Both clubs will receive the same quota of tickets, which are distributed to season ticket holders and through each club's ticket sales at a later date. The stadium has a capacity of 81,338 spectators. The Coupe de la Ligue final has been played every year at the Stade de France since 1998, following the stadium's completion. It's fair enough to say Paris St-Germain's build-up to the French League Cup final hasn't been ideal." Ticketing A BBC preview to the match said, "Champions League heartbreak, losing your best player through injury and then being beaten by tonight's opponents in your last game. First-choice goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu was rested for PSG, with Nicolas Douchez starting instead. As a result, Edinson Cavani moved to centre-forward. PSG were disadvantaged by the loss through injury of Ligue 1 top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was injured in their Champions League victory over Chelsea on 2 April. I'm not worried that we'll relax after our win. They are two competitions with different ingredients. We were at home and on Saturday we're away from home. However, Lyon manager Rémi Garde, said "The two matches shouldn't be compared. The two teams met in the league six days before the final, Lyon winning 1–0 at home through Jordan Ferri to inflict only PSG's second league defeat of the season and prevent them from possibly winning the title on that day.
PSG manager Laurent Blanc had won the 2009 final with Bordeaux. Their one defeat in a final had been in 2000, losing to second-tier Gueugnon. In their four previous finals, Paris Saint-Germain had won three: the inaugural final in 1995 against Bastia, in 1998 against Bordeaux in a penalty shootout, and a 2-1 win over Lens in 2008. In Lyon's three other finals appearances, the club finished runner-up in 1996, 20 to Metz, Bordeaux and Marseille respectively. The Rhône-Alpes-based club won its only league cup title in 2001 defeating Monaco 2–1 after extra time. Lyon appeared in its fifth final of the Coupe de la Ligue.