The PSG scoreline at Coubertin said plenty on Wednesday night: 46-35, a second straight Champions League win, and another reminder that Stefan Madsen’s team is still handling this season with control. It was not the tightest of tests, but it was exactly the kind of result that matters in a group where every point shapes the road to the main round.
PSG now have five points and remain first in the group, which leaves them in a strong position to secure one of the two tickets for the next stage. The bigger picture is just as encouraging. After two victories and one draw across the season so far, PSG are still unbeaten, and this was their five journées with the kind of authority that suggests the team is settling into a reliable rhythm.
A strong response after a harder test
Three weeks earlier, PSG had to work much harder against RK Zagreb in Ligue des champions. That context matters, because it shows this was not simply a case of one heavy favorite rolling through a weaker opponent. Celje had been away from this competition for two years, but PSG still had to impose themselves again, and they did so with a clearer edge in both pace and scoring efficiency.
The numbers underline that control. PSG reached 46 goals, while Celje finished on 35, a gap of 11 that reflected more than just a hot shooting night. Paris produced the better overall attacking rhythm and made the match look increasingly comfortable as it wore on. In a competition like this, that combination of volume and separation is usually a good sign.
There were standout scorers as well, with Bjarki Elisson, Elohim Prandi and Noah Gaudin all mentioned in the match context. That spread of scoring matters because it hints at depth rather than dependence. Teams that can lean on more than one source of danger tend to survive the longer demands of the Champions League better than those built around a single finishing run.
What it means next
PSG will face Celje again next week, this time on Celje’s court in Slovenia. That return meeting gives Paris a chance to build on this result and tighten their grip on the group. The task is straightforward enough: keep the unbeaten run alive, keep the scoring pressure high and turn a strong start into the kind of standing that removes doubt before the main round arrives.
For now, the message is simple. PSG did not just win. They won with enough clarity to make the group table look favorable and enough attacking depth to suggest this is a team with momentum rather than just form.
