts the storied English side at Parc des Princes at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
Liverpool was absolutely dismantled, 4-0, in a disheartening FA Cup quarterfinal defeat against Manchester City, and the club looks to be on the beach already. Meanwhile, PSG got a brace from Ousmane Dembele in a 3-1 victory over Toulouse that keeps the Ligue 1 leaders on target for a fifth straight title.
PSG vs. Liverpool Odds and Betting Trends
With recent performances in tow, it is clear to see why PSG are -138 favourites on the Champions League odds. Liverpool sits at +333 to duplicate last year’s victory in Paris, and a draw sits at +310. Neither team plays in scoreless draws, especially in the Champions League.
The over on 3.5 goals in this match sits at +120, and the under is -150. Dembele’s recent scoring prowess is exemplified in his -105 odds to score a goal, and -200 odds to score or assist in the match.
PSG
Coach Luis Enrique’s side has experienced a successful recent run in Europe against Premier League clubs. Les Parisiens knocked out Liverpool, Aston Villa, and Arsenal in succession en route to their first Champions League crown last season.
PSG continued that mastery, throttling Chelsea by an 8-2 aggregate in the Round of 16. The club has won its last four matches in all competitions, scoring 14 goals in the process.
Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has four goals in PSG’s last three Champions League knockout phase matches in Paris, and Dembele scored the lone goal against Liverpool in last year’s Last 16 series.
Liverpool
A monumental task gets significantly harder as Liverpool is still without Alisson Becker in goal for the rest of the month. His understudy, Giorgi Mamardashvili, has surrendered 12 goals in six matches.
Mohamed Salah, who just became the first African player to score 50 goals in the Champions League, has returned from some scuffling injuries. Federico Chiesa and Jeremie Fringpong are also available. Alexander Isak, who suffered a fractured fibula against Tottenham in December, is still not ready.
Liverpool is 1-4 in its last five road games, and the 15 defeats in all competitions this season are its most since 2014-15. Dominik Szoboszlai has scored five goals in his last eight Champions League matches, including the opener of last month’s round of 16 second-leg victory over Galatasaray. The Reds shut out their Turkish opponents 4-0 and have posted four clean sheets in their last five UCL competitions.
Champions League Prediction: Who Will Win PSG vs. Liverpool?
Unfortunately for Liverpool, PSG isn’t Galatasaray. It isn’t FK Qarabag, Marseille, or Inter Milan either. The cup holders are primed to defend their European crown, and the Red just aren’t showing they are capable of hanging with their Parisian counterparts for 90 minutes tomorrow.
If City were able to drop four goals, including a hat-trick by Erling Haaland, over the weekend, how many will PSG score against their beleaguered foes? Frustration abounds with the defending Premier League champs, and coach Arne Slot’s job is indeed in jeopardy. It won’t be any less so after a 3-1 defeat to Les Parisiens.