UEFA Women's Champions League Preview: PSG Féminines vs. FC Bayern Frauen

Europe: Champions League Women Parc des Princes Paris SG W FC Bayern W By Eskender Tamrat @eskeFussball PSG will host FC Bayern at the Parc des Princes in the fourth matchday of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Both teams are unbeaten so far, but they have only won their matchday 2 fixtures, which left them outside automatic quarter-final spots.

Fresh from setting a new record of going 50 Frauen-Bundesliga games unbeaten, FC Bayern will look to extend their winning streak at PSG to three games. Like their last year's fixture that ended in a 3-1 win for Bayern, the game will take place at Parc des Princes.

PSG only finished with two points in the league phase last term, but they already returned home with a point from trips to Real Madrid and Manchester City this time around. And they recorded their first-ever league phase victory with a five-star performance against OH Leuven in the first day of October.

Bayern's solitary win came away from home, thanks to three late goals against Benfica in the middle of home draws with Manchester City and Real Madrid. Jose Barcala's side squandered a two-goal lead to the WSL champions in the opening matchday, but they did the reverse against the Spanish club a fortnight ago.

While FC Bayern have won all of their first nine Frauen-Bundesliga games, PSG are already five points behind giants OL Lyonnes, who scored 48 goals in only eight Première Ligue games. Team News Center-back Vanessa Gilles and Kassandra Potsi didn't travel with the team after suffering injuries during FC Bayern's 3-1 win over Bremen.

19-year-old midfielder Sophie Proost is also unavailable because of illness. Regina van Eijk made her Bayern debut after Ena Mahmutovic's red card against RB Leipzig, but the number one will now regain her place for the big fixture.

As he usually does before European nights, Barcala rested key players on Saturday. Germany captain Guila Gwinn and Jovana Demnjanović are now back to full fitness, while Magdalena Eriksson, Momiko Tanikawa and Franziska Kett have all entered after the hour mark in a game the champions scored twice in the final five minutes to keep their perfect record intact.

As for the hosts, the captain Sakina Karchaoui, Anais Ebayilin and Rasheedat Ajibade are all out due to injuries.