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PSG needed excellent goals from Lee Kang-in and Gonçalo Ramos in the final minutes to win a 2-2 draw against Tottenham in the Super Cup last season, before winning 4-3 in the penalty shootout.
Luis Enrique's PSG now have the chance to become the fourth team to successfully defend the title, aiming to repeat the feat of Ajax (1973, 1974), AC Milan (1989, 1990) and Real Madrid (2016, 2017).
The PSG coach has a wealth of experience in this tournament, having won both Super Cup matches. In addition to the victory against Tottenham last year, he also joined Barcelona to defeat Sevilla with a score of 5-4 in 2015.
After overcoming Arsenal on penalties to defend the Champions League title, PSG will enter this match as the brightest candidate, considering the significant squad depth in both attack and defense.
They have scored in their last 28 matches in all competitions since the 0-1 defeat to Paris FC in January 2026. This marks PSG's longest scoring streak since a 36-game scoring streak from September 2019 to July 2020.
Aston Villa will expect to create a difficult match, but history is not on their side. The reigning Europa League champions only won this title in one season in the last 13 seasons, which was when Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid with a score of 4-2 in 2018.
Aston Villa also finished the 2025-2026 season with quite good form. Emery's team has won four of the last five matches of the 2025-2026 season (1 draw), scoring at least two goals in each match.
That winning streak included a convincing 3-0 victory over Freiburg in the Europa League final. However, some players who scored in this match such as Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers have successively left to join Man United and Chelsea.
This match can also last until a penalty shootout. Statistics show that 5 out of the last 6 Super Cup matches with the participation of English teams were decided by a penalty shootout.
Coach Emery does not have beautiful memories of the European Super Cup. He missed this title with Sevilla when facing Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively in 2014 and 2015, then lost to Chelsea in a penalty shootout when leading Villarreal in 2021.
The match against PSG will also provide an opportunity for Emery to test his new recruits such as Johan Manzambi, Joao Gomes and loanee Alejandro Garnacho.
The two PSG goalscorers in last season's Super Cup, Lee Kang-in and Ramos, have moved to Atletico Madrid and Milan. Meanwhile, Maghnes Akliouche is their most notable new signing after moving from AS Monaco.
Head-to-head stats between PSG and Aston Villa
This will only be the third meeting between PSG and Villa after the two teams faced each other in the Champions League quarter-finals of the 2024-2025 season.
PSG won 3-1 at home in the quarterfinals before advancing to the next round with a total score of 5-4, despite losing 2-3 at Villa Park.
This will only be the second time Villa has participated in the European Super Cup - before that they defeated Barcelona with a total score of 3-1 when they were the defending champions of the European C1 Cup in 1983 (losing 0-1 away, winning 3-0 at home).
PSG will participate in their third Super Cup match, after losing to Juventus with a total score of 2-9 in 1996 and winning on penalties against Tottenham last year.
The PSG vs Aston Villa match will take place at 2:00 a.m. on August 13.
