European champions Paris Saint-Germain will take on Europa League winners Tottenham Hotspur tonight in what surely has to be one of the most exciting games of this soon-to-end close season.
Tottenham struggling to field our best XI for UEFA Super Cup
Tottenham has been forced into making some serious changes ahead of this one due to injury and, in an interesting twist, an internal disciplinary issue.
Yves Bissouma has remained in London after Thomas Frank made the point in his press conference that the midfielder had been late ‘one too many times‘.
Dominic Solanke is one positive and is available for selection, which sounds like he may start from the bench.
Sadly Destiny Udogie, Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin will miss out along with James Maddison, of course.
Plausible teams for UEFA Super Cup
PSG plausible XI: Chevalier; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Vitinha, Ruiz, Zaire-Emery; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia.
Spurs plausible XI: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Bergvall, Bentancur; Johnson, Kudus, Richarlison.
What you need to know about this UEFA Super Cup clash
This year’s 2025 UEFA Super Cup will take place on Wednesday, August 13.
It will be played at the 25,000-seater Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy, with kick-off in the big clash set for 8 pm UK time.
Fans around the world can watch the game live on TNT Sports or Discovery, and coverage will start at 7 pm for what is going to be a massive game.
The match will be played over 90 minutes plus stoppage time. Should the scores remain level at the final whistle, the winners will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. It is worth remembering that there will be no extra time in this game!
The bookmakers have this one as somewhat of a foregone conclusion, with PSG currently runaway favourites. The best price you’ll find is probably 6/13.
Tottenham have it all to do, with the best price being somewhere in the region of 6/1. Does this mean we are certain to lose? No, it doesn’t, but equally, one rarely walks past a closed bookmaker.