Lens vs Paris Saint-Germain - prediction, team news, lineups

In a matchup betwixt the apical 2 teams successful Ligue 1 from a play ago, Paris Saint-Germain volition question to Stade Bollaert-Delelis for a day with Lens connected Sunday arsenic the Trophee des Champions is connected the line.

Last season, PSG claimed the French apical formation crown for a 5th successive occasion, portion Lens walked distant with their first-ever Coupe de France title.

Match preview

Following the champion play for Lens successful Ligue 1 nether the existent 34-match format, Dino Toppmoller has a pugnacious enactment to travel successful 2026-27.

The antheral who guided Eintracht Frankfurt to a third-place decorativeness successful the 2024-25 Bundesliga run inherits a squad that were the champion successful Ligue 1 astatine location past season, averaging 2.47 points per crippled astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis nether existent Crystal Palace brag Pierre Sage.

Lens won 14 of their 17 location games successful the French apical formation past season, though 1 of those defeats outgo them the rubric erstwhile Paris Saint-Germain bushed them 2-0 successful May.

In 2025-26, they managed to cod 8 cleanable sheets astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis, with each of those shutouts occurring successful the past Ligue 1 season.

This is lone their 2nd quality successful the Trophee des Champions final, with Lens failing to find the backmost of the nett the past clip retired successful 1998 versus Les Parisiens successful a 1-0 loss.

Les Sang et Or tin assertion their archetypal triumph against PSG since 2023, erstwhile they bushed them 3-1 astatine home.

PSG tin cod a 2nd trophy successful little than a week connected Sunday aft claiming their 2nd UEFA Super Cup connected Wednesday, defeating Aston Villa 2-1.

The reigning Ligue 1 and Champions League winners are seeking a 5th consecutive Trophee des Champions crown aft narrowly defeating Marseille connected penalties to triumph this contention past year.

Sunday volition beryllium the archetypal clip since 2023 that the Trophee des Champions last is held connected French soil, arsenic Les Parisiens purpose to assistance this trophy for a grounds 15th time.

Luis Enrique’s men mislaid their past competitory outing distant from the Parc des Princes past play (2-1 astatine Paris FC successful Ligue 1), but they person not mislaid a Trophee des Champions last since Lille bushed them 1-0 successful 2021.

This upcoming lucifer volition beryllium the archetypal clip they play a last successful this contention astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis since 2020, erstwhile they edged Marseille 2-1.

Les Parisiens person gone connected to triumph their past 8 competitory outings versus Lens, portion the reigning two-time Champions League winners won the lone erstwhile gathering against them successful this contention backmost successful 1998.

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Team News

A thigh contented whitethorn forestall Jhoanner Chavez from featuring for Lens this weekend, portion Nidal Celik has a meniscus injury, Samson Baidoo is doubtful with a sore limb and Jonathan Gradit continues to retrieve from a lower-leg fracture.

Thorgan Hazard volition anticipation to gully into the starting lineup for this last pre-season affair, having joined the squad successful mid-July, portion Saud Abdulhamid was successful the opening lineup against Sunderland, having signed a imperishable woody this summertime aft spending past play with them connected loan.

On Wednesday, Achraf Hakimi saw his archetypal enactment for PSG since the Champions League final, with Maghnes Akliouche playing for the archetypal clip since signing from Monaco, portion Lucas Digne volition anticipation to spot his archetypal enactment aft joining them from Aston Villa earlier this month.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue netted successful their constrictive triumph successful the UEFA Super Cup last connected Wednesday.

Lens imaginable starting lineup:

Risser; Antonio, Ganiou, Nawrocki; Abdulhamid, Bulatovic, Haidara, Hazard; Thuavin, Ivanovic; Edouard

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Hakimi, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Digne; Neves, Vitinha, Zaire-Emery; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

We say: Lens 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain

In Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, Lens person proven to beryllium a worthy hostile to PSG, but they cannot look to find that borderline erstwhile needed, and we judge the extent and acquisition of Les Parisiens volition yet find the decisive breakthrough.

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