Kvara opens and an 18-year-old Mbaye seals it as PSG win at Lens to take a record fifth straight Ligue 1
A 29th-minute Kvaratskhelia finish and an Ibrahim Mbaye strike deep in stoppage time clinched a 2-0 win at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, sealing PSG’s 14th French title and a club-record fifth in a row.
May 14, 2026
Paris Saint-Germain sealed a fifth straight Ligue 1 title on Wednesday night with a 2-0 win at second-placed Lens, settling the championship with one match still to play.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring in the 29th minute, finishing after Ousmane Dembélé had intercepted a loose pass from Lens defender Malang Sarr. The second came deep into second-half stoppage time, when 18-year-old Ibrahim Mbaye took a pass from Désiré Doué and thumped it in off the crossbar. Lens had missed a string of chances of their own at the other end.
A new club record
The title is PSG’s 14th overall, the most by any French club. The fifth in a row is the more interesting number: the previous record of four consecutive Ligue 1 wins, set between 2012 and 2016, also belonged to PSG. The current side has now pushed past it.
Lens had needed a win to keep the race technically alive into the final fortnight. Pierre Sage’s side, with their coach named Ligue 1 Coach of the Season this week, will now turn their attention to securing European football for next season. The gap between the two clubs is nine points with one round left.
Budapest waits
The bigger date for Luis Enrique’s team is 30 May, when they meet Arsenal in the Champions League final at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest. PSG are defending the trophy they lifted last year, and a win would mean back-to-back domestic-and-European doubles. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are chasing a first ever Champions League.
The manager has not hidden where his focus is. In the run-up to the Lens match, Luis Enrique said he would rather stay home to study Arsenal than dwell on the title-clinching weekend.
One Ligue 1 match remains in the season. The bigger night is in two and a half weeks.