This year’s Champions League Group of Death takes another critical step forward as PSG host AC Milan in the French capital on Wednesday.
As expected, the Group F standings are a logjam, as no team has managed to win both its first two matches of the stage. Newcastle United lead the standings on four points, with PSG a point back in second and Milan a further point behind in third, but plenty of jockeying is sure to take place yet.
PSG struggled to begin the season domestically without Lionel Messi or Neymar, but they’ve turned things around to go unbeaten in their last four. Yet the defeat at Newcastle in Champions League play last time out is a reminder that the path to a knockout stage berth is fraught with danger.
Milan have also had their share of hiccups this season, most recently falling to Juventus to fall off the Serie A lead, and their two draws in European competition to this point have proven both promising and foreboding.
The Sporting News is following the PSG vs AC Milan match live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.
PSG vs AC Milan live score
Score (2H) Goal scorers PSG 1 Mbappe (32′) AC Milan 0 –
Kickoff: 9 p.m. local (3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT)
Location: Parc des Princes (Paris, France)
Referee: Slavko Vincic (SVN)
Starting lineups:
PSG (4-3-3, right to left): 99. Donnarumma (GK) — 2. Hakimi, 5. Marquinhos, 37. Skriniar, 21. L. Hernandez — 33. Zaire-Emery, 4. Ugarte, 17. Vitinha — 10. Dembele, 23. Kolo Muani, 7. Mbappe.
AC Milan (4-3-3, right to left): 16. Maignan (GK) — 20. Kalulu, 28. Thiaw, 23. Tomori, 19. T. Hernandez — 80. Musah, 33. Krunic, 14. Reijnders — 11. Pulisic, 9. Giroud, 10. Leao.
PSG vs AC Milan live updates, highlights, commentary
PSG vs AC Milan: Second Half
Kickoff: We’re under way for the second half!
Stefano Pioli will have to change something up to get his team’s attack going. They were missing quality in the attacking third through the opening 45 minutes, and have now gone 10 consecutive halves in Champions League play, a worrying sign as they look to get back into this game.
HALFTIME: PSG 1-0 AC Milan
A chaotic and physical first half comes to a close, with the difference being Kylian Mbappe’s moment of brilliance which put PSG in front just past the half-hour mark. Poor Fikayo Tomori got the full Mbappe experience, put on roller skates for the goal.
AC Milan were solid on the counter-attack in this stacato, back-and-forth match, but didn’t have the necessary quality in the final third to find a goal. Rafael Leao seems too isolated from his teammates to produce much of anything in front of net.
Mbappe is seen lighting up the official on the halftime whistle, and it’s unclear what he’s frustrated about, but whatever it is, he’s had his say.
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— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) October 25, 2023PSG vs AC Milan: First Half
43rd min: Nervy moments for the visitors as they give the ball away cheaply at the back, and Kylian Mbappe finds Randal Kolo Muani in space near the top of the penalty area. The shot has exceptional power, but is blocked out for a corner.
Milan clear the set-piece and look to break, forcing Ousmane Dembele to haul down Olivier Girou and absorb a yellow card. He’s the fourth player booked this half, two for either side.
41st min: AC Milan have been bright throughout this half, but they haven’t combined well in the attacking third. Rafael Leao has been the biggest culprit, trying to play hero ball by dribbling through multiple PSG defenders. His latest attempt to charge down the Parisians’ throat is cut out about 40 yards from goal.
32nd min: GOAL! PSG! Kylian Mbappe opens the scoring at Parc des Prince! How do you defend his lightning-quick footwork???
He gets a feed from Warren Zaire-Emery outside the top of the penalty area, but still has plenty of work to do on an individual level. The French superstar faces up with Fikayo Tomori, and cuts inside onto his right before rifling a low shot to the near post that fools a rooted Mike Maignan. We’re off the mark!
Watch in USA:
“He found space, he found the back of the net.”
Kylian Mbappé does what he does best.💥 pic.twitter.com/b1lE9ZrtcL
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 25, 2023
Watch in UK:
Who else? 🤷♂️
An incredible run from 17-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery before Kylian Mbappe does what he does best!#UCL pic.twitter.com/GcUXlLczVS
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 25, 2023
30th min: Chance, PSG! Kylian Mbappe sees what Rafael Leao did minutes ago and tries the same thing himself, moving centrally on the ball and rifling a long-range effort just wide right. It didn’t miss by much, just curling off target!
27th min: Chance, AC Milan! Rafael Leao carries the ball down the left flank and decides to create an opportunity for himself, cutting inside on his right and firing a low, bouncing shot on goal. The effort doesn’t have significant power, but it nearly evades Gianluigi Donnarumma and tucks inside the far post, only just skittering wide. The best chance of the chaotic match so far.
Rade Krunic has to come off the pitch as he’s come up with a nosebleed, and is seen frantically hurrying the poor medical staff doing their best to get him back on the field.
24th min: There’s a pause in the action as a pitch invader sprints towards Kylian Mbappe and gives him a hug. He’s managed to get away from the stewards for a moment but is eventually brought off the field.
The pitch invader got his hug from Kylian Mbappe and dipped 👋 pic.twitter.com/SNWSMMPYYB
— GOAL (@goal) October 25, 2023
21st min: PSG are missing a calming presence in midfield to keep and distribute possession and maintain control over the match. If only they had someone like Marco Verratti to play that role…
Marco Verratti manque tellement au milieu… #PSGACM
— Romain Collet-Gaudin (@RomainCG75) October 25, 2023
17th min: Achraf Hakimi becomes the first PSG player and third overall in this match to earn a yellow card as he bundles Rafael Leao over on the break. It presents AC Milan with another wonderful set-piece opportunity and a possible reprise for Rafael Leao who wasted the last opportunity.
Instead, it’s taken by Fikayo Tomori who hits the wall, deflecting out for a corner. The delivery from Christian Pulisic isn’t good enough to beat the first man at the near post.
12th min: Vitinha commits a foul on a Milan player holding up possession in midfield, already the eighth foul of the match in just 12 minutes. What a mess.
The visitors break and Christian Pulisic is threaded through near the end line, but good goalkeeping from Gianluigi Donnarumma sees him hemmed in and a goal kick given.
8th min: Warren Zaire-Emery goes in hard to concede a Milan free-kick at the top of the penalty area, as this match has started to devolve into an early foul-fest. Rafael Leao’s set-piece is cleared by Achraf Hakimi.
7th min: A minute after Thiaw is booked, Yunus Musah draws a foul by Lucas Hernandez as he breaks down the right, and AC Milan players want a booking for him too, but the Slovenian referee doesn’t oblige on this occasion.
Moments later, Rade Krunic is fouled hard by Manuel Ugarte, and while he protests vehemently for a booking to the Uruguayan, instead he is cautioned for his dissent, That has backfired! Now Milan have two players on a yellow inside the opening 10 minutes.
4th min: There’s a very early yellow card for Malick Thiaw, who was sent off over the weekend against Juventus and here is booked for bringing down Ousmane Dembele on the wing.
2nd min: The match has started with both teams pressing deep into the opponent’s territory. It’s caused each defensive unit lots of problems looking to pass out of the back, and could be a sign of a chaotic 90 minutes to come.
PSG have the first look on goal, as a cross from Ousmane Dembele down the right is cut out by Fikayo Tomori who just barely slides in ahead of a streaking Randal Kolo Muani.
Kickoff: This massive Champions League tilt is under way in Paris! The atmosphere at Parc des Princes is always electric, but PSG are likely to give it up soon, so soak it up while you can!
Très beau tifo #PSGMilan @francebleuparis #fbsport pic.twitter.com/GlfM6pGWGL
— Bruno Salomon ⚽🎙 (@bruno_salomon) October 25, 2023PSG vs AC Milan: Pre-match commentary, analysis, stats, and more
15 mins to kickoff: One last storyline to this match, Gianluigi Donnarumma will face his former club in the Champions League, having departed for PSG in the summer of 2021. He didn’t exactly leave on the kindest of terms, so while he won’t have to worry about it today, the return leg at the San Siro will surely feature at least a smattering of jeers, and maybe more.
The away fans here today are giving him a preview of what he’ll face on a larger scale in Italy on November 7.
🚨 Milan fans at Parc de Princes: “Donnarumma son of a w****”https://t.co/cAD5SLpvpi
— Milan Eye (@MilanEye) October 25, 2023
30 mins to kickoff: The last time these two teams matched up was a whopping 22 years ago, when they played to a pair of 1-1 draws in the 2000/01 Champions League group stage.
The goal scorers in those games are peak “remember some guys” names. PSG got goals from a 21-year-old Nicolas Anelka and journeyman Laurent Robert, while AC Milan saw Leonardo and Jose Mari find the back of the net. Current Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta played in that match!
45 mins to kickoff: AC Milan manager Stefano Pioli will take charge of his 200th game at the helm of AC Milan today. He’s been at the centre of Milan’s revival over the last four years, lifting them up from the doldrums of the 2010’s into title contention once more. A central figure in recent Italian football, bravo.
Milestone alert in the dugout 👏#PSGACM #UCL #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/e9PJddx9EG
— AC Milan (@acmilan) October 25, 2023
1 hour to kickoff: Lineups are in, and we officially have the biggest storylines we were hoping for. The Hernandez brothers are indeed facing off for the first time in their careers, with Theo and Lucas both slotted in at left-back for their respective clubs.
Both Americans start for AC Milan, while Randal Kolo Muani is lined up at striker for PSG in place of the struggling Goncalo Ramos.
USMNT’s Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah will start in AC Milan’s #UCL matchup against PSG 🇺🇸🫡 pic.twitter.com/71LJ8dQy2s
— Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast (@SOTUWithAlexi) October 25, 2023
1 hour 15 mins to kick: One person not in attendance for this huge match tonight will be PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who reportedly had emergency knee surgery over the weekend and has been in the hospital since.
There’s a lot on the line for Al-Khelaifi today. He will hope justification for the summer overhaul will be realised sooner rather than later.
🔴🔵 PSG president Al Khelaifi: “We have undergone seismic positive change at the club this summer, more than anyone imagined”.
“When you build new foundations, it takes time. You need patience and perseverance. Not to over-react”.
“We know we’re going in the right way”. pic.twitter.com/1pUzb1I8II
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 11, 2023
1 hour 30 mins to kick: Last season, injuries forced a number of exceedingly young PSG players into action earlier than they probably would have expected. One of those players, 16-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery, looked a bit out his depth at times, unable to cope with the two-way role of playing as a true No. 8.
Still just 17, Zaire-Emery has not only retained his place in the PSG starting lineup this season, but has blossomed into a real provider up front. He has delivered the second-most final-third passes of any midfielder in Ligue 1 this season behind only teammate Vitinha, and that has translated into the Champions League too, as his 90.7 percent success rate in the attacking third is fourth-best in the competition.
🎯 Best final third pass success rates in the #UCL this season (40+ attempted):
🥇 Ruben Dias – 95%
🥈 Matheus Nunes – 93.3%
🥉 Joao Cancelo – 93%
🏅 Warren Zaïre-Emery – 90.7%
🏅 Luka Modric – 89.9% pic.twitter.com/nmGDf24mJq
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) October 25, 2023
1 hour 45 mins to kick: A really fascinating storyline of this match is the battle between the Hernandez brothers, with Theo on AC Milan and Lucas on PSG. The two have been regular teammates on the international level with France, but have not played together at the club level, instead going separate ways after both progressing through the Atletico Madrid youth system back in 2015.
They have never played against each other at the first-team club level before, but both are expected to be in opposite starting lineups today. Theo has been entrenched in a starting role at AC Milan this season, while Lucas has found a way into the PSG XI thanks to an injury to first-choice left-back Nuno Mendes.
Lucas and Theo Hernandez are set to face each other for the first time in their careers during PSG vs. AC Milan 👀
Battle of the brothers ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/QQAzCTp9gM
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 25, 2023
2 hours to kickoff: PSG have not blown away Ligue 1 as they have in recent years, sitting third in the league through the first nine games, two points behind leaders Monaco. A big reason why is the lack of production from the striker position.
Goncalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani were two highly praised transfer additions in the summer, hoping to replace the departures of Lionel Messi and Neymar. Ramos has received the majority of playing time but has struggled to produced, with just his brace against Marseille in late September as his only goals with PSG so far.
That has led manager Luis Enrique to deploy a platoon, with Kolo Muani earning the starts in both Champions League games, and likely to do so again here. He’s yet to score in those matches, but will possibly have another chance today.
🚨 Warren Zaïre-Emery est APTE pour débuter face à l’AC Milan !
La compo probable du PSG en 4-3-3 : Donnarumma – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Skriniar, Hernandez – Zaïre-Emery, Ugarte, Vitinha – Dembélé, Ramos (ou Kolo Muani), Mbappé
(@RMCsport)
— Hadrien Grenier (@hadrien_grenier) October 24, 2023
PSG vs AC Milanlineups & team news
Luis Enrique is still missing some key names through injury ahead of this game with Presnel Kimpembe, Nuno Mendes and Sergio Rico still absent. Keylor Navas is also struggling with a back problem.
Teenage prodigy Warren Zaire-Emery is battling to be fit following a knee issue, but star man Kylian Mbappe is fit to lead the hosts’ attack. Marco Asensio remains out with a foot injury, set to return soon but not quite yet.
There’s a choice for head coach Luis Enrique to make at striker. Goncalo Ramos is really struggling up front to begin life at PSG, and there are reports that Randal Kolo Muani could be given a chance as he has in their previous two Champions League games.
PSG starting lineup (4-3-3): Donnarumma (GK) — Hakimi, Marquinhos, Skriniar, Hernandez — Ugarte, Vitinha, Zaire-Emery — Dembele, Kolo Muani, Mbappe.
PSG subs (9): Letellier (GK), Tenas, Mukiele, Danilo, F. Ruiz, K. Lee, Soler, Barcola, G. Ramos.
Germany international Malick Thiaw is set to start despite a domestic suspension, but Samuel Chukwueze, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, and Ismael Bennacer are all out until November through injury. Those midfield concerns could see American Yunus Musah retain his place in the lineup, although Tommaso Pobega or Yasine Adli could be deployed as well.
Goalkeeper Mike Maignan is back, and expect Christian Pulisic to start on the wing opposite Rafael Leao. At right-back, Pierre Kalulu has been slid over from his natural centre-back position to play out wide over Davide Calabria.
AC Milan starting lineup (4-3-3): Maignan (GK) — Kalulu, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernandez — Reijnders, Krunic, Reijnders — Pulisic, Giroud, Leao.
AC Milan subs (10): Nava (GK), Mirante (GK), Kjaer, Calabria, Bartesaghi, Florenzi, Adli, Pobega, Jovic, C. Traore.
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PSG vs AC Milan betting odds & lines
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win Draw Milan
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2.5 goals PSG
-0.5 ACM
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(USA) -140 +280 +375 -140 / +100 -140 / +100 -155 +110
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