Paris St. Germain beats Aston Villa to retain UEFA Super Cup

The UEFA Super Cup 2026 will take place on Wednesday, August 12, with the match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Aston Villa scheduled for 8pm BST / 3pm ET. The game will be played at Salzburg's Red Bull Arena in Austria. PSG, the current Champions League winners, will face the Europa League holders in this annual curtain-raiser to the continental football season. The match marks the second consecutive year PSG will contest this fixture after retaining the Champions League title in 2025/26.

PSG's all-conquering team under coach Luis Enrique will be looking to win the Super Cup for the second year in a row, continuing their impressive unbeaten run against English sides in Europe, with nine victories over the past twelve months. The team should have all their World Cup 2026 stars available, including Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Aston Villa, as the reigning European champions, beat Barcelona 3-1 on aggregate and Freiburg 3-0 in last season's Europa League final. Three of Villa's new signings could make their debuts in this match, while Lucas Digne may line up for his new club PSG after joining the team recently.

To watch the match for free, viewers in Ireland can catch it on RTÉ 2, while Belgian broadcaster RTL Play and Turkish service TRT1 will also provide free coverage. For those traveling abroad, a VPN can be used to access the streams as if they were at home. In the USA, viewers can watch the match on CBS Sports Network or Paramount+, with subscriptions starting at $8.99/month and $13.99/month respectively.

In the UK, the Super Cup is exclusively live on TNT Sports 1, which can be added to Sky, Virgin Media, or EE TV packages, or accessed through HBO Max. In Canada, DAZN is showing the match, with a soccer package starting at CA$24.99/month.