The UEFA Champions League never fails to excite and following the departure of two giants on Tuesday evening, there are two more fixtures on Wednesday. One of them sees Manchester United make the trip to the French capital to face PSG.

STATS

• PSG are once again romping their way to the Ligue 1 title which means their full focus can be placed on winning the Champions League. They are over halfway to the quarter final after their comfortable 2-0 win at Old Trafford two weeks ago. It’s the trophy that has eluded them so far and they have a real chance at winning it this term.
• Man United, on the other hand, are still trying to get over a really poor period under Jose Mourinho but their good fortunes in the Premier League haven't carried into Europe. They are up against it as they travel to France following the disappointing first-leg loss. It might be better for the Red Devils to turn their attention to getting a top four place.
• Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have both been in great Champions League form this season and are both still in the mix for the Golden Boot with four and five goals respectively.
• Romelu Lukaku has failed to shine for United since the start of the campaign but he’ll have to step up if his side are to make it through to the next round.

HEAD TO HEAD

The first-leg meeting was the first between these two sides in the Champions League and it obviously ended 2-0 to PSG who were the visitors. They faced in the summer of 2015 in a friendly match and the scoreline was exactly the same which doesn’t bode well for the English giants.

PSG NEWS

It would take a huge meltdown for PSG to be knocked out at this stage as one goal would add to the two vital away goals they scored a couple of weeks ago. Although, they are without Neymar and potentially Edinson Cavani who both missed the first leg.

Latest matches: Paris St Germain

02.03.2019	Ligu	SM Caen	Paris St Germain	1:2	W
26.02.2019	Coup	Paris St Germain	Dijon FCO	3:0	W
23.02.2019	Ligu	Paris St Germain	Olympique Nimes	3:0	W
20.02.2019	Ligu	Paris St Germain	Montpellier HSC	5:1	W
17.02.2019	Ligu	AS Saint Etienne	Paris St Germain	0:1	W

MANCHESTER UNITED NEWS

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s already tough task is made 10x harder as a result of the injuries to his squad. Paul Pogba is suspended because of his red card while Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard, Alexis Sanchez, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata, Phil Jones and Antonio Valencia will all miss out.

Latest matches: Manchester United

02.03.2019	Prem	Manchester United	Southampton FC	3:2	W
27.02.2019	Prem	Crystal Palace	Manchester United	1:3	W
24.02.2019	Prem	Manchester United	Liverpool FC	0:0	D
18.02.2019	FA C	Chelsea FC	Manchester United	0:2	W
12.02.2019	UEFA	Manchester United	Paris St Germain	0:2	L

SUMMARY

As mentioned, it will be very hard for PSG not to qualify for the quarter final and considering the injury crisis at United, they are expected to add to the healthy advantage. The visitors’ firepower is significantly weakened so backing the home side to win to nil looks very good value.