Arne Slot's tenure as Liverpool manager is under serious threat after they were beaten 4-0 by Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-final at the weekend.
Having also mounted a dismal Premier League title defence, the Champions League is now the only chance the Reds have of winning any silverware and they need to get past the defending champions to do so.
PSG knocked the Merseysiders out of this competition at the round of 16 stage last season and a similar defeat could be the end of their Dutch manager’s reign.
We have picked out a 7/1 Bet Builder in our football odds.
PSG v Liverpool Bet Builder
Paris Saint-Germain to win @ 8/11
Desire Doue anytime goalscorer @ 8/5
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to assist 1+ goal @ 14/5
Pays out at @ 7/1
Hosts can add to Slot’s woes
The Parisians knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League on penalties last season on route to their first ever title in this competition.
The two teams have had sharply contrasting fortunes this season, with the Reds languishing 21 points adrift of Premier League leaders Arsenal, while PSG are four points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with a game in hand on their rivals.
Luis Enrique’s men did find things tougher than expected in the league phase, finishing 11th after winning just four of their eight games.
However a comfortable success over Monaco followed in the knockout play-off, before they demolished Chelsea in the round of 16, beating the Blues 8-2 on aggregate.
They have now won five of their last six games and scored 17 goals in that run, form which this Liverpool side could only dream of.
Slot’s men have lost four of their last five away matches and look set for more misery on the road in this first leg in Paris.
Their away form has been poor all season and could be their undoing once again in this clash.
Leg 1: Paris Saint-Germain to win @ 8/11
Doue could make the difference
Desire Doue scored the winning penalty as Paris Saint-Germain knocked Liverpool out of last season’s Champions League and the Frenchman is worth siding with to get on the scoresheet as his team host the Reds this time around.
The forward has 10 goals in 19 starts for his club this season and his pace and ball-striking could be the difference in this game, so take him to find the net.
Leg 2: Desire Doue anytime goalscorer @ 8/5
Wing play key for PSG
Kvicha Kvaratskhelia is another player who has been in excellent form as of late, chipping in with eight assists in 27 starts this season.
Four of those have come in 11 Champions League games and up against Jeremie Frimpong, who is not the best defender, the Georgia international winger could have a field day.
Kvaratskhelia is fancied to register an assist for the defending champions thanks to what should be a preferential match-up against Liverpool’s shaky defence.
Leg 3: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to assist 1+ goal @ 14/5
