Paris St Germain is set to face Nantes in Trophee des Champions, in another name which is the French Super Cup. The season opener contest is held between the Ligue 1 champion and the Coup De France champion. Here is the match preview, date & time, tv broadcast & live streaming, probable squad and prediction of the much-awaited match.
Match Details
- Competition: Trophee des Champions
- Match: Paris St Germain vs Nantes
- Date: Sunday, 31st July
- Time: 6.00 pm CET
- Venue: Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Match preview:
PSG is the most successful team in the French Super Cup history as they won the silverware record 10 times. However, they failed to win it last season as Lile became victorious against the Parisian side. They won the league title with 86 points and a whopping gap of 15 points with Olympique Marseille nonetheless weren’t able to win Coup De France. Mauricio pochettino was sacked because of a poor outcome in the Champions League and former Lille manager Christophe Galtier was appointed as the head coach now. This title is the first one in the Galtier era and he definitely wants to start with winning the game. PSG will be without their mercurial forward, Kylian Mbappe as he is serving a suspension from the last season. However, Messi and Neymar will take part in the match.
Nantes had a mixed season in 2021-22. In the league, they ended up as a mid-table team nevertheless they won the Coup De France after defeating Lille in the final. Galtier, the PSG boss at present was the losing manager in that final and surely intends to take revenge now. The overall record between these two sides is completely one-sided as PSG won 25 times while they played 31 matches so far. Regardless of this statistical benefit, PSG lost 2 of the last 3 games against Nantes including their last league meeting also. Nantes’s pre-season outing wasn’t a conclusive one as they won two matches and lost two times also.
When is the match?
The final is set to take place on Sunday, 31st July at 6.00 pm CET.
Where is the match?
The match is going to be held at Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Live streaming:
PSG tv premium
Twitch Channel of the clubs.
Probable XI:
PSG: Navas, Mendes, Hakimi, Ramos, Marquinhos, Verratti, Vitinha, Gueye, Neymar, Icardi, Messi.
Nantes: Lafont, Pallois, Girotto, Corchia, Castelletto, Sissoko, Merlin, Moutousamy, Simon, Blas, Mohamed.
Prediction: PSG will win the title.
