PSG vs Bayern Munich: FIFA Club World Cup – teams, start time, lineup

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Who: PSG vs Bayern Munich
What: FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, United States
When: Saturday, July 4 astatine 12pm (16:00 GMT)

How to follow: We’ll person each the build-up connected Al Jazeera Sport from 9am section (13:00 GMT) successful beforehand of our unrecorded substance commentary stream.

Fresh from lifting the UEFA Champions League for the archetypal time, Paris Saint-Germain volition proceed their plight for a archetypal FIFA Club World Cup erstwhile they look German giants Bayern Munich.

The Parisian lifted some the French league and cupful on with their European occurrence this season, portion Bayern won their 34th Bundesliga title.

Al Jazeera Sport takes a person look astatine the all-European clash for a spot successful the last four.

How did PSG scope the quarterfinals?

PSG mislaid their last radical signifier lucifer 1–0 to Brazil’s Botafogo, but progressed with earlier wins against Atletico Madrid and Seattle Sounders.

A gathering with erstwhile prima Lionel Messi awaited successful the circular of 16, wherever the Parisians bushed Inter Miami 4-0 with Joao Neves netting twice.

Neves heads successful PSG's archetypal goal

How did Bayern Munich scope the quarterfinals?

The Germans opened with a 10-0 thrashing of New Zealand broadside Auckland City, earlier confirming their advancement with a 2-1 triumph against Argentina’s Boca Juniors.

Benfica shocked Bayern with a 1-0 triumph successful the last group-stage match, which near the Munich-based nine to look Flamengo successful the circular of 16.

Bayern raced into an aboriginal two-goal pb earlier moving retired 4-2 winners with a Harry Kane double.

Have Bayern Munich won the Club World Cup?

Yes. Bayern had lifted FIFA’s nine contention connected 2 occasions – beating Morocco’s Raja Casablanca successful 2013 and UANL of Mexico successful 2020.

Harry Kane #9 of Bayern Munich celebrates a extremity successful the country during a 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

Who volition PSG oregon Bayern look successful the semifinal?

The victor of this lucifer volition play the victor of quarterfinal 4 – betwixt Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund – successful the past four.

The last quarterfinal lucifer follows the decision of the PSG and Bayern tie, and volition beryllium played astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey.

Head-to-head

This is the 15th gathering betwixt the sides, with Bayern winning 8 and PSG six of the matchups truthful far.

Their archetypal gathering came successful 1994, with PSG winning some matches successful the Champions League radical stages.

The teams were besides pitted unneurotic successful the 2020 UEFA Champions League last successful Lisbon, with Bayern winning 1-0 acknowledgment to a header from erstwhile PSG subordinate Kingsley Coman.

PSG squad news

PSG could manus Ousmane Dembele his archetypal commencement of the tournament, pursuing his substitute quality successful the 4-0 triumph against Inter Miami.

Bayern Munich squad news

Jamal Musiala managed 18 minutes aft coming connected arsenic a substitute successful the triumph against Flamengo and could diagnostic erstwhile again arsenic helium continues his comeback from injury.

Leroy Sane has near the club, having completed his determination to Galatasaray, portion Coman could miss retired with a knock.

PSG manager Luis Enrique’s pre-match thoughts

“At this signifier of the competition, it volition beryllium hard nary substance who the hostile is. Now is the clip to deliberation astir resting, we request to hole good for the match, but we person the clip to bash so. We’re precise happy.”

Bayern striker Harry Kane’s pre-match thoughts

“We person to judge [we tin triumph the Club World Cup] for sure. We’re going up against a pugnacious hostile successful the adjacent round, nary doubt, Champions League winners. We person to beryllium acceptable for that, but we consciousness like, connected our day, we tin bushed anyone. It would beryllium a imagination travel existent to spell each the mode and triumph it, but there’s games earlier that.”