Eleven. That is the number Paris Saint-Germain carry into the November international break after a 1-0 win over Troyes at the Parc des Princes on Saturday night. In this PSG Troyes encounter, a first-half header from Illia Zabarnyi proved enough, and Luis Enrique’s side now head into the pause top of Ligue 1, relentless in results if not quite in style.
It was not a night for fireworks. The champions of Europe dominated the ball, circled the Troyes box for long spells and created chance after chance, yet the scoreboard moved only once. Sometimes the best teams win on their quieter evenings, and this was one of them.
Zabarnyi’s header and a night of near misses
The breakthrough arrived just before half-time, from a set piece. Senny Mayulu, one of the young names of this PSG season, delivered a cross from a corner routine and Zabarnyi rose at the far post to head it in. For the Ukrainian centre-back, a defender more used to stopping goals than scoring them, it was a moment to savour in front of the Parisian crowd.
The rest of the evening was a lesson in patience. Ferran Torres had the clearest opportunities to double the lead, including a one-on-one before the interval, according to Foot Mercato, while beIN Sports counted eight big chances for the hosts. Troyes, disciplined and stubborn, believed until late: beIN Sports reports that a late goal from the visitors was ruled out for offside.
Luis Enrique also managed without two familiar faces. Achraf Hakimi, whose recent hat-trick we covered in our preview of the Villarreal test, was rested, and Maghnes Akliouche was unavailable through injury.
A PSG winning streak not seen since 2016
Saturday’s win was PSG’s eleventh in a row in all competitions. According to beIN Sports, it is the club’s longest run since the sixteen consecutive victories of the 2015–16 season. The spell includes a remarkable night in Spain on 3 November, when Paris won 6-0 at Villarreal in the Champions League and led 4-0 after just seventeen minutes, with João Neves, Désiré Doué, Mayulu and Fabián Ruiz all on target early.
There is a symbolic detail too. PSG have won every single match between the October and November international breaks, something the club had never managed before. Luis Enrique did not hide his satisfaction.
“Winning this match was special, as it always is when we play at the Parc des Princes.” — Luis Enrique
In the table, Paris sit first with 23 points from ten matches. Lille follow on 21, Paris FC are third on 20, and Marseille complete the top four on 18. The capital now has two clubs in the top three, a detail that gives the title race a distinctly Parisian flavour. Two points is hardly a cushion, but it is a lead built on consistency rather than luck.
After the break: Nice, then Roma at the Parc
The club’s internationals now scatter across Europe and beyond for a fortnight. When they return, the calendar sharpens quickly. PSG travel to the Allianz Riviera to face Nice on Saturday 21 November, before welcoming AS Roma to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday 25 November for the fifth matchday of the Champions League league phase.
Those two fixtures will say more about this team than a narrow win over Troyes. The question for Luis Enrique is simple: can Paris turn domination into goals again, as they did in Villarreal, rather than living on a single header? Eleven straight wins suggest the answer is usually yes. A trip to the Riviera and a European night under the Parc lights, four days apart, will tell us how far this run can go — and whether the Parisian winter belongs, once again, to Paris.
Sources
- beIN Sports — 7 November 2026
- Foot Mercato — 7 November 2026
- GOAL — 7 November 2026
- FotMob — 7 November 2026
- VAVEL — 7 November 2026
- Footeo — 8 November 2026
- Sports Infos — 8 November 2026
- PSG.fr — 3 November 2026
- The Irish News (PA) — 3 November 2026
- Sortiraparis — Nice vs PSG — 3 November 2026
- Sortiraparis — PSG vs AS Roma — 4 November 2026
Cover photo: Photo: Валерий Дед — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
