Barça and PSG on total equality as they battle for top spot

Barça and Paris Saint-Germain head into their Champions League clash with the lead at stake in a rivalry that stays balanced: in their 16 European meetings, six wins for each side and four draws, with 29 goals for each team. The match is this night at 21:00 (Movistar+ Liga de Campeones), with both looking to finish first in the League Phase.

The fixture has its defining night: 8 March 2017 at the Camp Nou. After losing 4-0 in the first leg, Luis Enrique’s Barça turned it around with a 6-1 comeback, sealed by Sergi Roberto’s decisive goal in stoppage time. Back in 2015, they had already eliminated PSG with a 5-1 aggregate.

In the more recent years, the trend has swung both ways. In the 2020-21 Champions League round of 16, PSG sent Barça out with a 1-4 win at the Camp Nou and a 1-1 draw in Paris, with Mbappé starring. In the 2023-24 quarter-finals, after Barça’s 2-3 in Paris, Araujo’s sending-off in the return leg changed the game and PSG won 1-4, progressing 6-4 on aggregate. As Mundo Deportivo notes, the latest official meeting was PSG’s 1-2 win at Montjuïc in October 2025, with Senny Mayulu and Gonçalo Ramos scoring after Ferran Torres opened the scoring.