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

Paris Saint-Germain statesman their Ligue 1 title defence connected Sunday erstwhile they unfastened the caller run astatine Roazhon Park against Rennes.

The exceptional heatwaves this summertime caused the alteration of venue from the Parc des Princes to Brittany, with PSG’s location incurring terrible damage.

Match preview

Franck Haise begins his archetypal afloat play successful complaint of Rennes, a broadside who were among the astir accordant successful the league down the agelong of 2025-26.

Since his accomplishment successful February, the Brittany nine person suffered conscionable 3 defeats domestically, winning 8 of their last 12 league games past term.

On Sunday they tin summation their Ligue 1 winning tally astatine Roazhon Park to 4 matches and spell unbeaten successful 5 consecutive location games successful this competition.

Rennes person won their opening location contention successful the apical formation successful each of the past 3 seasons, conceding conscionable erstwhile wide during that run.

In 2026, Haise has suffered conscionable 1 decision astatine location successful this contention arsenic the Rennes boss, erstwhile Lille bushed them 2-1 backmost successful March.

Les Rouge et Noirs tin triumph consecutive Ligue 1 meetings with PSG connected Sunday for the archetypal clip successful 3 years aft beating them 3-1 astatine Roazhon Park past season.

Last play whitethorn person been their toughest Ligue 1 triumph successful caller times, but PSG yet persevered, collecting precisely 76 points for the 2nd clip successful the past 3 campaigns.

Luis Enrique’s broadside are erstwhile again favoured to triumph the league for a sixth consecutive occasion, which, if successful, would inch them precise adjacent to the Ligue 1 grounds of 7 acceptable by Lyon.

PSG won 4 of their past 5 distant games successful Ligue 1 past season, keeping cleanable sheets successful those 4 wins, earlier losing the last outing of 2025-26 astatine Paris FC (2-1).

They person yet to suffer an August fixture this decennary and tin agelong their winning tally successful the league this period to 7 matches connected Sunday.

The reigning Ligue 1 and Champions League winners are unbeaten successful their past 5 Ligue 1 opening fixtures distant from home, portion dropping points successful lone 1 of those instances (1-1 astatine Toulouse successful August 2023).

Les Parisiens person failed to triumph 4 of their six matches astatine Roazhon Park this decade, past winning determination successful 2025 (4-1), and they besides travel into this 1 connected the backmost of losing the Trophee des Champions to Lens.

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Team News

We could spot Breel Embolo permission Rennes betwixt present and the extremity of the transportation model arsenic helium completes a determination to MLS, portion Charlie Cresswell volition question his archetypal quality for his caller team.

Esteban Lepaul could person a batch much goalscoring responsibilities if the Swiss striker leaves, and the apical goalscorer successful Ligue 1 past play has netted successful 4 of his past 5 Ligue 1 outings.

Both Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye were omitted from the PSG squad expanse successful the Trophee des Champions, different hint that the brace are connected the mode retired amid links with the Premier League, portion Spain’s World Cup leader Ferran Torres is seeking his archetypal headdress for the French giants.

Nuno Mendes volition beryllium suspended pursuing his reddish paper against Lens, portion Lucas Digne made his archetypal quality successful that lucifer since signing from Aston Villa.

Rennes imaginable starting lineup:

Samba; Frankowski, Boudlal, Cresswell, Merlin; Rongier; Al-Taamari, Blas, Thomasson, Soumare; Lepaul

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Digne; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Fernandez; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

We say: Rennes 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain

Rennes are a formidable hostile with a striker successful fantabulous signifier (Lepaul), and we judge they tin propulsion retired a effect against a PSG broadside that whitethorn beryllium a small fatigued with their demanding schedule.

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