With Paris Saint-Germain holding a 5-2 first-leg lead, Chelsea must produce something special to avoid elimination from the UEFA Champions League. We look forward to the game with our Chelsea vs PSG prediction and preview.
Chelsea vs PSG Key Stats
Despite their heavy loss in the first leg, Chelsea beat PSG in 45% of the Opta supercomputer’s 10,000 simulations of this second-leg match. Chelsea have lost their last three Champions League knockout games. They have never lost four in a row. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has averaged a goal (6) or assist (4) every 63 minutes in the UEFA Champions League this season for PSG (10 in 10 games).Chelsea face a daunting challenge to keep their Champions League campaign alive when they take on Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of their last-16 tie at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
A tightly contested first leg in Paris turned on an error from Filip Jörgensen in the 74th minute, with Vitinha capitalising before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia‘s late double punished the downbeat visitors and secured a commanding 5-2 aggregate lead.
The Blues are not used to such heavy defeats on the continent – particularly against the team they beat in the FIFA Club World Cup final less than a year ago. However, the five goals conceded in the first leg was just two shy of the most they have shipped in a two-legged Champions League knockout tie (seven versus Bayern Munich in the 2019-20 last 16).
Enzo Fernández set up Malo Gusto‘s goal at the Parc des Princes before getting on the scoresheet himself, but he drew criticism for throwing the ball towards Jörgensen after the goalkeeper’s costly mistake.
But with the Argentina international providing a team-high five goal involvements (three goals, two assists) in the Champions League this season, Chelsea will need him to play a more supportive role on Tuesday.
Jörgensen was dropped by Liam Rosenior on Saturday, but his replacement Robert Sánchez was unable to stop Chelsea falling to a shock 1-0 loss at home to Newcastle United.
The Blues have not won at home in any competition since 31 January, making it even more unlikely they will become the first team to eliminate the holders in the knockout stages after losing the first leg by three goals since Deportivo La Coruña stunned AC Milan in the 2003-04 quarter-finals.
And if there is anyone who knows something about incredible Champions League comebacks, it is PSG boss Luis Enrique.
The Spaniard steered Barcelona to an incredible 6-5 aggregate success over the Ligue 1 side in the 2016-17 last 16 after losing the first leg 4-0 – a result etched into history as La Remontada.
This time Luis Enrique will be doing everything to keep hold of the lead, which is something he has excelled at in Paris, guiding them to victory in 66.7% of the knockout games (12/18) he has overseen.
PSG had the weekend off after their Ligue 1 match with Nantes was postponed to allow them to prepare for the return fixture – a decision that was made before the first leg took place.
They have had 13 different goalscorers in the competition this season and have practically their whole squad available, with only Fabián Ruiz and Quentin Ndjantou expected to be unavailable.
Chelsea, meanwhile, are once again unlikely to be able to call upon Jamie Gittens and Estêvão, who are both struggling with hamstring injuries. Pedro Neto could also miss out after UEFA opened an investigation into his push on a ball boy in the latter stages of the first leg.
Chelsea vs PSG Head-to-Head
Chelsea have not beaten PSG in their past five Champions League meetings, drawing two and losing three. It is their joint-longest winless run against a single opponent in the competition, having gone five without a victory against Bayern from April 2005 until September 2025.
PSG’s first-leg success enhanced their impressive recent record against English teams in the Champions League, winning four and drawing one in their past five such encounters. A victory at Stamford Bridge would see them go six without loss for the first time.
Luis Enrique’s side are also looking to progress from a Champions League knockout tie against English opponents for the fourth straight time, having previously got past Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal.
Prior to 2024-25, they had only progressed from two of their six knockout stage ties against English sides in the competition.
Chelsea vs PSG Prediction
Chelsea are marginal favourites to win the second leg, coming out on top in 45% of the Opta supercomputer’s simulations. PSG, meanwhile, were triumphant in 33.2% of the projections.
Even if Rosenior’s side do manage to get the win on the night, it is hard to see them being able to do enough to stop PSG marching into the quarter-finals.
This is reflected by the fact Chelsea only did enough to progress in 5.9% of the sims.
Chelsea vs PSG Predicted Lineups
Chelsea: Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, Moisés Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro.
Head coach: Liam Rosenior
Paris Saint-Germain: Matvey Safonov, Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, João Neves, Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Head coach: Luis Enrique
Opta Power Rankings
The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 15,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.
Ahead of kick-off on Tuesday’s game in London, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.
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