"Champions PSG are able to name an all-star front three in their all-French knockout play-off round first leg. Luis Enrique's side narrowly missed out on a place in the top eight a year after beating Inter emphatically in the final and now face an extra hurdle against familiar foes. At eighth in the French top flight, Monaco are 20 points behind PSG and finished four points and 10 places below them in the league phase of the Champions League."
"Former Leicester defender Wout Faes and ex-Arsenal forward Folarin Balogun start for the hosts, who are unbeaten in four home games in the Champions League. Monaco: Philipp Köhn, Caio Henrique, Wout Faes, Jordan Teze, Vanderson, Denis Zakaria, Lamine Camara, Simon Adingra, Aleksandr Golovin, Maghnes Akliouche, Folarin Balogun PSG team news Goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier is again on the bench as PSG go with Matvey Safonov. Up front the big guns are all in action as PSG look to make a statement on the south coast."
PSG enter the all-French Champions League knockout play-off first leg with a star-studded front three and Matvey Safonov in goal. Luis Enrique's side were champions last season and narrowly missed a top-eight group place the previous year after beating Inter in the final. Monaco sit eighth in Ligue 1, 20 points behind PSG, and finished lower in the Champions League group phase. This is the first European meeting between the clubs. The return leg is on 25 February, with the winners set to face Barcelona or Chelsea in the last 16.
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