Coupe de France | Quarter-Finals

Feb 26, 2025 at 8.10pm UK

Stade Fred Aubert

Stade Briochin vs PSG

Match preview

PSG are overwhelming favourites to retain their Coupe de France title and anything less than a convincing win on Wednesday would be a major shock.

The Parisians are enjoying a dominant Ligue 1 campaign, remaining unbeaten after 23 games with 18 wins and five draws, and have a comfortable 13-point lead over Marseille.

Their most recent outing saw them beat Lyon 3-2 on Sunday to maintain their unbeaten record, while last week they showed their European dominance with a 7-0 thrashing of Brest to complete a 10-0 aggregate win and book their place in the Champions League last 16.

Aside from a close call in the Round of 64, where PSG needed penalties to overcome Lens, their Coupe de France campaign has gone smoothly, with a 4-2 win over Espaly in the Round of 32 and a 2-0 victory over third-tier Le Mans in the Round of 16.

PSG's squad depth has been crucial in this competition, allowing Luis Enrique to rotate his squad without compromising their impressive form, and the Parisians go into this clash on an eight-game winning streak in all competitions and will be expected to field a strong side.

Briochin, meanwhile, will be looking to slay another giant after eliminating Le Havre and Nice in the previous two rounds of the Coupe de France.

Their cup journey began with a 3-0 win over Paimpol, followed by a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Saint-Malo, before they stunned Ligue 1 side Le Havre with a 1-0 win in the Round of 64, and then pulled off an even bigger upset by beating Nice 2-1.

Guillaume Allanou's men were unbeaten in 10 matches prior to their triumph over Nice, but then suffered back-to-back defeats before getting back on track with a 6-2 win over Granville last Friday in time for this historic quarter-final.

This is the furthest Briochin have gone in the Coupe de France since 1966, when they reached the last 16 before being knocked out by Strasbourg - their most notable recent cup runs were in 2018-19 and 2019-20, when they reached the last 64.

Recent Performance

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Team News

Briochin's experienced defensive trio of Benjamin Angoua, Christophe Kerbrat and Hugo Boudin will have their hands full against PSG's potent attack.

Boudin, who scored both goals in the win over Nice, will once again be the hero in what is expected to be a different level of competition for the fourth-tier side.

Up front, Christian Konan and Stan Janno, both of whom have found the net in this competition, will lead the line.

PSG will be without Warren Zaire-Emery and Ibrahim Mbaye through injury, although both are expected to be fit by the end of the month.

Enrique is likely to make changes to the side that beat Lyon, with Goncalo Ramos, Matvey Safonov and Lee Kang-in all in contention to start.

Possible starting lineup

Stade Briochin possible starting lineup:

L'Hostis; Le Marer, Angoua, Kerbrat, Boudin, Diakite; Gomis-Maillard, Yobe, Zakharyan; Janno, Konan

Paris Saint-Germain possible starting lineup:

Safonov; Zague, Beraldo, Pacho, Hernandez; Mayulu, Ruiz, Lee; Kvaratskhelia, Ramos, Doue