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PSG host Barcelona in the 2nd leg of the Champions league last 16 on Wednesday at Parc des Princes Stadium. Mauricio Pochettino's team hit the first leg with a 4-1 win at the Camp Nou with a hattrick by Kylian Mbappé.

PSG needs a draw or loses by a difference of two goals to seal their pass, while the Catalans need to win by more than three goals. 

Although also, it would be worth it to Barca to beat by three goals in the case of scoring more goals than those that PSG has scored in Barcelona. That is, 2-5, 3-6, 4-7, and so on, would be valid for those led by the Dutch Ronald Koeman.

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The Barça team will go in search of the miracle when this week they play as a visitor at the Parque de Los Príncipes.

With a 4-1 against PSG, Ronald Koeman will look from the final whistle for a historic comeback in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Barcelona left its bad performance at the Camp Nou in the past and will have to transfer its good moment in LaLiga to the Champions League, a contest that it has not won since 2015 when it beat Juventus 3-1 at the Berlin Olympics.

After the match against Osasuna in the Spanish League, Koeman said he would pay great attention to the next match, namely against PSG. This is an important match because it is a decisive match to qualify for the quarter-finals.

I don't want to say it's impossible, but we will go there to get a good result, "he added.

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For his part, the French team coach Mauricio Pochettino trusts the return of Neymar, whom he booked in the last Ligue 1 game. "The evolution is good. We will see if he can participate in the group against Barcelona". 

Team Form (all competition):

Paris Saint-Germain: W-L-W-W-W

FC Barcelona: D-W-W-W-W  

Barcelona vs PSG h2h

Barcelona wins 4

PSG wins 4

Draws 3

Unfortunately, Barcelona has slim hopes of stepping into the quarter-finals. Because, in the first leg match which took place at the Camp Nou, Barcelona lost with a score of 1-4.

Of course, Barcelona will face a very tough task in undergoing the match against PSG. The squad nicknamed the Blaugrana not only had to score one or two goals but many more.

Luckily in the last few matches, Barcelona has had positive results in the Spanish League and Copa del Rey. Even in the Copa del Rey event, Barcelona was able to win a comeback after the first leg lost 0-2, then the second leg won 3-0.

In the last match, Barcelona also successfully beat Osasuna with a score of 2-0. Armed with a positive result, Koeman doesn't want to be too busy and tries to prepare the team well to fight PSG.

However, Koeman also hopes that a neat result can be achieved by Barcelona at PSG headquarters. 

Possible lineups:

Paris Saint Germain: Keylor Navas, Kehrer, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Sarabia, Bernat, Kouassi, Gueye, Di Maria, Mbappe, Icardi.

Coach: Ronald Koeman

Barcelona: Stegen; Jordi Alba, Umtiti, Araujo, Pjanic, Sergino Dest, Pedri,  Frenkie de Jong, Dembele, Messi, Griezmann.

Coach: Mauricio Pochettino


How to watch PSG Barcelona?

You can watch the live-action on BT Sports.

Kickoff date and time:

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Time: 

9 PM CET

8 PM GMT

3 PM EST

1:30 AM IST

1 AM PKT

PSG vs Barcelona prediction

PSG has won 65% in their last 20 home matches and Barcelona has lost 20% in their last 20 away matches, obviously, the odds of this match coming to a draw are extremely high. 

PSG has a big advantage from the first leg and they will move deeply to stalk Barcelona. The fact that the attackers are too dependent on Messi makes Barcelona quieter in front of the rich defense than the domestic opponents they have met in the last two weeks.

So, our prediction is PSG 1-2 FC Barcelona