Champions League: head-to-head of RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain (semi-final, 18/08/2020)

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With €635.9m in turnover in 2018-19, Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) occupy fifth place in the Deloitte Football Money League 2020 ranking, from which RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) is absent despite its €267.9m in turnover, as the two clubs face each other in the semi-finals of the 2019-20 Champions League at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon (POR) - behind closed doors - this Tuesday 18/08/2020 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

With 80.9 million followers on social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as of 01/08/2020), the Parisian club has 58 times more than its German opponent, who totals nearly 1.4 million.

At the end of the 2019-20 Ligue 1 season, the last 10 rounds of which were not played, Paris Saint-Germain had an average attendance of 47,504 spectators at the Parc des Princes (47,929 capacity), i.e. 99% fill rate, while RB Leipzig averaged 40,809 spectators at Red Bull Arena (42,558 capacity) in the first 25 Bundesliga matches (96% fill rate).

Paris Saint-Germain spent €913m to build their 2019-20 playing squad, according to a study by the CIES Football…

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