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Minute 894–2
Fabián Ruiz scores, Paris Saint Germain 4–2 FC Barcelona
Fabián Ruiz scored in the 86th minute, assisted by Achraf Hakimi. Paris Saint Germain lead FC Barcelona 4–2 in matchday 3 of the Champions League. Ruiz now has two goals this season in the competition.
Number of the match: 2 — That is how many goals Fabián Ruiz, the scorer of the goal to make it 4–2, now has in this season's Champions League.
Minute 813–2
Vitinha scores, Paris Saint Germain 3–2 FC Barcelona
Vitinha scored in the 81st minute and Paris Saint Germain lead FC Barcelona 3–2. Two minutes earlier, Lamine Yamal scored for the visitors. It is Vitinha's second goal in this season's Champions League.
Number of the match: 1 of 10 — That is how many goals Paris Saint Germain have scored after the 75th minute in this season's Champions League; Vitinha's goal came in the 81st minute.
Minute 742–1
Lucas Hernández scores, Paris Saint Germain 2–1 FC Barcelona
Lucas Hernández scored in the 72nd minute from a Désiré Doué assist, and Paris Saint Germain lead FC Barcelona in a Matchday 3 Champions League game. Doué had opened the scoring in the 38th minute, and Xavi Espart equalised in the 55th.
Number of the match: 72nd minute — That was the minute Lucas Hernández scored, putting Paris Saint Germain in front.
Minute 571–1
Xavi Espart equalises, Paris Saint Germain 1–1 FC Barcelona
Xavi Espart scored in the 55th minute after an assist from Fermín López, and FC Barcelona levelled the Champions League match. Désiré Doué had put Paris Saint Germain ahead in the 38th minute, with João Neves providing the assist.
Number of the match: 55th minute — That was when Xavi Espart equalised to make it 1–1 after an assist from Fermín López.
Minute 401–0
Doué scores, Paris Saint Germain 1–0 FC Barcelona
Désiré Doué opened the scoring in the 38th minute after an assist from João Neves. Paris Saint Germain lead in this Champions League matchday 3 game. It is Doué's second league goal this season.
Number of the match: 38th minute — That was when Doué scored the first goal of the match and gave Paris Saint Germain the lead.
Live · half-time · 1–0
Doué gives Paris Saint Germain half-time lead over FC Barcelona
Paris Saint Germain lead FC Barcelona 1–0 after the first half of their Matchday 3 Champions League game. Désiré Doué scored in the 38th minute after an assist from João Neves.
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Number of the match10That is how many shots on target Paris Saint Germain had in the first half, to two for FC Barcelona.
Doué's goal and Paris Saint Germain's shots. Désiré Doué scored the only goal before the break, in the 38th minute. João Neves provided the assist. In the first-half stats, Paris Saint Germain had 52% possession and FC Barcelona 48%. The hosts took 12 shots, 10 of them on target, the visitors seven, two on target. There was one corner each.
Both sides' runs going into the game. Paris Saint Germain came into this game on a run of six matches without defeat. FC Barcelona were on a run of ten matches without defeat.
Before the match
PSG and Barcelona go into Champions League matchday 3 with maximum points, but with gaps at the back
Paris Saint-Germain host FC Barcelona in matchday 3 of the Champions League league phase. Both teams won their first two games in the competition, but they go into the match with weakened defences.
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Number of the match10Both PSG and Barcelona have scored in 10 consecutive matches, so both sides go into this game on a scoring run.
Injuries on both sides
PSG cannot count on Nuno Mendes. Digne is set to play at left-back in his place. Alessandro Longoni and Senny Nsona Mayulu are also injured. At Barcelona, Jules Koundé, Eric García, Andreas Christensen and Roony Bardghji have injuries. The absence of Koundé and García weakens Barcelona's defence.
Matchday 2 results
Both teams started the league phase with two wins: PSG beat Slovan Bratislava and Manchester City, while Barcelona beat Galatasaray and Feyenoord. In matchday 2 Manchester City lost 2–4 to PSG. Doué, Vitinha and Akliouche scored for the Parisians, and Haaland scored twice for the hosts. Galatasaray lost 1–4 to Barcelona in Istanbul. Barcelona conceded in the 28th minute, and Cancelo, Fermín, Gordon and Adeyemi replied.
Previous PSG v Barcelona meetings
The two sides met in the Champions League league phase on 1 October 2025. Barcelona lost 1–2 to PSG at the Estadi Olímpic. In the 2024 Champions League quarter-final PSG lost 2–3 to Barcelona, then won the return leg 4–1 away. The Parisians went through 6–4 on aggregate.
Scoring runs and top scorers
PSG are unbeaten in 6 matches and have scored in every game for 10 matches. Barcelona have also scored in 10 consecutive matches. In 9 of PSG's last 10 games, both teams scored. In the Champions League the Parisians' top scorer is Ousmane Dembélé, with 3 goals and 3 assists in 2 matches. At Barcelona, Raphinha leads the way, having scored two goals in one match.
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.
