How to watch Monaco vs PSG: Free streams, TV coverage for first leg of all-French Champions League play-off tie

Watch Monaco vs Paris Saint-Germain today as the European champions continue their title defence against familiar opponents, with all the details on live streaming and TV coverage right here in this guide.

Of the eight potential paths to the Champions League final in Budapest, Monaco and reigning champions PSG are perhaps at the beginning of the spiciest.

Barcelona or Chelsea will be waiting for the winner in the round of 16, followed possibly by English opposition again in the quarter-finals. Titanic ties are on the way.

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How to watch Monaco vs PSG for free

Monaco vs PSG will be live streamed for free with English commentary in Ireland on Virgin Media Play.

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In Ireland, Virgin Media Play will show four Champions League games a week with English commentary, including Monaco vs PSG. All you need is a simple account and you'll be good to go — no subscription required.

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How to watch Monaco vs PSG in the UK

Monaco vs PSG will be shown live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK and subscribers can also stream the game on the Discovery+ platform.

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TNT Sports is the home of European football in the UK, with almost every Champions League and Europa League live stream. You can add TNT Sports to your TV package or watch through the Discovery+ streaming platform for £30.99 a month.

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Watch Monaco vs PSG in the US

Monaco vs PSG will be available for streaming in the United States on Paramount+.

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How to watch Monaco vs PSG in Australia

Fans in Australia can watch Monaco vs PSG live through Stan Sport.

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Monaco vs PSG: Preview

Of course, there's plenty of excitement to be had simply by pitting Ligue 1 rivals against one another as early as the knock-out round.

European champions PSG are on the march in the title race as usual but Monaco are entrenched in mid-table, a far cry from last season's third-placed finish that took them into Europe's premier club competition.

This fixture has already been played at Stade Louis-II this season and resulted in a 1-0 win for Monaco courtesy of a goal from Takumi Minamino, a Champions League finalist and Premier League winner with Liverpool.

PSG scored four times in both league fixtures against Monaco last season. Even if those six points were swapped over, the treble winners would have won the league by 11 points.

PSG met French opposition at this stage last season, beating Brest by an aggregate score of 10-0 on their way to a maiden European title.

They'll need to take the long way round again in 2025-26 after finishing 13th in the league phase. Luis Enrique's team beat Atalanta, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen and Tottenham Hotspur but lost to Bayern Munich and Sporting CP.

Only three teams scored more league phase goals than the Parisians, all finishing in the top five of the monolithic megatable to book automatic places in the round of 16.

That goalscoring ability could be key in Monaco, where PSG will be desperate to crack the tie open and take a lead back to the Parc des Princes ahead of the second leg.

Team News

Monaco XI: Köhn; Vanderson, Faes, Zakaria, Caio Henrique; Camara, Teze; Adingra, Golovin, Akliouche; Balogun

PSG XI: Safonov; Nuno Mendes, Pacho, Marquinhos, Hakimi; Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, João Neves; Barcola, Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia.

FourFourTwo's prediction

Monaco 1-3 PSG

FourFourTwo is predicting that PSG will repeat their pattern from last season, with the knock-out stage starting in emphatic fashion against domestic rivals.