PSG v United: 10 essential pre-match stats

In the past five years PSG have twice surrendered a clear first-leg advantage. In 2014, they blew a two-goal lead against Chelsea; in 2017, they were eliminated by Barcelona.

Since the Champions League formed in 1992, there have been 11 occasions when sides have progressed after overturning at least a two-goal deficit from the first leg.

In 2014, we lost 2-0 at Olympiacos in a Champions League last-16 first-leg tie, only to beat the Greek side 3-0 in the reverse fixture at Old Trafford and qualify for the quarter-finals.

We have met French opponents at this stage of the competition on three previous occasions, winning all of them on aggregate (Lille 2-0 in 2007, Lyon 2-1 in 2008 and Marseille 2-1 in 2011).

Wednesday’s game will be our 30th meeting against a side from Ligue 1. We have won 15 of the 29 previous matches, drawing 11 times and losing on just three occasions.

We are unbeaten in France since a 2005 defeat to Lille and have kept a clean sheet in three of our last four games in the country (1-0 v St Etienne in 2017, 0-0 v Marseille in 2011 & 1-0 v Lille in 2007).

As a United player, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faced five Ligue 1 sides in the Champions League and scored against four of them: Monaco (1998), Bordeaux (2000), Lille (2001) and Nantes (2002).

Since the Champions League was restructured into group stages followed by two-legged ties in 1994/95, this is the 18th time in 25 seasons that we’ve reached the first knockout round.

We have played 17 previous ties in the first knockout round of the Champions League since 1994/95 and have qualified on nine occasions, bowing out on the other eight.

This is our 136th away match in the European Cup/Champions League, the first of which was a 2-0 win against Anderlecht in 1956. Our overall record is W54 D39 L42 - that’s a win rate of 40 per cent!