The 31st edition of the Trophee des Champions takes place at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Sunday night, when RC Lens take on holders Paris Saint-Germain.
Lens, winners of the Coupe de France, will be hoping home advantage can help them stop PSG from lifting this trophy for the fifth year in a row.
Ligue 1 and European champions PSG, who won the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Wednesday, have won 12 of the last 13 editions of this event and will be difficult to stop.
RC Lens v Paris Saint-Germain Tips Summary
Best Bet - Paris Saint-Germain to win to nil @ 9/4
Alternative Bet - Ousmane Dembele anytime goalscorer @ 5/4
Bet Builder - Khvicha Kvaratskhelia anytime goalscorer, Maik Nawrocki to be booked & Odsonne Edouard 1+ shots on target @ 18/1
RC Lens v Paris Saint-Germain Prediction
Best Bet: Paris Saint-Germain to win to nil @ 9/4
Lens may have home advantage for this contest but they are under new leadership this season, with Pierre Sage having departed for Crystal Palace and been replaced in the dugout by Dino Toppmoller.
The German tactician had been out of work since leaving Eintracht Frankfurt in January, but he finds himself back in the hotseat and is now tasked with trying to build on Lens's impressive 2025/26 campaign.
Just one pre-season defeat shows Lens have warmed up nicely for this clash, but PSG are a different beast to the teams they have faced and it is hard to look past anything other than a win for Luis Enrique's side.
Les Parisiens played just two pre-season games - a 3-0 defeat to Mallorca and a 1-1 draw against Manchester United - before taking on Villa in the UEFA Super Cup.
Despite potentially being undercooked, PSG showed their class to defeat the Europa League champions 2-1 and add another piece of silverware to their cabinet.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Desire Doue and Ousmane Dembele form a fearsome attack and they should have more than enough quality in the final third to breach Lens's defence.
But PSG are also strong in defence and six of their last eight away wins have been to nil, including the 2-0 win at Lens in May.
Two of PSG's last four trips to the Stade Bollaert-Delelis have seen them win with a clean sheet, while their last loss at this stadium was in 2023.
Alternative Bet: Ousmane Dembele anytime goalscorer @ 5/4
Ousmane Dembele has played a key role in PSG's last two Trophee des Champions wins, scoring the only goal in the 2024 success over Monaco and netting the opener in last year's victory against Marseille.
The France international has a habit of turning up in the biggest games, evidenced by his strike in the UEFA Champions League final win against Arsenal in May, while he also impressed at the World Cup.
Dembele scored seven times for France, including in the thrilling 6-4 third-place match loss to England, and he can put in another telling contribution against Lens.
RC Lens v Paris Saint-Germain Bet Builder Tip
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia anytime goalscorer
Maik Nawrocki to be booked
Odsonne Edouard 1+ shots on target
Pays 18/1
PSG forward Kvaratskhelia scored in the Super Cup win over Villa, making it eight goals from his last 11 appearances, with one of those strikes coming against Lens in May.
Lens's summer arrival Maik Nawrocki was booked four times in his last 11 matches for Hannover while on loan last season and he will struggle to avoid a caution against this world-class PSG side.
Odsonne Edouard has managed at least one shot on target in nine of his last 11 games for Lens, which include the defeat to PSG in May.
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Key Match Stats
Paris Saint-Germain have appeared in the last 13 editions of the Trophee des Champions
Les Parisiens have won 12 of those, including the last four
Three of the last four Trophee des Champions wins have been to nil
PSG defeated Marseille 2-1 the last time this game was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in 2020
Six of PSG's last eight away wins have been accompanied by clean sheets
Lens' sole appearance in this competition came in 1998, when they lost 1-0 to PSG
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