Paris Saint-Germain can wrap the Ligue 1 title up this weekend if they win against Saint-Etienne at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on Saturday, and other results go their way.
Luis Enrique‘s men remain in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple, and they should have a second trophy of the season secured before facing Aston Villa in the Champions League quarter-final in just over a week.
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Two wins are all that are required to be absolutely sure of the title, but PSG could be handed the honour as soon as Saturday night.
If Marseille lose in Saturday’s early game, PSG win here, and Monaco-Nice ends as a draw later that evening, then the title will be wrapped up with seven games remaining – the second-earliest ever in Ligue 1 history.
The PSG squad from 2015-16 hold the honour of the earliest ever title win, doing so with eight games remaining, and they went on to win by a 31-point margin that season, with the current crop romping towards a similar gap.
A 3-1 win over second-placed Marseille in Le Classique before the international break moved PSG a staggering 19 points clear at the summit, and also took them ever closer to a new club-record unbeaten start to a campaign.
Also in 2015-16, PSG did not lose any of their first 27 games of the season, and this weekend’s fixture will be number 27 of the campaign, but Enrique’s men will have their eyes on becoming the first French club ever to complete an entire league season undefeated.
Nantes were the closest to achieving that, going 32 games unbeaten in the 38-game 1994-95 season, but PSG will fancy their chances of closing down their record, considering they have the opportunity to emulate the legendary AC Milan side of the early-1990s here.
If PSG avoid defeat, it will be the 38th successive away league game without losing in the league, and would equal the all-time top-five-league record set by Milan between 1991 and 1993.
Saint-Etienne are unlikely to offer much of a threat to that record given their recent results against PSG either, failing to win any of the last 27 head-to-heads – their longest winless run against any opponent in their history.
PSG have only enjoyed a longer unbeaten league run against two clubs, and both are also ongoing: versus Brest (32 matches) and Angers (30 matches).
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However, Eirik Horneland‘s men will enter the weekend with a newfound sense of belief, as three points are set to be added to their tally once the full investigation surrounding the abandonment of their clash with Montpellier is finalised.
Saint-Etienne led 2-0 away to the Ligue 1 basement boys before riots in the stands from the home supporters forced the game to be halted, and the points have still not been handed out to Les Verts, who were on course to win the game.
That will move them out of the automatic relegation places, and level on points with 15th-place Reims, who are dismally out of form at present, meaning ASSE’s hopes of surviving the drop on their return to the top flight have been handed a huge boost.
Seventeen of their provisional 23 points have also come at home this season, but it is unthinkable to expect anything from the hosts here, facing Europe’s most in-form side at present, and the clash could be done and dusted by half time, because no team has scored fewer first-half goals (eight) and conceded as many (29) as Les Verts in Ligue 1.
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PSG’s only injury concern is set to be Lee Kang-in, who missed South Korea duty with an ongoing ankle injury, but apart from that, Enrique will be free to rotate heavily with a largely fit squad.
Goncalo Ramos could be one of the players to benefit, and even though he missed the win over Marseille with illness, he scored and assisted in Portugal’s 5-2 win over Denmark last weekend, and his last nine domestic goals have all come away from home.
Club captain Marquinhos had a tough night in Buenos Aires in the early hours of Wednesday morning, losing 4-1 in Argentina with Brazil, but his spirits will be lifted if he can lead PSG to the title this weekend, and in doing so, making him the first player in history to win the French top flight on 10 occasions.
Lucas Stassin will be the main threat for the hosts, and the Saint-Etienne striker deserves to be credited with the brace he notched in the abandoned fixture against Montpellier last time out, which took his tally to four goals across his last three matches.
Dylan Batubinsika will be available again after suspension, but there are doubts over the fitness of Augustine Boakye and Aimen Moueffek, while Ben Old is out with a knee injury.
Saint-Etienne possible starting lineup:
Larsonneur; Macon, Batunbinsika, Nade, Petrot; Ekwah, Bouchouari, Tardieu; Cardona, Stassin, Davitashvili
Paris Saint-Germain possible starting lineup:
Safonov; Zaire-Emery, Lucas Beraldo, Pacho, Hernandez; Joao Neves, Doue, Fabian Ruiz; Dembele, Goncalo Ramos, Barcola
We say: Saint-Etienne 0-4 Paris Saint-Germain
Even with some rotation, this should be a stroll for the league leaders, who have swept aside all who have come before them in 2025, and they will be keeping an eye on other results to see whether they are crowned champions this weekend.
Saint-Etienne will put up a fight, but manager Horneland may already be looking ahead to next week’s clash with Lens, which will offer a much greater chance of some much-needed points.
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