Aston Villa
Ladbrokes looks at the odds for the 2026 Super Cup between Aston Villa and PSG, taking place on August 12.
PSG, the reigning Champions League winners, are tipped to do what they did last year and easily beat the Europa League winners in the Super Cup.
However, with several PSG players set to arrive late to pre-season due to the World Cup, could Villa provide a shock upset?

Taking place over a week before the Premier League season kicks off, Ladbrokes looks at the odds for the 2026 Super Cup between PSG and Aston Villa.
Taking place just 24 days after the World Cup final, the Europa League and Champions League winners prepare to share the field at the Red Bull Arena in Salzburg in European football's traditional curtain-raiser.
It's PSG who are tipped to win, perhaps unsurprisingly, considering the insane talent they have across the pitch. However, for a variety of factors, this game might not be as easy to predict as it first appears.
As noted, the odds are very much in PSG's favour when it comes to the Super Cup 2026 odds, with the French outfit being given more than a 73% chance of lifting the trophy by the time the full-time whistle blows.
PSG's assumed probability of winning drops to 60% when looking at the game ending in 90 minutes, so it's clear that the bookies don't particularly fancy Aston Villa here.
However, with an assumed probability of 20% of winning within 90 minutes and just shy of 35% of lifting the trophy, could betting on Aston Villa present decent value here?
It's worth looking at the context heading into the game, as well as PSG's 2025 Super Cup match against Tottenham here, as both suggest Villa could be worth a punt for the 2026 iteration.
The first factor to consider is the 2026 World Cup, with France and Spain playing their final matches on July 18 and July 19 respectively, less than four weeks before the Super Cup takes place.
A recent article from the BBC looked at the World Cup's impact on club football, where it was explained that players must be given 21 days off during the off-season.
Fifa has mandated three weeks off for players during the off-season.
That means that the likes of Desire Doue, Fabian Ruiz, Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola from PSG will only be starting their pre-season training on August 8 or 9, just a few days before the Super Cup match.
Aston Villa do have players that this will impact too, such as Ollie Watkins, Emi Martinez and Ezri Konsa, but several of their regular starters either didn't go to the World Cup, or saw their nation knocked out in the earlier stages, meaning they'll be able to start pre-season earlier.
We should also look at the 2025 Super Cup between Tottenham and PSG, where Spurs raced into a 2-0 lead, before goals from Kang-in Lee and Goncalo Ramos, both scored after the 85th minute, sent the game to penalties.
PSG do tend to start seasons off in a slower fashion, as evidenced by their Champions League results over the last two seasons, before clicking into gear as teams across Europe begin to tire by the end of the campaign.
That means that a fresher Aston Villa have the opportunity to catch a slightly underprepared and off-colour PSG side by surprise and score a shock win.
It's worth noting that PSG are the favourites for a reason, given their strength in depth and quality across the pitch, but the factors discussed in this article, as well as their price, suggest betting on Villa to lift the trophy could be worth a punt here.
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All odds and market details are accurate as of the time of publication.