Paris Saint-Germain hold a three-goal cushion thanks to Kylian Mbappé's stunning hat-trick at the Camp Nou asBarcelona come to the Parc des Princes for the second leg of this Uefa Champions League round-of-16 tie. Catch the action live on SuperSport with live streaming available on DStv and Showmax.

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Although Barcelona produced a famous fightback against Paris at this stage in 2016/17, that second leg took placeat their home stadium, where Lionel Messi's 27th-minute penalty opened the scoring in the first leg of this tie. Mbappéquickly levelled, however, and struck twice more in the second half either side of a Moise Kean goal to make the finalscore 4-1 and become the first visiting player to score three times in a Uefa Champions League match at the CampNou since Andriy Shevchenko for Dynamo Kyiv in 1997.

While a hat-trick from Neymar – who inspired Barcelona's record-breaking comeback against Paris four years ago –on Matchday 6 this season helped secure the French club's place in the round of 16 as Group H winners, Barcelonahad to settle for second position in Group G after closing their campaign with a heavy home defeat against Juventusto end their long unbeaten run at the Camp Nou in the Uefa Champions League.

Those losses to Juventus and now Paris mean Barcelona have suffered successive home European defeats in thesame season for the first time.

Since the group stage concluded Paris have replaced Thomas Tuchel with Mauricio Pochettino, who knows the cityof Barcelona well as both player and coach.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Barcelona and Paris's last tie, in the 2016/17 Uefa Champions League round of 16, proved one for the ages. TheFrench side looked to be easing through after a 4-0 first-leg win at the Parc des Princes, Ángel Di María scoring twiceand Julian Draxler once, only for Barcelona to run out 6-1 winners at the Camp Nou with Neymar scoring twice. ALayvin Kurzawa own goal and Messi's penalty also helped the Spanish side turn round the tie, Sergi Roberto scoringthe decisive goal five minutes into added time.

Paris and Barcelona faced each other four times in 2014/15. In the group stage, Paris recorded a 3-2 home victorywith Marco Verratti on target; Messi and Neymar found the net for Barcelona. When the teams met again onMatchday 6, the Catalan club secured top spot in Group F with a 3-1 home win, recovering from Zlatan Ibrahimovic'sopener thanks to Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez.

Neymar scored three goals in Barça's 5-1 aggregate win against Paris in that season's quarterfinals, one in a 3-1first-leg win at the Parc des Princes and both in a 2-0 home victory at the Camp Nou.

In the 2012/13 quarter-finals Barcelona beat Paris on away goals after two draws – 2-2 at Parc des Princes, 1-1 atthe Camp Nou. Messi was on target in the first leg in Paris.

The sides' first Uefa Champions League meeting came in the 1994/95 quarterfinals, Paris prevailing 3-2 onaggregate. A 1-1 draw in Spain was followed by a 2-1 home victory at the Parc des Princes, Raí and Vincent Guérinscoring in the last 18 minutes.

Barça have won four of the last six fixtures between the clubs, although Paris have scored four goals to win the othertwo games in that sequence; before that the Spanish side had triumphed in just one of six games, with three drawn.That success came in the 1997 Uefa Cup Winners' Cup final, Ronaldo getting the only goal in Rotterdam.

FORM GUIDE

Paris

Paris have won five of their seven games in this season's competition, including the last four, the success inBarcelona following victories at home against Leipzig (1-0) and away at Manchester United (3-1) before they bookedtheir round of 16 place with a 5-1 home win against Istanbul Basaksehir on Matchday 6 that also secured first place inGroup H. They also beat the Turkish club 2-0 away on Matchday 2, in between 2-1 defeats at home to United andaway to Leipzig.

Ligue 1 champions for the seventh time in eight years in 2019/20, and ninth time overall, Paris also won bothdomestic cups last season. This is the French side's ninth successive Uefa Champions League campaign and 13thin total.

Paris reached their first European Cup final last season, only to lose 1-0 to Bayern in Lisbon. They had beatenBorussia Dortmund in the round of 16 (1-2 a, 2-0 h), Atalanta in the one-off quarter-final (2-1) and Leipzig (3-0) in thesemifinal en route to the decider.

The Parisians have now reached the knockout stages on their last nine Uefa Champions League appearances,although 2019/20 marked their first semifinal appearance since 1995. They suffered three successive last-16 defeatsprior to last season

Under Tuchel, the French club finished first in a section also including Real Madrid, Club Brugge and Galatasaray in2019/20. They won five of their six games, drawing the other, and conceded only two goals to finish five points aboveMadrid.

Paris had scored in 34 successive Uefa Champions League games, matching the competition record set by Madridbetween 2011 and 2014, before drawing a blank in last season's final. They have found the net in all seven matchesthis term and also in their last 22 Uefa Champions League matches at the Parc des Princes.

Paris have won 17 of their last 25 Uefa Champions League matches (D3 L5). The Matchday 1 defeat by Unitedwas one of only four in their last 58 European home games (W38 D16).

Paris's round of 16 record is W5 L3; last season's comeback win against Dortmund ended a run of three consecutiveround of 16 eliminations that began with that 2016/17 tie against Barça.

The first leg of this tie was only Paris's third win in their last 12 matches against Spanish clubs, home and away (D2L7).

Paris have lost two of their last five games against Liga clubs at the Parc des Princes, where their overall recordagainst Spanish visitors reads W8 D5 L3.

The French club's record in two-legged ties against Spanish sides is W5 L4. Those four defeats have come in thefour most recent contests, three against Barcelona and, most recently, against Real Madrid in the 2017/18 round of 16(1-3 a, 1-2 h).

Paris have not beaten a Liga club in a knockout tie since eliminating Valencia 3-2 on aggregate at this stage of the2012/13 Uefa Champions League; the 4-0 first-leg win against Barcelona in 2017 is their only success in their lastfive knockout matches with Spanish side at the Parc des Princes (D2 L2).

Paris won the first 15 Uefa competition ties when they recorded a first-leg away victory, although the 16th and mostrecent, against Manchester United in the 2018/19 round of 16, ended in elimination on away goals (2-0 a, 1-3 h). Thisis the first of those ties in which the away first leg has finished 4-1.

Paris's European penalty shoot-out record is W0 L1:3-4 v Rangers, 2001/02 Uefa Cup third round

Barcelona

Barcelona were beaten 3-0 at home by Juventus on Matchday 6, relinquishing top spot in Group G to the Italian sideon head-to-head record despite a 2-0 victory in Turin in the second round of fixtures. Ronald Koeman's side recordedtwo wins against both Ferencváros (5-1 h, 3-0 a) and Dynamo Kyiv (2-1 h, 4-0 a) and sealed their place in the roundof 16 with two matches to spare. However, the reverse against Juve meant they failed to win their section for the firsttime since 2006/07.

That Matchday 6 loss was Barcelona's first in 39 Uefa Champions League home matches, a run that started inSeptember 2013 (W34 D4); a 5-1 defeat of Lyon in the 2018/19 round of 16 second leg eclipsed the previouscompetition record of 29 set by Bayern München between March 1998 and April 2002.

Defeat by Juve also ended Barça's four-year, 25-match unbeaten run in the Uefa Champions League group stage(W19 D6), since a 3-1 reverse at Manchester City on Matchday 4 in 2016/17.

Second in the Spanish Liga behind Real Madrid last season, this is Barcelona's 25th Uefa Champions Leaguecampaign, a competition record they share with Madrid. They are in the round of 16 for the 17th successive season.

In 2019/20, Barcelona picked up 14 points to finish four clear of Borussia Dortmund in their section, collecting sevenpoints both home and away.

Having replaced Ernesto Valverde with Quique Setién as coach, the Blaugrana then saw off Napoli in the round of16 (1-1 a, 3-1 h), only to suffer their heaviest European loss in the quarterfinals in Lisbon as they went down 8-2 toBayern.

Despite losing their last two matches, Barcelona have still suffered only five defeats in their last 39 Uefa ChampionsLeague fixtures (W24 D10).

Barça have won only nine of their last 20 away matches in European competition (D7 L4), although they areunbeaten in their last seven (W5 D2), winning all three this season under Koeman.

Barcelona have appeared in 13 successive Uefa Champions League quarterfinals, a competition record. They lastfailed to reach the last eight in 2006/07, the previous season before this in which they failed to win their group.

Barcelona's record in Uefa Champions League knockout phase ties in which they played the second leg away isW4 L9, with aggregate defeats on the last three occasions and also in both previous round-of-16 ties.

Barcelona have been European champions on five occasions, most recently in 2015 after beating Juve 3-1 in thefinal. Koeman, who succeeded Setién as coach in August, scored the winner in their first final victory againstSampdoria in 1992.

Messi's goal against Ferencváros on Matchday 1 made him the first player to score in 16 successive UefaChampions League campaigns. All four of his goals in the competition this season have been penalties.

• Already the youngest player to score in the Uefa Champions League, Ansu Fati was also on target at home againstFerencváros; Pedri's strike meant for the first time in the competition's history, two players under 18 had found the netin the same match.

Fati's goal on Matchday 1, aged 17 years 355 days, made him the first player to score more than once in the UEFAChampions League before his 18th birthday.

Barcelona have been in the round of 16 every year from 2004/05 onwards, winning 14 of those 16 ties. They lost twoof the first three, most recently on away goals against Liverpool in 2006/07 (1-2 h, 1-0 a), but have won their last 13 –including against Napoli in 2019/20.

A 1-0 victory at Manchester United in the 2018/19 quarter-final first leg is Barcelona's only success in nine awayUefa Champions League knockout games (D3 L5), since a 2-0 victory at Arsenal in the 2015/16 round of 16. Thewins against United and Arsenal are their sole successes in the last 11 such contests, with six defeats.

Barcelona's record in two-legged ties against Ligue 1 opponents is W5 L3; after losing the first three contests theyhave won the last five, most recently beating Lyon at this stage of the 2018/19 Uefa Champions League (0-0 a, 5-1h).

The Blaugrana's record away to French sides is W4 D4 L4; they have won on only one of their last seven visits toFrance (D4 L2).

This is the first time Barcelona have suffered a home first-leg reverse in Uefa competition since that aggregatedefeat by Liverpool in 2006/07. That was the fifth tie in which they were beaten in the home first leg, and their fifthaggregate loss. They have never previously lost a home first leg 4-1 or by a margin of more than two goals.

Barcelona's record in six Uefa penalty shoot-outs is W5 L1:

5-4 v AZ Alkmaar, 1977/78 Uefa Cup second round

3-1 v Ipswich Town, 1977/78 Uefa Cup third round

4-1 v Anderlecht, 1978/79 European Cup Winners' Cup second round

5-4 v IFK Göteborg, 1985/86 European Champion Clubs' Cup semifinal

0-2 v Steaua Bucuresti, 1985/86 European Champion Clubs' Cup final

5-4 v Lech Poznan, 1988/89 European Cup Winners' Cup second round

LINKS AND TRIVIA

Neymar scored 105 goals in 186 games in all competitions for Barcelona between 2013 and 2017, when he joinedParis. He got the last goal in their 3-1 victory against Juventus in the 2015 Uefa Champions League final, and wontwo Liga titles and three Copas del Rey during his time in Spain, plus the 2015 Fifa Club World Cup.

Rafinha was a Barcelona player between 2006, when he joined the club aged 13, and departing for Paris in October2020. He scored 12 goals in 90 appearances for the senior side after making his debut in 2011, and was part of thesquad that won the Uefa Champions League, Uefa Super Cup – scoring in a 5-4 win against Sevilla – and FifaClub World Cup in 2015. He helped the club win three Liga titles and also lifted the Copa del Rey five times, havingloan spells at Celta Vigo in 2013/14 and 2019/20.

Mauro Icardi, who grew up in the Canary Islands and represented local club Vecindario as a schoolboy, was part ofthe Barcelona youth system between 2008 and 2011 before leaving for Sampdoria, where he made his professionaldebut.

Have played together:

Sergio Rico, Pablo Sarabia & Clément Lenglet (Sevilla 2016–18)
Moise Kean & Miralem Pjanic (Juventus 2016–19)
Moise Kean & Neto (Juventus 2016/17)
Alessandro Florenzi & Miralem Pjanic (Roma 2012–16)
Marquinhos & Miralem Pjanic (Roma 2012/13)
Leandro Paredes & Miralem Pjanic (Roma 2014/15)
• Mitchel Bakker and Sergiño Dest were both part of Ajax's youth set-up between 2012 and 2019; Frenkie de Jongwas also at the club from 2015 onwards.

Have also played in Spain:Keylor Navas (Albacete 2010/11, Levante 2011–14, Real Madrid 2014–19)
Sergio Rico (Sevilla 2006–19)
Juan Bernat (Valencia 2011–14)
Alessandro Florenzi (Valencia 2020)
Ander Herrera (Real Zaragoza 2008–11, Athletic Club 2011–14)
Pablo Sarabia (Real Madrid 2004–11, Getafe 2011–16, Sevilla 2016–19)
Ángel Di María (Real Madrid 2010–14)

Have played in France:

Clément Lenglet (Nancy 2010–17)
Samuel Umtiti (Lyon 2002–16)
Miralem Pjanic (Metz 2004–08, Lyon 2008–11)
Ousmane Dembélé (Rennes 2010–16)
Martin Braithwaite (Toulouse 2013–17, Bordeaux 2018 loan)

International team-mates:

Juan Bernat, Pablo Sarabia, Ander Herrera & Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Sergio Busquets, Ansu Fati (Spain)Layvin Kurzawa, Presnel Kimpembe, Kylian Mbappé & Samuel Umtiti, Clément Lenglet, Ousmane Dembélé, AntoineGriezmann (France)
Thilo Kehrer, Julian Draxler & Marc-André ter Stegen (Germany)
Danilo Pereira & Francisco Trincão (Portugal)
Marquinhos, Neymar & Philippe Coutinho, Neto (Brazil)
Ángel Di María, Leandro Paredes & Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Umtiti, Dembélé, Griezmann, Kimpembe and Mbappé were all in France's victorious squad at the 2018 Fifa WorldCup. Mbappé's double helped France to a 4-3 defeat of Messi's Argentina in the round of 16.

Griezmann got both goals as France beat Julian Draxler's Germany 2-0 in the Uefa Euro 2016 semifinals inMarseille.

Griezmann became the first French player to score against a French club in a Uefa final with his two goals inAtlético de Madrid's 3-0 win against Marseille in the 2017/18 Uefa Europa League decider in Lyon.

Pochettino played for Barcelona's city rivals Espanyol between 1994 and 2001, when he joined Paris, and againbetween 2004 and 2006, scoring 15 goals in 318 games for the club in all competitions. He lost nine of his 13 gamesagainst Barça as a player (W1 D3).

Pochettino was also Espanyol coach from January 2009 to November 2012, his first match a goalless draw againstBarcelona in the Copa del Rey. His record against Barcelona while in charge of Espanyol and Tottenham was W1 D5L6, the solitary victory a 2-1 Liga success at the Camp Nou on 21 February 2009.

LATEST NEWS

Paris

Uefa Champions League squad changes

In: None

Out: Bandiougou Fadiga (Brest, loan), Maxen Kapo, Kays Ruiz-Atil

Alessandro Florenzi and Danilo's next appearances in Uefa club competition will be their 50th.

Paris were 3-0 winners at Brest in the last 32 of the Coupe de France on Saturday, Kylian Mbappé scoring twice tomake it seven goals in his last four matches. Holders Paris will be at home to LOSC Lille in the round of 16, with thegame scheduled for 6 or 7 April.

Following their win in Barcelona, Paris went down 2-0 at home to Monaco on 21 February before victories at Dijonon 27 February (4-0) and Bordeaux on 3 March (1-0).

The defeat against Monaco was Paris's sixth in Ligue 1 this season. The last time Paris lost more than five leaguegames in a season was in 2010/11, when they were beaten eight times and finished fourth.

Mbappé scored two goals against bottom side Dijon to become the first player to hit 98 Ligue 1 goals before his 25thbirthday since Bernard Lacombe in 1977. Mbappé is 22.

Mbappé is Ligue 1's top scorer after 28 rounds of fixtures with 18 goals, matching his total for the 2019/20 campaign,which was ended after 28 games. He struck 33 goals to top the Ligue 1 charts in 2018/19.

Danilo scored his first goal for Paris in Dijon, when midfielder Édouard Michut made his professional debut five daysbefore his 18th birthday.

Sarabia scored the only goal in Bordeaux, his fifth in the league this season – one more than in 2019/20. He wasalso on target in the cup at Brest. 10

Ángel Di María limped off 11 minutes into a 2-0 victory at Marseille on 7 February having suffered a right thigh injury,returning as a second-half substitute at Brest.

Marco Verratti missed the wins at Dijon and Bordeaux due to a foot injury sustained in training on 27 February, butplayed 74 minutes at the weekend. Thilo Kehrer was replaced at half-time at Brest due to a hamstring problem.

Florenzi (adductor) has not played since the home loss to Monaco.

Neymar had to be replaced 61 minutes into the 1-0 French Cup win at Caen on 10 February due to an adductorproblem and has not played since.

Juan Bernat is still sidelined by a knee ligament injury and has again not been included in Paris' Uefa ChampionsLeague squad.

Neymar was included in the Uefa.com fans' Men's Team of the Year 2020.

Barcelona

Uefa Champions League squad changesIn: None

Out: Carles Aleñá (Getafe, loan)• Barcelona are unbeaten in the Liga since a 2-1 loss at Cádiz on 5 December; their record since is W13 D3. Theywere 2-0 winners at Osasuna on Saturday.• Barça have 56 points after 26 Liga games, one more than at this stage last season.• Ronald Koeman's side were beaten 2-0 at Sevilla in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on 10 February butrecovered to win the return 3-0, Martin Braithwaite scoring the decisive goal in extra time.• In the final for the seventh time in eight years, Barcelona will play Athletic Club in Seville on 17 April.• Barcelona have kept clean sheets in their last four games in all competitions, scoring ten goals themselves.• Ilaix Moriba set up Francisco Trincão's first goal in a 5-1 home victory against Alavés on 13 February; aged 18 years25 days, he was the youngest player to provide an assist on his Liga debut in the 21st century. He scored the secondgoal at Osasuna on Saturday.• Jordi Alba opened the scoring at the weekend, his fourth goal in his last nine matches in all competitions.

Lionel Messi's red card in the 3-2 Super Cup final against Athletic on 17 January was his first ever for Barcelona.

Gerard Piqué suffered a knee injury against Atlético de Madrid on 21 November, making his return in the first legagainst Paris. He suffered a knee sprain in the Copa del Rey game against Sevilla that is expected to keep him out forat least three weeks.

Philippe Coutinho has been out since 30 December due to a knee injury.

A knee problem has kept Ansu Fati on the sidelines since 8 November.

On 30 January Sergi Roberto made his comeback from a muscle injury that had kept him out since November, butthen picked up a hamstring injury in a 5-3 Copa del Rey win at Granada on 3 February and has not played since.

An ankle injury kept Ronald Araújo on the sidelines between 7 and 27 February, when he returned as a substitute ina 2-0 Liga win at Sevilla, although he subsequently suffered a relapse and had to be replaced himself.

Miralem Pjanic was withdrawn at half-time of the 3-0 league win at home to Elche on 24 February with an ankleproblem, and has not played since, although he was an unused substitute on Saturday.

Messi was included in the UEFA.com fans' Men's Team of the Year 2020, the 12th time he has featured.