Overview
This is an unexpected result, but defending Champions League champions Paris St-Germain were defeated by Brazil's Botafogo at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
Igor Jesus' only goal was enough to bring the Brazilian team a 1-0 victory in Los Angeles. And despite their great efforts to equalize, PSG still could not penetrate the opponent's solid defense.
PSG will still advance if they can beat Seattle Sounders. Meanwhile, they only need a draw if Atletico Madrid cannot get 3 points against Botafogo.
The French team will face Seattle Sounders, who are still looking for their first point. This is also the first match between a team from MLS and a team from France.
The only way Seattle can advance is to beat PSG by at least three goals and wait for Atletico to lose to Botafogo.
The Sounders lost to Atletico Madrid in the second round with a score of 1-3. Pablo Barrios' double and Axel Witsel's goal helped Diego Simeone's team win. Meanwhile, Albert Rusnak was the honorary scorer for Seattle.
The goal against Atletico was rusnak's 31st for the Sounders in all competitions. Only Jordan Morris (45) has scored more goals in all competitions for Seattle since Rusnak joined the club in 2022.
PSG's defeat to Botafogo ended their streak of 6 consecutive wins in all competitions. Before that, Luis Enrique's players had scored in 19 consecutive matches in all competitions, with a total of 51 goals.
The last time they did not score in a match was in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Liverpool at Parc des Princes in early March (losing 0-1). However, in the end it was not a problem, as they still won the final.
Despite having 16 shots against Botafogo, PSG have only had 2 on target. The accuracy rate of 12.5% is the lowest in any match where they have taken 10 or more shots in all competitions since February 2022 (against Rennes).
The Sounders have often had great results at Lumen Field, but have now lost 3 consecutive home matches in all competitions. This is the second time they have experienced such a bad run since joining MLS in 2009, previously from October 2010 to March 2011.
Therefore, avoiding defeat against the reigning Champions League champions will be a challenge beyond their reach.
Predicting the result
Supercomputer Opta is confident that PSG (81.4%) will win and continue. There may still be hope for Seattle after Botafogo's win, although they have only a 6.9% chance. The remaining 11.7% chance is for the two teams to share points.
Despite losing in the second round, PSG are still highly rated to continue in Group B with 86.1%. Seattle, meanwhile, is just 0.1%.
Score prediction: Seattle Sounders 0-4 PSG
The match between Seattle Sounders and PSG takes place at 2:00 am on June 24 (Vietnam time).
