Luis Enrique insisted that the status of Paris Saint-Germain as European champions did not change the way teams play against them against them.
PSG has taken maximum points of their first two games of the 2025-26 season and won back-to-back 1-0 respectively on Nantes and Angers.
They are one of the four sides on six points in this early phase of the campaign, with one of those teams, Toulouse, their opponents this weekend.
The side of Luis Enrique came in the new season with a reinforced status, after they have lifted their first Champions League crown with a 5-0 thrashing from Inter in May.
But the PSG boss believes that teams in Ligue 1 have always played in a similar way when they are confronted with the Parisiens, given their possession-based playing style.
“We are used to playing against teams that defend well against us. We have our own playing style, which means that our opponents often sit deep,” said Luis Enrique.
“We hope to win. That will clearly be our goal.
“I don’t know if Toulouse will play like that tomorrow, but I remember that last year we often had the feeling that we played against teams who defended a lot against us.
“I don’t think our status as European champions changed something. It was the case before. We are used to it and we are ready.”
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But Luis Enrique did not underestimate the threat that Toulouse will offer, with Carles Martinez Novell’s side impressive victories over Brest and Nice.
“I expect it is a difficult match, because it is always away from home. We expect them to sit deep and leave us very little space,” added Luis Enrique.
“They are on a good run and have won their first two games of the season. We have to win this game because we want to continue our way, which is going well.”
Players to watch
Toulouse – Yann Gboho
Since the start of last season, Yann Gboho has completed 60 dribbles for Toulouse in Ligue 1.
Only Moses Simon (68) has completed more over the same period, while he tried 19 in the first two match days of 2025-26-minsten eight more than any other player.
PSG – Fabian Ruiz
Fabian Ruiz has scored four goals in his last 10 games in all competitions with PSG, as much as in his previous 51 games.
In his last outing against Angers, the Spaniard took three shots with an individual expected goals (XG) of 0.36 and registered a Joint-Match-High 32 last third submissions, together with teammate Vitinha.
Match -Forecast: PSG -victory
PSG arrives at the De Toulouse stadium as favorites, who have scored in each of their last 11 away games in Ligue 1 (32 goals).
They have no longer had such a streak since January and September 2021 during their first 15-out matches in the top level under Mauricio Pochettino.
However, Toulouse himself has been quite competent, finding the net in 16 of their last 17 home games in Ligue 1, the exception on February 15, 2025, against PSG.
But Toulouse has only won two of their last 14 Ligue 1 home games against the title defender (2-0 against Montpellier in 2013, 2-0 against PSG in 2016-D5 L7), after winning the previous two (against Lyon in 2006-07 and then in 2007 -08).
The hosts also have a bad record against PSG, because they have won any of their last five home games against the Parisians in Ligue 1 (D1 L4) and can equate their longest Windless Streak at home to the Parisiens (6 between 2010 and 2016).
Opta wins probability
Toulouse – 15%
Drawing – 20%
PSG – 65%
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