Real Madrid face a first-leg deficit as Paris Saint-Germain come to the Santiago Bernabéu for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie with a lead to defend thanks to a late moment of inspiration from Kylian Mbappé.
The France international scored the only goal of the first game at the Parc des Princes four minutes into added time, giving Paris a narrow advantage they had looked unlikely to earn after Lionel Messi's penalty had earlier been saved by Thibaut Courtois.
Madrid eliminated Paris at this stage of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League en route to winning the competition for the third year running, although the French club had come out on top in the two previous knockout ties between the clubs.
This season Paris were forced to settle for second place behind 2020/21 runners-up Manchester City in Group A, while Madrid held off Inter to claim first place in Group D.
Possible Line-ups are as follows:
Paris: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Nuno Mendes; Danilo, Paredes, Verratti; Di María, Messi, Mbappé
Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Éder Militão, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Casemiro, Modrić; Asensio, Benzema, Vinícius Júnior
How to Watch the game?
The game will be aired via Bein Sports channels, and via this link.
History of both teams?
Each of the sides now has four wins in their 11 meetings, although Paris's success in the first leg of this tie stretched their unbeaten run against Madrid to three matches (W2 D1). The French side have also outscored their opponents, hitting 15 goals to Madrid's 13.
This is the teams' second meeting in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, eventual champions Madrid winning 3-1 in Spain in 2017/18 with Marcelo on the scoresheet after Cristiano Ronaldo's double, and 2-1 in Paris, Ronaldo again and Casemiro finding the net for Madrid.
Madrid's 2015/16 UEFA Champions League triumph had also featured a win against Paris, a 1-0 group stage victory at the Santiago Bernabéu in which Nacho got the only goal. The game at the Parc des Princes finished scoreless.
Paris have lost three of their five away games against Madrid, the one victory their UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final first leg in March 1994 when George Weah scored the only goal at the Bernabéu in a tie Paris won 2-1 on aggregate.
The French side produced a memorable comeback in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, turning round a 3-1 loss in Spain with a 4-1 home victory. Three of the four goals at the Parc des Princes came from the 80th minute onwards; David Ginola (81) and Valdo (87) made it 3-0 to Paris on the night and, though Iván Zamorano levelled for Madrid on aggregate in added time, there was still time for Antoine Kombouaré to win the tie for Paris.
Paris's first-leg win in this tie was only their second success in their last eight games against Madrid (D3 L3). Marcelo scored Madrid's goal in a 3-1 defeat by Paris in an Ohio friendly in 2016.
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