Overview
Paris Saint-Germain will aim to defend their UEFA Super Cup title when they face Aston Villa at Red Bull Arena.
This match is an annual competition between the Champions League and Europa League champions last season. PSG once had to rely on 2 late goals from Lee Kang-in and Goncalo Ramos to draw Tottenham 2-2 in last year's Super Cup match, before winning 4-3 in a penalty shootout.
Luis Enrique's team is facing the opportunity to become the fourth team to successfully defend this title, after Ajax, AC Milan and Real Madrid. The Spanish captain also has remarkable achievements in the league when he has won twice. In 2015, he led Barcelona to defeat Sevilla 5-4 in the Super Cup match with the most goals in the league history.
PSG has scored in 28 consecutive matches in all competitions since the 0-1 defeat to Paris FC in January. This is their longest scoring streak since the 36-game period from September 2019 to July 2020.
Aston Villa will try to create a surprise, even though UEFA Super Cup history is not on the side of Europa League champions. In the last 13 seasons, only Atletico Madrid in 2018 has won this title after winning the Europa League.
Unai Emery's team also closed the 2025-2026 season with positive form. After a series of 3 consecutive defeats in April and May, Villa won 4 out of the last 5 matches, only drew 1 match and scored at least 2 goals in each appearance. The peak of that streak of form was the convincing victory over Freiburg to win the Europa League.
However, Villa has lost 2 important players who scored in the final, Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers, respectively transferring to Manchester United and Chelsea. This puts more pressure on Emery's attack in the confrontation with PSG.
The possibility of the match having to be decided by a penalty shootout cannot be ruled out either. 5 of the last 6 UEFA Super Cup matches with the participation of English teams were decided on penalties.
Emery does not have many good memories of this tournament. He lost with Sevilla to Real Madrid and Barcelona in 2014 and 2015, before losing to Chelsea on penalties when leading Villarreal in 2021.
Head-to-head record
This will be the third time PSG and Aston Villa have faced each other, after two legs in the Champions League 2024-2025 quarter-finals. PSG won 3-1 at home in the first leg and qualified for the semi-finals with a total score of 5-4, despite losing 2-3 at Villa Park.
Aston Villa has only participated in the European Super Cup for the second time. The first time took place in 1983, when the English team defeated Barcelona with a total score of 3-1 to win the title. They lost 0-1 away but won 3-0 in the second leg.
Meanwhile, PSG is preparing to compete for the European Super Cup for the third time. They once lost to Juventus with a total score of 2-9 in 1997, before defeating Tottenham in a penalty shootout last year.
Score prediction: PSG 1-0 Aston Villa
The match between PSG and Aston Villa takes place at 2:00 a.m. on August 13 (Vietnam time).
