Paris Saint-Germain host Benfica today at the Parc des Princes for Matchday 4 of the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League group stage. Here you will find the lineups of both teams for this game. It will be broadcast in the United States on Paramount + (free trial) and in can Canada, you watch it on DAZN.
It will be the second duel between the two leaders of group H, after they equalized 1-1 in Portugal in a very close duel. The two teams have 7 points, 4 more than Juventus who obtained their first 3 points in Matchday 3 after beating Maccabi Haifa, a team that has lost all three games played so far.
While Paris Saint-Germain had much more of the ball (65%) for much of that game in Portugal, it would be unfair to say they were vastly superior. In fact, Benfica had chances to win it. However, now they will play at the Parc des Princes, where it is always difficult to win and that is why the Portuguese will have to be very focused.
PSG lineup
Lionel Messi will not take part in this game. He was already unable to play against Reims in the weekend due to the calf problem he suffered in the game against Benfica. Pablo Sarabia will replace him. In addition, Juan Bernat will replace the injured Nuno Mendes. Renato Sanches and Presnel Kimpembe continue to recover from their injuries. Vitinha and Achraf Hakimi return to the starting team after not being against Reims.
PSG starting XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, Danilo; Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha, Marco Verratti, Juan Bernat; Pablo Sarabia, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar.
Benfica lineup
Lucas Verissimo and Felipe Morato will once again be out of the squad due to knee and ankle injuries, respectively. Otherwise, Schmidt repeats the same game XI with PSG last week.
Benfica starting XI: Odysseas Vlachodimos; Alexander Bah, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo; Florentino, Fredrik Aursnes; Enzo Fernandez, Joao Mario, Rafa Silva; Goncalo Ramos.
