Two heavyweights of the FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) clash on Sunday night as PSG play Atletico Madrid at the Rose Bowl. Both teams will be expecting to progress into the knockout stage of the competition from Group B, which also contains Brazilians Botafogo and MLS side Seattle Sounders.
PSG will no doubt be one of the favourites to win the whole tournament, after coming off the back of a memorable treble-winning season. Their 5-0 thrashing of Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) final in their last outing was their fifth victory in a row across all competitions.
Atletico have won three of their last five in all competitions, scoring four goals in each of those victories! Having won the previous H2H 2-1 at the Parc des Princes in the UCL league phase as well, they will be confident in themselves of upsetting the apple cart.
Recent head-to-head: PSG humbled at Parc des Princes
As previously mentioned, PSG actually lost 2-1 at home to Atletico in the UCL league phase earlier this season. The Parisians were remarkably on the brink of potentially being eliminated from the competition, before a sudden spark in form saw them go all the way to win it.
Warren Zaire-Emery gave the hosts an early lead, before Nahuel Molina equalised just a few minutes later. Angel Correa scored a dramatic late winner for the visitors in stoppage time.
Predicted lineups
As mentioned, Dembele will likely miss out after sustaining an injury while on international duty with France.
Atletico have no fresh injury concerns, and so have a fully fit squad to choose from.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes, Fabian, Vitinha, Neves, Barcola, Doue, Kvaratskhelia.
Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Molina, Le Normand, Gimenez, Galan, Simeone, Koke, De Paul, Gallagher, Griezmann, Alvarez.
