PSG VS Bayern Munich Preview & Prediction

Match preview

When Paris Saint-Germain plays Bayern Munich in the first leg of their last-16 match on Tuesday at Parc des Princes, the champions of France and Germany will square off in the Champions League.

PSG is expecting that 2023 will be the year they finally win the Champions League trophy, while the Bavarians are looking to win the title of European Champions for the eighth time.

Under Niko Kovac, Wolfsburg, on the other hand, seemed to be an unstoppable force after compiling a six-match winning streak to rise up the Bundesliga table. However, they have subsequently lost three straight games to lose position on the top four and exit the DFB-Pokal.

With goals in each of their three losses to Werder Bremen, Union Berlin, and Bayern Munich—the reigning champions winning 4-2 at the Volkswagen Arena on Sunday—the Wolves have shown they still have a lot of bite.

They fell behind 3-0 in the first 20 minutes against Kovac’s previous squad, but Jakub Kaminski scored a goal just before halftime to give his team a slim chance of completing a stunning comeback.

When Bayern returned from the winter break with three straight 1-1 draws, it amounted to something of a mini-crisis by their lofty standards, but Bavaria has since returned to normal.

In victories over Mainz and Wolfsburg in the DFB-Pokal and Bundesliga, respectively, Julian Nagelsmann’s free-scoring team scored four goals. The following weekend, they warmed up for their midweek Champions League match with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Bochum thanks to goals from Thomas Muller, Kingsley Coman, and Serge Gnabry.

PSG VS Bayern Munich Head to Head

PSG	0 – 1	Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich	2 – 3	PSG
PSG	0 – 1	Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich	3 – 1	PSG
Bayern Munich	3 – 1	PSG

PSG VS Bayern Munich form guide

Schalke’s last 5 games – DWWLL

Monaco	3 – 1	PSG
Marseille	2 – 1	PSG
PSG	2 – 1	Toulouse
Montpellier	1 – 3	PSG
PSG	1 – 1	Reims

Wolfsburg’s last 5 games – DDWWW

Bayern Munich	3 – 0	Bochum
Wolfsburg	2 – 4	Bayern Munich
Mainz	0 – 4	Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich	1 – 1	Frankfurt
Bayern Munich	1 – 1	Cologne

Key stats

In the 11 games played between the two teams, PSG has won six, compared to Bayern Munich’s five, giving them a small advantage in the UEFA Champions League.
PSG has only lost one of their five home matches in the UEFA Champions League versus Bayern Munich, but they did drop their most recent matchup in April 2021.
The best victory % of any team that has played more than 10 games versus Bayern Munich in the competition belongs to PSG, who have won six of their eleven UEFA Champions League contests against the Bavarians
This season, Bayern Munich has won all six of its games in the UEFA Champions League, scoring 18 goals in the process.
In their last 32 UEFA Champions League games, PSG has only failed to score once.

PSG VS Bayern Munich prediction

We believe that the different defences may not be able to contain the tremendous firepower that each club has available in this intriguing match between two European giants. Hence we go with the following pickings in this fixture: