The Champions League's "Group of Death" has lived up to its not very auspicious but rather intriguing name. After four rounds of the group stage, only three points separate the last team from the first. So, all the fight for play-off places is still ahead. Newcastle have picked up four points in the opening two games of the quartet and topped the standings. However, the confrontation with Borussia forty did not work out, embodied in two "dry" defeats. Such results dropped the Englishmen from the leading position in the group to the last. PSG in the current Champions League draw won twice at home and lost twice away. And it is from the upcoming opponent Parisians got a real slap in England - 1:4. Then the Magpies managed to score two goals in each half, conceding only one in the performance of Hernandez. With six points, Mbappe and company are second in the group, just one point behind Borussia Dortmund. Bookmakers have identified the home team as the favourites for the game, offering odds of 1.66 on their victory.

The champion for a very long time "slumped" at the start of the season, losing points in the championship and in the Champions League, but since mid-October, finally found stability. The Parisians have won six of their last eight matches, losing only the game in Milan. On Friday, PSG scored five goals at home to Monaco, showing who is the boss. In general, the Parisians are in good form, but they should not be overestimated at the Champions League level.

Newcastle's players went into the two-week break due to national team matches in a bad mood. After a very successful start to November in the form of victories over Manchester United and Arsenal, the Magpies lost for the second time to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and dropped to last place in the standings, after which they also lost to lowly Bournemouth in the league. The current place in the APL is definitely below the ambitions of Howe's team. At the same time, Newcastle have already had a "sniff of powder" after the return of players from national teams - on Saturday they met Chelsea at their arena. The guests of the Paris meeting are a strong team, so do not write them off before the match.