Preview: Paris Saint-Germain vs. Monaco - prediction, team news, lineups

In this season's Trophee des Champions, Paris Saint-Germain are acceptable to clash with Ligue 1 rivals Monaco connected Sunday astatine Stadium 974 successful Doha.

In 2023-24, Les Parisiens won a league and cupful treble to suffice for the final, portion Les Monegasques ended the play arsenic runners-up successful the apical formation and volition person a accidental to contradict their opponents a cleanable expanse of France's home trophies this weekend.

Match preview

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Luis Enrique's PSG won a record-extending 12th Trophee des Champions rubric past January erstwhile they bushed Toulouse 2-0 astatine Parc des Princes, and this clip astir they volition beryllium looking to commencement 2025 powerfully by making it 13 with triumph successful their archetypal crippled of the year.

Having won their past 4 matches successful each competitions earlier the wintertime interruption and losing conscionable 1 since aboriginal November, Les Parisiens travel into the Doha clash afloat of confidence.

Adding to this feeling volition beryllium the information that Sunday's nominal location broadside are presently apical of Ligue 1 - 10 points supra Monaco - and earned a 4-2 distant triumph against this weekend's opponents successful their past league crippled of 2024.

In that match, striker Desire Doue gave Enrique's broadside the pb successful the archetypal half, but a punishment from Eliesse ben Seghir and a extremity from Breel Embolo enactment the hosts successful front.

However, a brace from Ousmane Dembele either broadside of Goncalo Ramos's header gave PSG each 3 points, arsenic good arsenic a intelligence vantage up of the Trophee des Champions final.

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Meanwhile, Monaco person won the Trophee des Champions 4 times successful their history, and a 5th rubric would instrumentality them level with Saint-Etienne and Reims arsenic the nine with the third-most wins successful the competition.

That being said, Adi Hutter's broadside person won conscionable 1 of their past 4 games successful each competitions, and the brag volition beryllium hoping that winning silverware successful their archetypal lucifer of 2025 tin acceptable them connected the way for a affirmative year.

Before the wintertime break, Les Monegasques had won conscionable 1 of their six games anterior to beating amateur broadside Union Saint-Jean 4-1 connected December 22 successful the Coupe de France.

That effect broke a three-game winless streak for this weekend's 'away' team, though the information that they needed to look specified a low-ranked broadside to gain a triumph volition surely not bash overmuch to boost the assurance levels of Hutter's players.

In the manager's defence, Monaco person been dealing with an wounded situation this winter, and fixed they person 7 players injured oregon suspended astatine the moment, fans whitethorn beryllium knowing of the team's disappointing caller results.

At the crook of the year, Les Monegasques volition beryllium looking to marque a caller commencement and rediscover their early-season signifier that saw them spell unbeaten crossed each competitions until precocious October, and a trophy on with a triumph implicit PSG would marque for a large start.

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Team News

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PSG brag Enrique volition person a near-full squad to take from, though doubts stay astir the fittingness of centre-back Presnel Kimpembe, who has been suffering with a little limb injury.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is backmost successful grooming aft his horrific facial wounded successful the caller league crippled against this weekend's opponents, but it remains to beryllium seen whether the manager volition prime him to commencement consecutive away.

If helium is placed connected the bench, past expect Matvey Safonov to diagnostic betwixt the sticks, protected by Marquinhos and Willian Pacho.

As for Monaco, Hutter volition beryllium without a fig of players including Wilfried Singo, who is suspended aft picking up 1 excessively galore yellowish cards.

Elsewhere, midfielder Denis Zakaria is not expected backmost successful enactment until aboriginal this month, though Edan Diop could instrumentality to the squad pursuing a ft wounded and Lamine Camara should beryllium disposable aft recovering from a insignificant contented helium picked up successful past month's nonaccomplishment against Les Parisiens.

Les Monegasques volition besides beryllium missing right-back Christian Mawissa, goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki, winger Krepin Diatta, and striker Folarin Balogun, who has not featured since the commencement of December.

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:
Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Neves; Dembele, Doue, Barcola

We say: Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Monaco

PSG and Monaco are successful contrasting signifier up of their Trophee de Champions clash, though the wintertime interruption whitethorn person fixed Hutter's broadside a accidental to reset for the 2nd portion of the season.

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