The French rivals meet for the first time in European competition, while it is only the third Ligue 1 knockout match in the history of the Champions League.
The first match saw Lyon beat Bordeaux in the 2009/10 quarter-finals, while PSG beat Brest 10-0 over two legs last season. That convincing victory is the largest ever winning margin in a two-legged match between teams from the same country.
In total, there have been 27 two-legged knockout matches in the Champions League involving teams from the same country. English clashes were the most common, with 10, followed by all-Spanish ties (8).
There have been three different knockout matches in the same city, with Inter Milan and AC Milan facing each other three times, and three two-way matches between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.
The 2003/2004 quarter-final between Chelsea and Arsenal produced the first-ever London derby in the Champions League.
Every knockout match in the Champions League for the same country (excluding finals)
All scores are the total score after two legs
- Bayern 0-1 Dortmund (quarter-finals 1997/98)
- Bayern 6-0 Kaiserslauten (quarter-finals 1998/99)
- Valencia 5-3 Barcelona (semi-finals 1999/2000)
- Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid (semi-final 2001/02)
- Milan 1-1 Inter (semi-final 2002/03, Milan won on away goals)
- Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal (quarter-finals 2003/04)
- Milan 5-0 Inter (quarter-finals 2004/05)
- Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (quarter-finals 2004/05)
- Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool (2006/07 semi-final, Liverpool won 4-1 on penalties)
- Arsenal 3-5 Liverpool (quarter-finals 2007/08)
- Liverpool 3-4 Chelsea (semi-final 2007/08)
- Liverpool 5-7 Chelsea (quarter-finals 2008/09)
- Man United 4-1 Arsenal (semi-final 2008/09)
- Lyon 3-2 Bordeaux (quarter-finals 2009/10)
- Chelsea 1-3 Man United (quarter-finals 2010/11)
- Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona (semi-finals 2010/11)
- Barcelona 1-2 Athletes (quarter-finals 2013/14)
- Atleti 0-1 Real Madrid (quarter-finals 2014/15)
- Barcelona 2-3 athletes (quarter-finals 2015/16)
- Real Madrid 4-2 Atleti (semi-finals 2016/17)
- Liverpool 5-1 Man City (quarter-finals 2017/18)
- Spurs 4-4 Man City (2018/19 quarter-finals, Spurs won on away goals)
- Milan 2-1 Napoli (quarter-finals 2022/23)
- Milan 0-3 Inter (semi-finals 2022/23)
- Brest 0-10 Paris (2024/25 play-off knockout stage)
- Real Madrid 2-2 Atleti (Round 16 2024/25, Real Madrid won 4-2 on penalties)
- Bayern 5-0 Leverkusen (round 16 2024/25)
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