Will the three French clubs manage to survive the first phase of the Champions League together? Double title holder, PSG is (finally) aiming for the top 8 in order to avoid the play-offs in the knockout phase as in the last two years. Luis Enrique’s team will have to manage the shocks against Manchester City and Barça in seven days in the middle of October, at the Etihad Stadium and the Parc des Princes. What about RC Lens and Losc?
According to the projections of Football meets dataonly the Lensois will accompany the Parisians in the second round. The Sang et Or got off to a good start after snatching victory on the field of Slavia Prague (2-3) in the final minutes, thanks to a header from Florian Thauvin (90th+1) and a cross strike from Ruben Aguilar (90th+3).
An obstacle course for RC Lens?
The 2026 French vice-champions must not miss out against Sporting, Club Bruges, Como, Leipzig and Bodo/Glimt this fall, before challenging the two top seeds in their draw, Man City at Bollaert and Liverpool at Anfield! Football meets data thus gives a total of 12 points to the formation of Dino Toppmöller. With such a score, for a 16th or 17th place for example, RC Lens would fall on teams like Atlético, Sporting or Roma in the play-offs. Above all, in the event of qualification, it would give them a shock against one of the first four, which could be, if logic is respected, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real, Barça, PSG or Bayern!
Lille, which started with a defeat at home against Real Betis (2-3), is sent out by the calculations of
Football meets data. The Mastiffs’ schedule is quite difficult with Arsenal, Galatasaray, Bodo, Stuttgart, Slovan Bratislava and Roma as opponents. Ethan Mbappé and his teammates could only have six points after their eight matches…
