PSG v Chelsea live: Latest team news and updates as Champions League holders face Club World Cup winners

In terms of average age, Chelsea (24y 31d) and Paris SG (24y 195d) are the two teams with the youngest starting XIs fielded in the UEFA Champions League this season.

Since the start of last season, only Ousmane Dembele (16) has more combined goals and assists for Paris SG in the Champions League than full back Achraf Hakimi (13). The Moroccan also leads all players for the French side in this period for assists (8) and chances created (54).

Estevao is Chelsea’s joint-top scorer in the Champions League this season (3 – level with Joao Pedro). Should he find the net in this match, he would become the youngest ever South American player to score in a knockout stage game in the competition.

Since losing 2-1 to PSG in March 2016, Chelsea have won all six of their Champions League games against French clubs (four vs Lille, two vs Rennes).

Liam Rosenior will be the 16th manager to see his first knockout stage game in the UEFA Champions League come against the reigning champions. Of the previous 15, only one of those has been victorious (D5 L9): Ralf Rangnick in April 2011 (FC Schalke 04 5-2 Internazionale, quarter-final first leg).

These two sides have met eight times in this competition in the past, with Chelsea winning two, PSG winning three and three ending as draws.

The first meeting came in the group stages in 2004/05, where Chelsea drew 0-0 at home before winning 3-0 away.

And the most recent meeting came in the round of 16 in 2015/16, where the Parisian side won both legs 2-1.

Of course, these teams also contested the ‘first’ Club World Cup final last summer, with the Blues dismantling the European champions on their way to a 3-0 win.

Here are the line-ups in full, as Marquinhos returns to the PSG defence:

PSG XI: Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Joao Neves; Doue, Dembele, Barcola.

Subs: Chevalier, Marin, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Kvaratskhelia, Ramos, Lee, Hernandez, Mayulu, Fernandez, Mbaye.

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen; Gusto, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; James, Caicedo; Palmer, Fernandez, Neto; Joao Pedro.

Subs: Sanchez, Merrick, Acheampong, Badiashile, Sarr, Tosin, Hato, Andrey Santos, Lavia, Garnacho, Guiu, Delap.

Like Arsenal, the PSG staff were seeing Liam Rosenior giving the opposition a lot of unexpected things to think about. They were also seeing how the young coach had evidently upscaled from Strasbourg, that he was able to add even greater layers of sophistication to his approach with superior players.

The big news is that Robert Sanchez has been dropped. A big call by Liam Rosenior, and we saw last night how a change of goalkeeper can turn out. Filip Jorgensen is the man between the posts.

Otherwise the line-up is as expected, with Cole Palmer operating from the right side and Reece James in midfield.

The line-ups should be released in the next five minutes, so here’s a reminder of the early team news for both sides…

PSG are without Fabian Ruiz but Joao Neves could return after an ankle injury.

Estevao and Jamie Gittens are both missing from Chelsea’s squad with hamstring injuries.

Here’s the full list of tonight’s Champions League fixtures, with the Arsenal game already underway at the BayArena:

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal – 5.45pm

Real Madrid vs Man City – 8pm

Bodo/Glimt vs Sporting – 8pm