UCL 2025-26: PSG vs Lens postponed to May 13 as LFP prioritises Champions League and UEFA coefficient push

Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain’s visit to second-placed Lens, ​set for April 11, has been postponed ‌to May 13 to allow it ​more time to prepare for its Champions League quarterfinal against Liverpool, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) said on Thursday.

Strasbourg’s ‌visit to Brest, scheduled for April 12, has also been ‌moved to May 13 to help ‌it prepare for the Europa Conference League last-eight clash with Mainz, the LFP said in a statement.

“These decisions are in line with ​the board of ‌directors’ clear strategic aim of enabling France to retain its fifth place in the UEFA coefficient rankings, which ‌secures four places in the UEFA ​Champions League,” the LFP said in a statement.

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PSG, the reigning European champions, hosts Liverpool three days before the Lens fixture and travels to ‌Anfield for the second leg on April 14.

PSG and Lens are separated by one point in Ligue 1, with PSG having a game in hand. Lens had earlier pushed back ‌against PSG’s request.

“It seems to us, in fact, ​that a worrying sentiment is taking hold: that of a French league gradually being relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of certain parties’ ‌European imperatives,” Lens said in a statement on Monday.

Published on Mar 26, 2026