This will be Real Sociedad’s first home game in the UEFA Champions League of 16 since February 2004, which also saw French sides meet in the round of 16 (1-0 against Lyon, 2-0 on aggregate).
Paris Saint-Germain have won just two of their 12 away games against Spanish sides in the UEFA Champions League (D3 L7), losing six of the last 8 series games (W1 D1). They have not left a blank slate in any of these 12 matches in total, conceding an average of 2. 3 goals per game (28 in total).
The last time a Spanish team lost the first leg of a UEFA Champions League tie was played by more than two goals and still managed to qualify in 2016-17, when Barcelona saw off Paris Saint-Germain 6-5 on aggregate (0-4). defeat) in Paris, won 6-1 in the second leg).
This is the tenth time Paris Saint-Germain have gone into the second leg of a UEFA Champions League tie with an overall advantage: of the last nine occasions, the French side have only managed to qualify in five of those matches (eliminated 4 times).
Real Sociedad have only been behind for 37 minutes in the UEFA Champions League this season and have not trailed in any of their home games so far. In total, only Real Madrid (26 minutes) and Arsenal (29 minutes) have been less. Real minutes this season.
Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique has lost 3 of his last away games against Real Sociedad in all competitions (W1 D1), with all 3 defeats coming in La Liga between 2013 and 2016 (two with Barcelona and one with Celta Vigo). .
Real Sociedad forced 19 turnovers in the first leg of this clash, the most ever recorded by a team at Paris Saint-Germain in a UEFA Champions League match (since 2006-07). In fact, La Real is the team that has achieved the highest turnover of the entire festival this season (89).
Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo has averaged 2. 5 chances out of 90 following an addition in this season’s UEFA Champions League (1. 5 shots and 1 chance created). Of the players who have played more than 250 minutes, all 3 with an average of more than 90 in this season’s festival, all play for Real Madrid: Rodrygo (3. 4), Jude Bellingham (2. 8) and Vinícius Júnior (2. 8).
Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe has been involved in 34 goals in 31 away games in the UEFA Champions League (23 goals, 11 assists). 2016-17.
Fabián Ruiz created the most chances (3) and had the highest luck rate (97% – 55/57) of any Paris Saint-Germain player in the first leg against Real Sociedad. The Spaniard also has the under-tension pass completion rate of any player in the French national team in 2023-24 (93%).
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