Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain head to Italy on Wednesday hoping to get their season off to an ideal start in the UEFA Super Cup.
Spurs will be playing the Super Cup for the first time thanks to their win over Manchester United in the Europa League final at the end of last season.
PSG come in as favourites after they lifted the Champions League in some style, thrashing Inter Milan to complete a brilliant treble.
The first official Super Cup was held in 1973 as Ajax hammered AC Milan 6-1 and the event has been held ever since.
Real Madrid have won it more than any other side (6), with Liverpool the most successful English team having triumphed four times.
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PSG have made it to the Super Cup just once before, losing 9-2 to Juventus over two legs in 1996.
It was a two-legged affair until 1997, with Chelsea winning the first one-legged Super Cup against Real Madrid in ’98.
When is the 2025 UEFA Super Cup?
The UEFA Super Cup will take place on Wednesday, August 13, with kick-off at 8pm UK time at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy.
It is the home of Serie A side Udinese, the stadium has a capacity of just 25,144.
There won’t be much time for Tottenham to recover after the game as the 2025/26 Premier League season gets underway just two days later. Spurs start their campaign at home to Burnley at 3pm on Saturday.
How to watch the UEFA Super Cup
The game is being shown live on TNT Sports and streamed on Discovery+, with coverage starting at 7pm on Wednesday.
What are the extra-time rules?
If the scores are level after 90 minutes, there is no extra-time so the clash will be decided on a penalty shootout.
Tottenham vs PSG team news
Spurs are dealing with a number of injury issues before the season gets underway, with the likes of Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Radu Dragusin, Bryan Gil and Kota Takai all out.
Dominic Solanke and Destiny Udogie have been struggling for fitness in pre-season but have been included in the Tottenham squad for the Super Cup, which suggests they are available to be involved, at least off the bench.
The Champions League winners’ squad is: ‘Chevalier, Safonov, Marin – Hakimi, Beraldo, Marquinhos, Hernandez, Nuno Mendes, Kamara, Pacho – Ruiz, Vitinha, Lee, Zaïre-Emery – Kvaratskhelia, Ramos, Dembélé, Doué, Barcola, Mbaye.
Who won the UEFA Super Cup last year?
The 2024 UEFA Super Cup was won by then Champions League holders Real Madrid, who beat Atalanta 2-0 in Warsaw.
The match was significant as it marked Kylian Mbappe’s debut for Los Blancos and the forward got off to the best possible start by finding the back of the net after Federico Valverde’s opener.