PSG open Champions League campaign against Slovan Bratislava

Form heading in opposite directions

PSG arrive with one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five recent matches, a run that concluded with a 1-2 defeat. Slovan Bratislava have won three and drawn two of their last five, their most recent result a 2-1 victory. The two sides met twice in 2011, PSG winning 1-0 in one fixture and drawing 0-0 in the other.

What the market expects

The market-implied probability has PSG winning at 92.9 per cent, a draw at 4.8 per cent and a Slovan Bratislava victory at 2.3 per cent. That reading puts PSG among the heaviest favourites recorded in this round of fixtures, and the gap between the percentage and Slovan's recent form is stark. A win would take PSG to three points from one match; the same outcome would lift Slovan to the same mark, though from a position the market rates as remote.

Confirmed line-ups

Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3): Matvei Safonov, Nuno Mendes, Achraf Hakimi, Illia Zabarnyi, Willian Pacho, Vitinha, Fabián Ruiz, Dro Fernández, Ousmane Dembélé, Maghnes Akliouche, Ferran Torres

Slovan Bratislava (4-3-3): Dominik Takac, Svetozar Markovic, Kenan Bajric, César Blackman, Sandro Cruz, Cristian Martínez, Rahim Ibrahim, Peter Pokorny, Tigran Barseghyan, Andraz Sporar, Suleiman Camara

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