UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PSG Confront Real Madrid with Depleted Forward Line

French champions, Paris Saint Germain will take on Real Madrid in tonight’s Champions League first group stage Match with a frontline that does not have Neymar Junior, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe.

While Neymar is serving a two match ban after insulting an official last season, Mbappe and Cavani are injured.

In their place, Thomas Tuchel is likely to field Eric Choupo-Moting and Mauro Icardi.

Their opponents had their own challenges as well as Marcelo, Luka Modric, Isco and Marco Asensio are all injured while Nacho and Sergio Aguero are suspended.

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Eden Hazard could be making his first start for Real Madrid after he debuted as a substitute last weekend.  

In other matches tonight, Olympiakos will host Tottenham Hotspurs while Shakhtar Donetsk will welcome English champions, Manchester City.

Club Brugge will tackle Club Brugge as Bayern Munich host Red Star Belgrade.

Dinamo Zagreb will confront Atalanta while Atletico Madrid and Juventus will set the Metropolitano Stadium on fire when they clash tonight. Bayer Leverkusen will lurk horns with Lokomotiv Moscow.