PSG make it four straight with 4-2 win over Barça
PSG sit top of the UEFA Champions League table on 9 points after beating Barça 4-2 on Tuesday 20 October, a fourth consecutive victory across all competitions.
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PSG have won four in a row. The latest came on Tuesday 20 October at home to Barça, a 4-2 result that leaves them first in the UEFA Champions League standings with 9 points from 3 matches.
The shape of the group phase so far is unusually clean: 3 wins, 0 draws, 0 defeats. 14 goals scored, 5 conceded, a goal difference of +9. Only Liverpool are level on points, and their +5 difference is four goals worse.
What separates this run from a hot streak is the spread. 6 home wins against 2 draws and 0 losses. Away, 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat. The team is not leaning on one venue or one opponent.
The next assignment is a trip to Villarreal on Tuesday 3 November, matchday 4. Whether the run survives a road game against a side with nothing to protect is the obvious question. Four straight wins buy goodwill. They do not buy points.
Around them, the table is tightening. Liverpool have 9 points and a +5 goal difference. Stuttgart sit third on 7, Aston Villa fourth on 6 with a +7 difference, Barça fifth on 6, Man City sixth on 6. Nobody in that group has dropped away yet.
At the other end of the scoring charts, Nicolo Tresoldi of Club Brugge, Erling Haaland of Man City, Sehrou Guirassy of Dortmund and Ermedin Demirovic of Stuttgart all have 4 goals. Nicolas Jackson of Aston Villa has 3. PSG's 14 have come without a single name near the top of that list.
Four wins, 9 points, first place. Fine. Now do it away from home.