The only previous meetings between Paris SG and Slovan Bratislava came in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League group stage; the French side drew 0-0 away before winning 1-0 at home, thanks to a Javier Pastore goal.

None of the last 35 reigning European Cup/UEFA Champions League champions have lost their opening game of the following campaign when starting with a home match (W27 D8), since Celtic’s defeat to Dynamo Kyiv in the 1967-68 season (1-2).

Slovan Bratislava’s most recent UEFA Champions League campaign was 2024-25, when they lost all eight of their matches by an aggregate score of 7-27. Paris SG were the team with the most wins in that edition (11), going on to lift their first ever European Cup/Champions League.

Slovan Bratislava boss Yaya Touré is set to become the first African manager to participate in the UEFA Champions League (Ivorian). As a player, he made 70 appearances in the competition and lifted the trophy once (in 2008-09 with Barcelona).

Paris SG boss Luis Enrique has won 63% of his UEFA Champions League games as manager (50/79), the highest win percentage of any individual to oversee 50+ matches.

Of the 36 teams involved in the UEFA Champions League in 2025-26, eventual winners Paris SG had the third youngest starting XI in terms of average age (24y 328d), only behind Chelsea (24y 82d) and Club Brugge (24y 286d).

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been directly involved in 21 goals in his last 24 UEFA Champions League appearances (13 goals, 8 assists), including 16 in 16 games last season (10 goals, 6 assists), which was the most by a Paris SG player in a single edition.

Tigran Barseghyan has been directly involved in three goals in his last four UEFA Champions League appearances (1 goal, 2 assists). He led all Slovan Bratislava players for goal involvements (3), assists (2) and chances created (10) in their previous tournament appearance in 2024-25.

Vitinha’s 1,589 passes completed in 2025-26 were the most by a player in a single UEFA Champions League edition on record (since 2003-04). His 238 line-breaking passes were also the most by any individual in the previous edition.

Willian Pacho has played more minutes than any other player across the last two seasons in the UEFA Champions League (3,102), including starting in all 34 of Paris SG’s games in the competition in this period.