PARIS (Interstat) — Paris Saint-Germain and Newcastle United opened their Champions League campaigns with a 1-1 draw at Parc des Princes on Wednesday.

PSG midfielder Vitinha opened the scoring in the eighth minute, capitalizing on early pressure. The hosts appeared poised for a victory that statistical models heavily favored. However, Newcastle substitute Joe Willock leveled the match in first-half stoppage time, assisted by fellow substitute Anthony Elanga, who later received a yellow card.

The result defied pre-match projections from Interstat, which gave PSG an 83% probability to win and forecasted a 3-1 victory. Both clubs now hold identical records in the competition and across all competitions this season.