Manchester United face the sternest test yet of their pre-season campaign when they take on European champions PSG in Gothenburg.
United have rebounded well in the past couple of weeks after a slow start, beating Rosenborg and Atletico Madrid after opening with a 1-0 defeat to Wrexham.
PSG are further behind in their preparations, playing just the one game – a 3-0 defeat at Mallorca on Wednesday.
Boss Luis Enrique said: “It’s our first week of pre-season… it’s to be expected. We’re waiting for our international players to return before we can really see what our team looks like.”
PSG TEAM NEWS
PSG remain without many of their first-choice players who took part in the World Cup 2026 but Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Joao Neves have travelled.
PSG: Safonov, Boly, Zabarnyi, Pacho, Koukaba, Beraldo, Dro, Mayulu, Ayari, Kvaratskhelia, Mbaye
PSG Substitutes: Marquinhos, Neves, Lacea, Vitinha, Mendes, El Nay, Idder, Drame, Bourdin, Njantou, Meite, Longoni, Chevalier
MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM NEWS
Senne Lammens and Matheus Cunha are absent due to illness.
Manchester United: Heaton, Mazraoui, Maguire, Mount, Dorgu, Amad, Santos, Mbeumo, Shaw, Heaven, Lacey
Manchester United Substitutes: Heath, Mee, Amass, Armer, Dalot, Yoro, Fernandes, Fletcher, Tielemans, Zirkzee
Where to watch PSG v Manchester United: TV and online streams
Kick-off on Saturday is at 16:00 BST (11:00 ET / 08:00 PT). Live coverage in the UK is on MUTV, which costs £29.99 a year.
PSG v Manchester United stats
- All four of these teams’ competitive meetings have come in the Champions League, trading two away wins each
- The game is at the Ullevi stadium, where Zlatan Ibrahimovic took four minutes to score his first United goal following the striker’s arrival from PSG in 2016, helping his new club beat Galatasaray 5-2 in a contest also containing two goals by Red Devils all-time top scorer Wayne Rooney
- Bruno Fernandes and Rashford scored in a 2-1 United win during the group stage in 2020, with PSG gaining revenge that December with the help of two Neymar goals and one by Marquinhos
- United’s competitive record against French clubs is W17 D11 L4, with PSG the only such opponents to beat them since 2005
- They last played a friendly against a French team in August 2023, beating Lens 3-1 at home through goals from Rashford, Antony and Casemiro
- Paris won 2-0 at United in the last 16 in 2019, followed by a 3-1 win for the Red Devils in the return match to go through on the now-defunct away goals rule courtesy of Marcus Rashford’s 94th-minute penalty
- PSG’s competitive record against English teams is W20 D12 L15, remaining unbeaten in 10 such matches since a 3-2 defeat at Aston Villa in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2025, advancing from the tie despite the second-leg result
- They beat Arsenal in the Champions League final in May following a 1-1 draw in Budapest, having defeated Liverpool and Chelsea home and away during the knockout stage
- Vitinha scored a hat-trick in a 5-3 home win over English team Tottenham during the league phase, which they concluded with a 1-1 draw at Newcastle
- The victory over the Gunners extended their unbeaten run against English teams away from home soil to four matches, having beaten Liverpool and Chelsea earlier in the campaign and won at Arsenal in the 2024/25 Champions League semi-finals
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored four goals for PSG against English clubs last season, netting three times against Chelsea and once against Liverpool
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