Villarreal host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Both sides have had patchy runs over the past couple of months, swinging between big wins and surprising defeats.
This fixture comes from the competition's league phase, where each team has so far played just one match there. That leaves plenty of time and plenty of question marks before they actually meet in November.
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Form across all competitions
Paris Saint-Germain have won nine of their last twenty matches across all competitions, drawn six and lost five, scoring 37 and conceding 26 along the way. That run includes a thumping 6-1 Champions League win over Slovan Bratislava, but also a home defeat to Monaco and draws at Lille and Rennes where they let leads slip.
Villarreal: 20 completed matches; Paris Saint Germain: 20 completed matches.
Villarreal
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 34
- Conceded
- 31
- Difference
- +3
Paris Saint Germain
- Win
- 50% 10 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 20% 4 / 20
- Scored
- 39
- Conceded
- 25
- Difference
- +14
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Liga | Real Madrid | Villarreal | 10.10.2026 | 1-0 |
| La Liga | Villarreal | Levante | 20.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| La Liga | Malaga | Villarreal | 17.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| La Liga | Villarreal | Real Betis | 14.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| UEFA Champions League | Borussia Dortmund | Villarreal | 08.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| La Liga | Villarreal | Deportivo La Coruna | 05.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| La Liga | Alaves | Villarreal | 28.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| La Liga | Atletico Madrid | Villarreal | 23.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| La Liga | Racing Santander | Villarreal | 16.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Galatasaray | Villarreal | 08.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | Paris Saint Germain | Le Mans | 10.10.2026 | 3-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Marseille | Paris Saint Germain | 20.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Ligue 1 | Stade Brestois 29 | Paris Saint Germain | 13.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Paris Saint Germain | Slovan Bratislava | 09.09.2026 | 6-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Paris Saint Germain | Monaco | 04.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Ligue 1 | Lille | Paris Saint Germain | 28.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Ligue 1 | Rennes | Paris Saint Germain | 23.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Trophée des Champions | Lens | Paris Saint Germain | 16.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| UEFA Super Cup | Paris Saint Germain | Aston Villa | 12.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Paris Saint Germain | Manchester United | 08.08.2026 | 1-1 |
Villarreal's equivalent stretch is bumpier: eight wins, four draws and eight losses from twenty games, with 39 scored but 31 conceded. Their recent weeks have bounced from an away win at Málaga to back-to-back home defeats against Real Betis and Deportivo, plus a Champions League loss at Dortmund.
Villarreal's home form hasn't settled lately, and that matters given they're hosting this one.
Comparative Team Statistics: Villarreal vs Paris Saint Germain
Where they sit in the league phase
In the Champions League table itself, both teams have played only one match so far. PSG sit top after that 6-1 win over Slovan Bratislava, while Villarreal are down in 21st following a 2-3 opening defeat.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6/1 | 3 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5/0 | 3 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5/1 | 3 |
| 20 | Fenerbahçe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 21 | Villarreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/3 | 0 |
| 22 | Lille | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/3 | 0 |
It's worth being careful with this snapshot. One match doesn't tell you much about where either side will end up once the league phase gets going properly.
Early scoring returns
The only individual numbers we have come from PSG's side of that opening Champions League match. Ferran Torres scored three goals and Ousmane Dembélé added two goals and two assists, both from the same single outing.
There's no equivalent breakdown for Villarreal's players here, so it isn't possible to weigh up their attacking threat in the same way.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Foyth | Argentina | 28 | Defender | 187 | 83 |
| P. Gulácsi | Hungary | 36 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 86 |
| Gerard Moreno | Spain | 34 | Attacker | 180 | 77 |
| N. Pépé | Côte d'Ivoire | 31 | Attacker | 183 | 73 |
| Ayoze Pérez | Spain | 33 | Attacker | 178 | 66 |
| P. Gueye | Senegal | 27 | Midfielder | 189 | 79 |
| Logan Costa | Cape Verde | 25 | Defender | 190 | 91 |
| Santi Comesaña | Spain | 30 | Midfielder | 188 | 75 |
| T. Buchanan | Canada | 27 | Midfielder | 183 | 68 |
| Sergi Cardona | Spain | 27 | Defender | 185 | 77 |
| G. Mikautadze | Georgia | 25 | Attacker | 176 | 71 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Spain | 23 | Midfielder | 172 | 67 |
| Carlos Romero | Spain | 24 | Defender | 180 | 73 |
| Luíz Júnior | Brazil | 25 | Goalkeeper | 194 | 88 |
| Willy Kambwala Ndengushi | France | 22 | Defender | 192 | 85 |
| Ilias Akhomach | Morocco | 22 | Attacker | 175 | 70 |
| N. Saliba | Canada | 22 | Midfielder | 178 | 71 |
| Rubén Gómez | Spain | 24 | Goalkeeper | 185 | 73 |
| S. Mouriño | Uruguay | 24 | Defender | 186 | 76 |
| Renato Veiga | Portugal | 23 | Defender | 190 | 88 |
| T. Oluwaseyi | Nigeria | 26 | Midfielder | 191 | 80 |
| A. Freeman | USA | 22 | Defender | 188 | n/a |
| Pau Navarro | Spain | 21 | Defender | 185 | 72 |
| A. Diatta | Senegal | 21 | Midfielder | 190 cm | 80 kg |
| C. Macia | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| C. Tidiane Thiam | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| N. El Jmili | n/a | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hakimi | Morocco | 27 | Defender | 181 | 73 |
| L. Hernández | France | 30 | Defender | 184 | 79 |
| O. Dembélé | France | 29 | Attacker | 178 | 67 |
| Marquinhos | Brazil | 32 | Defender | 183 | 75 |
| Fabián Ruiz | Spain | 30 | Midfielder | 189 | 70 |
| K. Kvaratskhelia | Georgia | 25 | Attacker | 183 | 76 |
| Ferran Torres | Spain | 26 | Attacker | 182 | 80 |
| M. Safonov | Russia | 27 | Goalkeeper | 192 | 82 |
| L. Digne | France | 33 | Defender | 178 | 74 |
| W. Pacho | Ecuador | 25 | Defender | 188 | 81 |
| Vitinha | Portugal | 26 | Midfielder | 172 | 64 |
| I. Zabarnyi | Ukraine | 24 | Defender | 189 | 80 |
| B. Barcola | France | 24 | Attacker | 182 | 73 |
| L. Chevalier | France | 24 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 78 |
| Nuno Mendes | Portugal | 24 | Defender | 180 | 70 |
| M. Akliouche | France | 24 | Attacker | 183 | 72 |
| Beraldo | Brazil | 22 | Defender | 186 | 78 |
| João Neves | Portugal | 22 | Midfielder | 174 | 66 |
| W. Zaïre-Emery | France | 20 | Midfielder | 178 | 68 |
| M. Godts | Belgium | 21 | Attacker | 176 | 70 |
| D. Doué | France | 21 | Attacker | 181 | 79 |
| Senny Mayulu | France | 20 | Midfielder | 183 | 69 |
| I. Mbaye | France | 18 | Attacker | 185 | 65 |
| Quentin Ndjantou Mbitcha | France | 19 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Pedro Fernández | Spain | 18 | Midfielder | 182 | 68 |
| A. Longoni | n/a | n/a | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
With no market reference to weigh up and the evidence this early still pretty thin on both sides, there isn't a clean angle to back here.
Villarreal's inconsistency at home and PSG's habit of alternating big wins with careless draws make this one hard to call with any confidence a month out.
Who will win?
