On Matchday 11 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 season, Paris Saint-Germain faces Nice at the Parc des Princes this Saturday at 5:00 PM CET. A win is essential to secure first place before facing Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday (Matchday 4).
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PSG will begin this matchday with a certain responsibility: to defend their top spot while avoiding dwelling too much on the match against Bayern Munich on Tuesday (Matchday 4 of the Champions League), even though managing the squad will undoubtedly be a factor. This is a crucial point in this unusual year. But they also need to win, and that won’t be easy against a Nice side brimming with confidence (three consecutive league victories).
Behind them, AS Monaco (newly second) will have to be wary of a Paris FC (12th) team that plays attractive football and knows how to dig deep. We saw that against Lyon on Wednesday (3-3 after being down 0-3). There’s a potential trap here too, before the European competition. The same goes for Olympique de Marseille, who need to bounce back from their draw against Angers (2-2) with a trip to face an Auxerre side (17th) that is showing promise but has been lacking in luck.
Strasbourg (4th) seems slightly less favored against Rennes, a 10th-placed team that struggles to hold onto a lead. But they do show flashes of brilliance and could still be on the upswing. Lens (6th) needs to recover from a surprising defeat against Metz (20th), and there seems to be a good opportunity against Lorient. The 16th-placed team has just… Taking a point against PSG is crucial, but a relapse in a more “typical” setting is out of the question.
LOSC (7th) will need to be wary; they have a slight inconsistency to iron out, while Angers (13th) have shown some promising form recently, even if it might be difficult to improve on their relegation battle. This battle has only one direct confrontation on the schedule: FC Nantes (15th) host Metz (18th), who will be looking to capitalize on their first win of the season.
