Bayern Munich put their record-breaking winning start to 2025/26 on the line against UEFA Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday (kick-off: 9pm CET).
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Bayern lost 2-0 to PSG in the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup quarter-finals, but have been unstoppable ever since. Victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday was their 15th in a row in all competitions to start the 2025/26 campaign - a record-extending feat among teams in Europe's top five leagues.
Comfortably clear at the Bundesliga summit and into the DFB Cup last 16, Vincent Kompany's charges are also flying in the Champions League following wins over Chelsea, Pafos and Club Brugge by an aggregate score of 12-2.
Watch: Bayern Munich 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen - highlights
Harry Kane's contributed 22 goals and four assists to Bayern's tilt at a third treble in 13 years after clean sweeps under Jupp Heynckes in 2012/13 and Hansi Flick in 2019/20. The Englishman has been deployed in a No.10 role at times this season, but is expected to line up as the focal point of attack in Paris.
Kane, Michael Olise and Luis Díaz were all second-half substitutes against Leverkusen, so should be fresh to start here. Nicolas Jackson, who was on target at the weekend and has scored twice in the Champions League, will likely return to the bench.
Jamal Musiala won't feature, but is running again after suffering a horror injury against PSG in July, with a return to competitive action before the end of 2025 a possibility.
Watch: Bayern's terrific trio
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PSG are top of the league phase standings after three rounds of fixtures, ahead of Bayern on goals scored. The reigning French champions lost to their Bavarian counterparts at the same stage in last season's competition, before going on to win the trophy for the first time, thrashing Inter Milan 5-0 in the final in Munich.
Like Bayern, Luis Enrique's team are top of their domestic standings, albeit only two points clear of Marseille after dropping points in four of their 11 fixtures, losing once. The Parisians won 1-0 at home to Nice on Saturday courtesy of a 95th-minute Gonçalo Ramos strike, having been held to a 1-1 draw by Lorient three days earlier.
Influential forward Désiré Doué has been ruled out for around eight weeks with a thigh tear sustained in midweek. Enrique is also without injured midfielder Fabián Ruiz and suspended defender Illia Zabarnyi, who was sent off in the 7-2 win at Bayer Leverkusen on 21 October.
Achraf Hakimi is one of several former Bundesliga players at PSG. - Jürgen Fromme /firo Sportphoto/POOL
However, ex-Bundesliga players Ousmane Dembéle, Achraf Hakimi (both Borussia Dortmund) and Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt) should all start. Former Bayern defender Lucas Hernández could also have a role to play.
Match stats
Bayern have scored more goals than any team in Europe’s top five leagues so far this season: 54 in 15 competitive matches.
With five goals in three games, Kane co-leads the 2025/26 Champions League scoring charts alongside former PSG attacker Kylian Mbappé (now of Real Madrid).
Bayern have won their last four Champions League meetings with PSG, including a 1-0 home triumph in last season’s league phase, and seven of 10 since 2000 (L3).
Manuel Neuer is set to make his 154th Champions League appearance (140 goals conceded). Among goalkeepers, only Iker Casillas has made more (177 games, 202 goals conceded).
Bayern are six-time Champions League/ European Cup winners, most recently winning the competition in 2019/20 after beating PSG in the final.
Hernández was part of Flick’s Champions League-winning side. The PSG defender also won four Bundesliga titles, among others, in his time at Bayern (107 appearances).
Probable teams
PSG: Chevalier – Hakimi (c), Pacho, Beraldo, Mendes – Mayulu, Vitinha, Zaïre-Emery – Dembélé, Barcola, KvaratskheliaOut: Doué (thigh), Fabián (muscular), Lee (ill), Zabarnyi (suspended)Doubtful: -Coach: Luis Enrique
Bayern: Neuer (c) - Boey, Tah, Upamecano, Laimer - Kimmich, Goretzka - Olise, Gnabry, Díaz - KaneOut: Davies (knee), Ito (foot), Musiala (ankle)Doubtful: -Coach: Vincent Kompany
LIVE build-up!
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#### Kompany on facing PSG"You have to believe you can do it. You also need to play a perfect game. We're playing against the Champions League winners and one of the favourites. Playing away makes it even more difficult. We have to believe in our chances."
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#### Neuer on facing PSG"It'll depend on small details, on how we feel on the day. The important thing is that we stay true to ourselves and try to play our game. Both teams like to have possession, so there will certainly be opportunities for counterattacks. We need to have a good defence and take advantage of situations where we can hurt PSG."
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#### Watch: Is there anything Kane can't do?
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#### Amazing KaneAfter being rested from the starting line-up against Leverkusen, the Bayern striker will be fresh and raring to add to his astonishing 22 goals in just 15 matches in all competitions this season - including five already in the Champions League!
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#### A trip down memory lanePSG attacker and current Balon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembélé burst onto the scene at Borussia Dortmund back in 2016/17...
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#### Watch: Bayern Munich 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen - previous matchBayern's winning run continued at the weekend as they brushed Leverkusen aside.
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#### PSG's season so farThe French outfit are still top of Ligue 1, albeit by just two points from rivals Marseille. Still, they are flying in Europe, having won all three games this term to top the league phase rankings.
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Bayern have now won their opening 15 games of the season in all competitions, the best-ever start to a campaign in Europe's top five leagues. Can they make it 16 in what will surely be their biggest challenge yet against the reigning Champions League holders?
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#### Ton up for KimmichJoshua Kimmich could make his 100th appearance in the Champions League proper on Tuesday. He would be the 30th player to hit 100 outings in the competition for a single club, and the fifth Bayern player to do so after Thomas Müller, Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm and Oliver Kahn.
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#### Five on the bounce?Bayern have won their last four UEFA Champions League games against Paris Saint-Germain without conceding a goal. The teams' most recent meeting ended in a 1-0 victory for Vincent Kompany's side, with Minjae Kim scoring the only goal at the Allianz Arena.
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Welcome along and thanks for joining us for build-up and live coverage of Bayern Munich's Champions League encounter with holders Paris Saint-Germain on Matchday 4 of the league phase, which kicks off at 9pm CET on Tuesday.