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Last Updated 14th October 2025 at 10: 37 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. UEFA Champions League All competitions All competitions All competitions Bayer Leverkusen and Paris SG have faced each other twice before in European competition, with the French side winning home (2-1) and away (4-0) in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in 2013-14. Paris SG have only won two of their last 10 away games against German sides in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L6), failing to keep a clean sheet in all 10 matches. Indeed, their last such clean sheet came in February 2014 in a 4-0 away win at Leverkusen. After winning their final two European matches of 2024 (5-0 v Salzburg and 1-0 v Internazionale), Bayer Leverkusen have only won one of their six games in European competition in 2025 (D2 L3). Paris SG would equal their longest ever winning run in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup with a victory here (currently on a five-game streak), with the previous six-game run achieved between September and December 1994. Of managers with 50+ games overseen in the UEFA Champions League, Luis Enrique has the highest win percentage (65. 6%) in the competition, and the second best goals-per-game ratio (2. 2), only behind Pep Guardiola (2. 36). The average age of Paris SG’s starting XI in the UEFA Champions League this season is just 24 years and three days; the youngest of any team in the competition. Indeed, their starting XI in their victory over Barcelona last time out was aged just 23 years and 98 days – the second youngest ever named by a reigning UEFA Champions League champion. 57 percent of the chances created by Bayer Leverkusen players in the UEFA Champions League this season have come from the left-sided attacking third (12/21); the highest of any team from that side. Achraf Hakimi has assisted more goals from open play than any other player in the UEFA Champions League since the start of last season (7), including one for Paris SG’s winning goal against Barcelona in their previous match in the competition. Indeed, Hakimi also has the most chances created from open play (40) in this period. Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba has made the joint most line-breaking passes by a defender in the UEFA Champions League this season (34 – level with Josko Gvardiol). Meanwhile, only Rodri and Joey Veerman (34 each) have made more than Aleix García (30) among all midfielders in the tournament. Since the start of the 2023-24 season, Paris SG’s Bradley Barcola has underperformed against his x G total by the biggest margin of any player in the UEFA Champions League (-5. 95 – four goals from 9. 95 x G). Indeed, he has scored just four of his 23 big chances in this period (17%). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.