PSG XI leaks ahead of Man City clash

The starting XI set to be fielded by Paris Saint-Germain versus Manchester City tonight has leaked online, featuring one major absentee.

Sky Blues turn it around

The first of two Champions League semi-final 2nd-legs is of course set to play out at the Etihad shortly.

Ahead of Chelsea welcoming Real Madrid to London on Wednesday night, Man City will first play host to French champions PSG.

It is the Citizens who hold the advantage as things stand, on the back of a comeback 2-1 win in Paris last week.

After Marquinhos handed the Parisians a deserved lead with an early header, Pep Guardiola’s visitors soon gathered themselves, before turning the tie on its head courtesy of strikes from Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez:

Yes, Riyad Mahrez! 🎯

He asked to take it. He was allowed to take it. He scored it.

Through the PSG wall too! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xVwuBOzD9x

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 28, 2021

Mbappe misses out

In turn, ahead of the action getting underway in Manchester this evening, it is hosts City who are viewed by most as the heavy favourites to book their spot in the Champions League final.

And, as outlined above, with just hours to go before kick-off, the Premier League giants have been handed a further boost.

This comes in the form of the latest PSG personnel news stemming from the French media.

First, earlier this afternoon, the reliable Mohamed Bouhafsi suggested that Kylian Mbappe – who has spent time on the sidelines with a calf issue of late – would only be fit enough for the bench:

Tonight, Kylian #Mbappe will be on the bench against Manchester City.

— Mohamed Bouhafsi (@mohamedbouhafsi) May 4, 2021

And this has since been followed by the RMC Sport reporter leaking PSG’s starting line-up, with Mbappe, as expected, nowhere to be seen:

🚨Info @RMCsport la compo du #PSG pour affronter Manchester City : 4/3/3 ou 4/2/3/1 – Navas – Florenzi Marquinhos Kimpembe Diallo – Paredes, Herrera – Neymar, Verratti, Di Maria – Icardi

— Mohamed Bouhafsi (@mohamedbouhafsi) May 4, 2021

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	34	47	80
2	Manchester United FC	33	29	67
3	Leicester City FC	34	22	63
4	Chelsea FC	34	22	61
5	West Ham United FC	34	11	58
6	Tottenham Hotspur FC	34	22	56
7	Liverpool FC	33	16	54
8	Everton FC	33	3	52
9	Arsenal FC	34	9	49
10	Aston Villa FC	33	10	48
11	Leeds United	34	-2	47
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	34	-13	42
13	Crystal Palace FC	33	-22	38
14	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	34	-4	37
15	Southampton FC	33	-18	37
16	Burnley FC	34	-16	36
17	Newcastle United FC	34	-20	36
18	Fulham FC	34	-20	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	34	-34	26
20	Sheffield United FC	34	-42	17

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	20
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	16
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	16
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	15
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	14
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	11
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	10
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	10
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	10
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick	Arsenal FC	10
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	10
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	10
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	9
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	9
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United FC	9

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	8
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC	0	8
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	6
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC	0	7
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	0	7
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	0	7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC	0	7
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC	0	7
Alioski, Ezgjan	Leeds United	0	7
Kante, N`Golo	Chelsea FC	0	7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	8
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	7
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	7
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	7
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	6
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	6
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	6
Raphinha	Leeds United	6
Neto, Pedro	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City FC	6

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