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2026-08-12 - Paris Saint-Germain vs Aston Villa
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: UEFA Super Cup
Wednesday 12th August 2026 - Kick Off 8pm
This game is live on TV
Paris Saint-Germain
Winning back to back Champions League titles means Paris Saint-Germain have moved past Marseille for most European Cups won by a club from France. It has proven to be a tough task to retain the Champions League, but Paris Saint-Germain will be confident in becoming just the second club since 1976 to win the top UEFA competition for a third year in a row and the first since Real Madrid did that in 2018.
Retaining Luis Enrique as manager is a huge boost for Paris Saint-Germain when so many of the potential Champions League rivals have changed at the helm. This is a young group that will continue to grow together and Paris Saint-Germain will be confident that they can manage minutes to ensure they can go again later in the season. Defending the Champions League will be the focus, but Paris Saint-Germain will also be looking to do the same with the UEFA Super Cup having come from 0-2 behind to beat Tottenham Hotspur on Penalties twelve months ago.
Paris Saint-Germain will be playing the first competitive fixture of the season on Wednesday and the schedule picks up soon after with the French Super Cup on Sunday and then the opening League fixture of the campaign in the following week. They needed Penalties to beat Arsenal in the Champions League Final and that means Paris Saint-Germain have won 2 of the last 6 games played in all competitions in normal time.
Back to back European Champions will always send a big representative of players to major international tournaments and Paris Saint-Germain will likely be without some key players for this one. They can call upon players like Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves, Vitinha and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for this fixture.
Aston Villa
Getting back into the Champions League was the ambition set out by Unai Emery at the beginning of last season and his Aston Villa squad responded by finishing in the top four of the Premier League and winning the Europa League. It is arguably the most memorable season enjoyed by Aston Villa fans since they won the European Cup in 1982, but building on that will be the challenge.
Since the end of the last campaign, Aston Villa have been forced to accept a huge bid for Morgan Rogers and also seen Youri Tielemens leave for potential top four rivals domestically. The club are still trying to balance the financial books, but Emery has been given support in the transfer window and Aston Villa did win the UEFA Super Cup when last competing for this trophy in 1982.
Aston Villa are also building up the match fitness ahead of the new season by taking in a number of friendly matches since the World Cup came to a conclusion. They did finish up on a 5 game unbeaten run in all competitions at the end of the 2025/26 season and Aston Villa won 4 of those matches played.
Emiliano Martinez, Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins may not be risked having played on the final weekend of the 2026 World Cup Finals. New signing Johan Manzambi is not expected to be involved as he continues to recover from an injury picked up while representing Switzerland at the World Cup, while Amadou Onana is expected to miss the majority of the season with an injury of his own.
Head to Head
The only previous meetings between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa came in the Champions League Quarter Final in 2025.
PSG won the First Leg at home 3-1, but Aston Villa gave them an almighty scare by recovering from 0-2 behind to win the Second Leg 3-2.
Prediction
Both of these teams had plenty of representation on the final weekend of the World Cup Finals and Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa are on a similar path in their bid to build up match fitness ahead of the opening League fixtures of the new season.
They met in a Champions League Quarter Final just shy of eighteen months ago and that ended up being a classic tie that saw Aston Villa almost recovery from 1-5 behind to force Extra Time.
Ultimately they fell 4-5 on aggregate, but Aston Villa got a taste of the big time and they have won silverware for the first time since 1996 when picking up the Europa League.
While they are missing important players, Aston Villa may have the more settled team for this UEFA Super Cup.
Paris Saint-Germain have a squad with considerable depth, but there are some key French players who have yet to return and that may give Aston Villa an opportunity to replicate the performance Tottenham Hotspur put together in the UEFA Super Cup twelve months ago.
Spurs did come up short having blown a 0-2 lead, but Unai Emery is a really good manager and would love to get one over on one of his former clubs.
Unai Emery can certainly make Aston Villa very competitive with his tactical nous.
Paris Saint-Germain have a reputation for being able to deal with the English Premier League clubs with real authority over the last couple of years, but Aston Villa pushed a stronger eleven very close in that 2025 Quarter Final.
With some big names missing on Wednesday, Aston Villa can exploit this Paris Saint-Germain team and at least avoid a heavy defeat.
The Pick :
Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Aston Villa
