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PSG have never lost at home to Dortmund and are looking to bounce back from last weekend's defeat

PSG have not started the Ligue 1 season in anything like good form, with just two wins from their opening five games. They will be desperate to put their domestic form behind them and kickstart their Champions League campaign with a win over Dortmund.

Whilst the defeat on the weekend at home to OGC Nice hurt, they do have positives to take into this game, not least the form of star man Kylian Mbappe, who now has six goals in just three appearances, averaging two goals per game.

PSG have had their detractors in the Champions League, and it remains the jewel that has evaded them so far, but a win against Dortmund would do wonders for their confidence. They have never lost to Dortmund at home - in fact they have never even conceded on home soil to BVB - which is a great statistic to take into this one.

They will of course have Ousmane Dembele in their ranks, who rose to prominence at Dortmund and as he has never started against his former side before, this could prove a great opportunity for him to come good for PSG.

Enrique does have plenty of absentees though, with Marco Asensio, Nordi Mukiele, and Nuno Mendes missing out. Fabian Ruiz and Presnel Kimpembe are also serious doubts, with Lee Kang-in and goalkeeping duo Sergio Rico and Alexandre Letellier sidelined as well.

Dortmund this season are unbeaten in the Bundesliga, but they have been far from perfect, dropping points to both Heidenheim and Bochum already. They come into this fixture on the back of a 4-2 win in Freiburg, where Donyell Malen continued his good scoring form, netting his third goal in four games.

However, Thomas Meunier and Mateu Morey are both going to be out for at least the rest of this month, while Julien Duranville is not expected to play any part in this one. Giovanni Reyna will also miss out, but players like Niclas Fullkrug, Julian Ryerson and Gregor Kobel made returns from injury against Freiburg at the weekend.

PSG predicted lineup vs Borussia Dortmund

PSG predicted lineup vs Borussia Dortmund (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Skriniar, Hernandez; Zaire-Emery, Ugarte, Vitinha; Dembele, Kolo Muani, Mbappe

Borussia Dortmund predicted lineup vs PSG

Borussia Dortmund predicted lineup vs PSG (4-3-3): Kobel; Wolf, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Can, Brandt; Malen, Haller, Reus

PSG vs Dortmund Match Facts

The only previous UEFA Champions League meetings between Paris and Borussia Dortmund came in the 2019-20 round of 16 – PSG lost 2-1 away in the first leg, but won 2-0 at home, eventually reaching the final that season.

None of Borussia Dortmund's 14 UEFA Champions League games against French opponents have been drawn, winning eight and losing six.

This will be PSG's 16th appearance in the UEFA Champions League, the joint-most of any French side alongside Lyon.

This is PSG's 12th consecutive appearance in the UEFA Champions League, progressing to the knockout stages on each of the previous 11 (since 2012-13). They last went out at the first hurdle of the competition in 2004-05. Borussia Dortmund have reached the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds in eight of their last 10 participations, failing only in 2017-18 and 2021-22 in this run.

Borussia Dortmund only lost one of their six group stage games in last season's UEFA Champions League, going down 2-1 at eventual winners Manchester City. They drew each of their last three group games last term.

PSG have only lost one of their last 33 home games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (W26 D6), with that lone defeat coming against Manchester United in October 2020. They’re unbeaten in their last eight home group stage games since then, winning seven of those (D1).

Luis Enrique – who will take charge of PSG for the first time in Europe – has won 73 percent of his games as a manager in the UEFA Champions League (24/33); the highest win percentage of any coach with 20+ games in the competition.

With 21 goals and eight assists, PSG's Kylian Mbappé has been directly involved in 29 goals in his last 22 UEFA Champions League appearances. His 40 goals overall is the third highest tally of any French player in the competition after Karim Benzema (90) and Thierry Henry (50).

Borussia Dortmund striker Sébastien Haller has scored 11 goals in 10 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, including in all six matches he’s played in the group stage of the competition (10 goals for Ajax in 2021-22).