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PSG face Villarreal seeking to extend perfect Champions League start
Paris Saint-Germain travel to Villarreal in Spain aiming to keep their perfect start in the Champions League.
PSG have won their first three matches and sit top of the competition’s initial table.
They beat Manchester City and Barcelona 4-2, but coach Luis Enrique says past results will not win this match.
Villarreal are eighth in Spain’s LaLiga and last time in the Champions League lost 4-3 at Liverpool after leading 2-0.
Luis Enrique says PSG must work hard from the start against a team he described as strong.
PSG will be without Ousmane Dembélé, Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes, while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is recovering from knee surgery after an ACL injury.
The match is a test of PSG’s unbeaten start, and Luis Enrique says his team wants to improve on last season’s league-stage performance.
Paris Saint-Germain travelled to Villarreal on Tuesday seeking to extend its perfect start in the Champions League.
PSG began the match top of the league-phase table after winning its first three games.
Those victories included 4-2 wins over Manchester City and Barcelona.
At half-time, PSG led Villarreal 4-0, according to Le Monde.
PSG coach Luis Enrique warned that previous results would not win the match for his team.
- Who
- Paris Saint-Germain and Villarreal.
- What
- PSG sought to continue its winning start in the Champions League.
- When
- Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- Where
- Villarreal’s Estadio de la Cerámica in Spain.
- Why
- PSG aimed to extend its perfect start in the Champions League.
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PSG won its first three Champions League games, including 4-2 victories over Manchester City and Barcelona.
Villarreal led Liverpool 2-0 in its previous Champions League match but lost 4-3.
PSG led Villarreal 4-0, according to Le Monde.
- PSG’s Champions League record
- Three wins from three matches before facing Villarreal
- PSG wins
- 4-2 against Manchester City and 4-2 against Barcelona
- Villarreal’s previous Champions League match
- 4-3 defeat by Liverpool after leading 2-0
- Half-time score
- Villarreal 0-4 Paris Saint-Germain
- Venue
- Estadio de la Cerámica, Spain
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If you think that [the results so far] is what is going to win us tomorrow’s match, you are completely mistaken.
Winning will be impossible if you don't have the ambition, the determination and the ability to run for the whole match.
What better scenario, what better team in this competition in the last two years to be able to reaffirm this belief that we have been developing?
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