What we expected before kickoff against what happened. The numbers come from what we stored before the match and from the details read after full time.
What we expected against what happened
The model's goals were set before the match, from league ratings. The xG is what the match produced.
Did not start: Zaïre-Emery. Started, not expected: Hernandez L..
10/11expected starters who started
Barcelona: expected line-up
Did not start: Koundé, Rodri, López. Started, not expected: Bernal M., Espart X., Olmo D..
8/11expected starters who started
Match report
How we looked at this match before kickoff: a first screening, a detailed analysis and, close to kickoff, a final check that settles the risks and the decision.
✓ScreeningCandidate · 10:58
✓Detailed analysisUnder close analysis · 11:49
3Final checkNot done before kickoff
Under close analysisDetailed analysis · 20 Oct 2026, 11:49
Advance on PSG or draw at 1.53: Barcelona's depleted defence is what the model cannot see
Market61%PSG or draw, without the margin
Model71%PSG or draw
Barcelona defenders1 out, 3 doubtfulChristensen; Koundé, Martín, Eric García
xG difference a game+1.10 / +2.91PSG / Barcelona, league
XI average rating7.3 / 7.4PSG / Barcelona, expected starters
Rest3 / 3 daysPSG / Barcelona
1Model: PSG or draw 71% against 61% in the market (bwin 1.53): a 5.8 pp gap over the odds.
2Barcelona's defence is thin: Christensen out; Koundé, Martín and Eric García doubtful.
3PSG are at home and won 4-2 at Manchester City six days ago, when the odds gave them 28%.
4Against: Barcelona's league xG (3.94 a game) and ten straight wins. The line-ups decide.
Opportunities
Three of Barcelona's doubts are defenders, two of them in the expected XI (Koundé, Martín).
PSG have won their last six, four of them away.
The double chance also wins on a draw, which the model gives 21%.
Risks
Barcelona create 3.94 xG a game in the league and have won their last ten.
PSG lose left-back Nuno Mendes (7.57 rating) for several weeks.
The market makes Barcelona slight favourites (40% to 38%); the model sees PSG at 51%.
No goal market fits: the market already expects more goals than the model does.
The cup model is new and has not yet been compared with the market.
Market and model
Model against market (1X2)
Market probability is 1 divided by the odds, so it includes the bookmaker margin.
PSG winmarket 39% · model 51%
Drawmarket 22% · model 21%
Barcelona winmarket 41% · model 29%
Expected goals
What the model expects each side to score, from league ratings.
Team comparison
Season profile
League numbers per game (7 and 9 matches); big chances from the two Champions League games.
Underlying quality
Expected goals per game
League xG this season: 7 matches for PSG, 9 for Barcelona.
PSGBarcelona
2.58xG for3.94
1.48xG against1.03
Points against expectation
PSG are on their xPTS; Barcelona three points above.
Recent form and level of result
Last ten matches
Oldest first. The thin bar under each result is how unlikely it was; 'before' is the chance the odds gave a win, a draw and a defeat.
PSG6W 2D 2L
L
D
D
L
W
Expected line-ups and absences
Expected starting XI
Ratings are each player's average this season.
Expected line-ups (not official yet)
PSG4-3-3 · avg rating 7.30
6.1Kvaratskhelia
8.8Dembélé
8.7
Where they stand
Standing and context
League and Champions League after the weekend.
Metric
PSG
Barcelona
League
14 pts from 7 (4W 2D 1L, 14:9)
27 pts from 9 (9W, 39:9)
Champions League
1st, 6 pts
2nd, 6 pts
Last match
Fri 17/10, Strasbourg 1-3 PSG
Fri 17/10, Betis 2-5 Barcelona
Manager
Luis Enrique
Hans-Dieter Flick
Head to head, referee and venue
Referee and venue
Item
Detail
Referee
Michael Oliver: 3.50 yellows, 0.14 reds a match
Venue
Parc des Princes, Paris
Kick-off
Tue 20 Oct, 20:00 Lisbon
Screening · 10:58 · Candidate: PSG to win at 2.55, +11.4 pp against the market
PSG to win: model 50.7% against 38.2% in the market, odds 2.55.
A gap of 11.4 pp; our minimum for a call is 2 pp.
League ratings only: no line-ups, injuries or form yet. The detailed analysis comes next.
In our backtests the model has not beaten the market: a gap needs a second look.
Odds movement
Tipsport 1X2 · 19 Oct 2026, 20:01 to 20 Oct 2026, 19:48
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