Official lineups are confirmed for paris-sg – chelsea, with Luis Enrique naming Dembélé and Neves while Liam Rosenior deploys a 4-3-3 that features Jörgensen in goal. This selection frames the tie as a midfield contest and sets up a test of squad availability and form when the match kicks off at 9: 00 pm ET.
PSG and Chelsea starting XIs and Rosenior absences
Liam Rosenior is without Colwill, Estevao, Gittens and Mudryk and lines up a 4-3-3 with Jörgensen in goal and a back four of Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah and Cucurella; Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez join captain Reece James in midfield while Palmer and Neto support João Pedro up front. This factual list of absences and the chosen Chelsea structure defines the visiting side’s shape for the tie.
Luis Enrique’s PSG selection: Safonov, Neves return and Kvaratskhelia omitted
Luis Enrique cannot count on Ndjantou and Fabian Ruiz and starts Safonov in goal instead of Chevalier, with a defense of Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho and Mendes. Neves, returning from injury, is placed in a midfield three alongside Vitinha as the sentinel and Zaïre-Emery; on the right Doué is preferred to Kvaratskhelia while Barcola is on the left and Dembélé leads the attack. These named choices show where PSG has reinforced personnel and where coach selection creates clear tactical priorities.
Paris-sg – Chelsea: If Dembélé and Neves start, two scenarios
If PSG’s selection holds with Dembélé leading the line and Neves slotted into the midfield three, then PSG moves into the tie with the stated hope to finally launch their season during this double confrontation; that hope is explicit in the context and ties the starting XI to Paris’s objective of reversing recent mixed results after a heavy 3-0 defeat in the Club World Cup final last July and a less-imperial run domestically versus RC Lens.
Should Chelsea’s 4-3-3 shape—Jörgensen in goal, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah and Cucurella in defense, and Caicedo with Enzo Fernandez alongside captain Reece James—continue to reflect their season-long form, then the Blues will approach the tie backed by a campaign that the context describes as better managed, including a battle for the top four in the Premier League and a 5th-place standing that the context ties to direct qualification in European competition. That continuity would frame Chelsea as the side carrying clearer momentum into the two legs.
Based on context data:
- Chelsea formation: 4-3-3 with Jörgensen in goal
- Key absences for Chelsea: Colwill, Estevao, Gittens, Mudryk
- PSG formation: 4-3-3 with Safonov in goal
- PSG midfield: Neves returned from injury, Vitinha, Zaïre-Emery
- PSG attack: Doué preferred to Kvaratskhelia; Dembélé leading the line
- Kickoff time stated in context: 9: 00 pm ET
The next confirmed signal from the context is the match itself, scheduled to start at 9: 00 pm ET; that kickoff will immediately reveal whether Rosenior’s handling of absences or Luis Enrique’s midfield reintroduction better shapes the first leg. What the context does not resolve is how Kvaratskhelia’s omission or the listed Chelsea absences will affect in-game adjustments during the tie, and that specific impact will only be clarified by the live action at kickoff.
