PSG v Barcelona Bet bUILDER

Cancelo has been a solid signing for Barca and has made an impact at both ends of the park.

The Portugese will have a tough task this evening, dealing with the electric pace of forma Barca winger Ousmane Dembele.

Cancelo is one of Barca’s most frequent foulers, committing 1.31 p90 across all competition this season.

He’s fouled in all of his last 10 games, committing 17 fouls. In the Champions League, he’s played all 8 games and fouled 9 times.

Dembele is likely to give him a difficult evening, and even on the Frenchmen’s off-days, he’s still able to draw a large number of fouls.

He’s drawn 1.74 fouls p90 this season and has been fouled 7 times in 7 Champions League games.

Lewa is one of Europe’s most deadly strikers and has 3 goals to his name in the Champions League this season. He is third in the all-time top scorers list for this competition and the knockouts will be where he comes alive.

In addition to his goalscoring exploits, Lewandowski is a really important part of the way Barcelona play in these games. The Pole wins a lot of fouls, helping the team get further up the park and hurt teams with their attacking threat.

Lewandowski has played 7 of Barca’s 8 UCL games so far and been fouled 7 times. This selection would have in 5 of the last 7 games, winning 2 fouls in each leg against Napoli.

He draws 1.77 fouls p90 across all competitions and there will be no love lost in this fixture tonight, considering the fixtures between the teams in the past.

His most likely opponents tonight are the experienced Marquinhos and Lucas Hernandez, with Manuel Ugarte dropping into similar spaces at the Pole too.

Marquinhos isn’t a frequent fouler but the other two certainly are. Hernandez commits 1.18 fouls p90 this season, rising to 1.45 in the Champions League. Whilst Ugarte averages 2.03 fouls p90, rising to 2.38 in European competition.

Lewandowski likes to drop deep and link the play, so it’ll be no surprise to see him draw some fouls in the opposition half tonight.

The Uruguyan midfielder is an absolute nuisance and that is reflected in his fouling stats.

As previously mentioned, Ugarte fouls 2.03 times p90 across this season and more frequently in the Champions League at 2.38 p90.

Its a consistent theme for the midfielder to, that when he does foul, its multiple times.

Last weekend against Clermont Foot, it was 3 times. Before that it was 2 then 4,3,3. In fact, he has committed a foul in 27 games this season, but only 1 time in 5 of those games.

So to break that down for you, 2+ fouls has landed in 22 games this season. Mental.

In the Champions League, he’s fouled in 4 of his 7 games, 2+ each time.

When you consider how end to end last night’s games were, this fixture looks even more appetising tonight.

I fancy PSG’s trend of home corners to continue, as has it done in 80% of their UCL games so far this season.

At home to Real Sociedad they earned 9, 6 against Newcastle, 7 against AC Mila and 10 against Dortmund.

It’s a common theme and that’s largely down to the directness of their play in wide areas. Dembele and Barcola are expected to start tonight and their pace will cause Barca issues.

With balls getting played in behind, corners are likely and the home crowd will be willing them on.