Form and Line-up Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain have produced a phenomenal run in a tough half of the Champions League knockout bracket, knocking out Monaco (5:4 on aggregate), Chelsea (8:2), Liverpool (4:0) and Bayern Munich (6:5). In the away second leg against the Munich side (1:1), Paris Saint-Germain unexpectedly dropped into a low block. After Dembele’s early goal, Enrique’s team ceded the ball to Bayern Munich (final possession 34-66) and defended carefully – the home team conceded their only goal only in added time. After that match Paris Saint-Germain then kept two more clean sheets in Ligue 1.
Key numbers Paris Saint-Germain:
Enrique’s team have conceded only two goals in their last four matches.
Paris Saint-Germain are the only side not to have conceded 30+ goals in Ligue 1 (29).
Paris Saint-Germain have kept eight clean sheets in their last 14 matches.
Probable Paris Saint-Germain line-up (4-3-3): Matvei Safonov – Lucas Hernandez, Marquinhos, Willian Pacho, Warren Zaire-Emery – Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Joao Neves – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue
Absentees: Quentin Njantou, Nuno Mendes, Lucas Chevalier, Achraf Hakimi (all – injury)
Form and Line-up Arsenal
Unlike the Paris side, the London club did not slip up in the league phase of the Champions League. There Arsenal became the first team to collect the maximum number of points in the new format, and in the knockout rounds the visitors had no problems against Bayer Leverkusen (2:1 on aggregate), Sporting (1:0) and Atletico Madrid (2:1). All those matches went under 2.5 goals and were full of chances, but it is in this kind of game that Arteta’s team manage to succeed. Arsenal go into the Champions League final on a five-match winning streak, having conceded just one goal in that run.
Key numbers Arsenal:
The Londoners have won 11 of their 14 matches in this season’s Champions League campaign.
Arsenal have conceded only six goals in 14 Champions League matches – four in the league phase and two in the knockout rounds.
Arsenal are by some distance the best team in the Premier League for xGA (33.13) and actual goals conceded (25).
Probable Arsenal line-up (4-3-3): David Raya – Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Myles Lewis-Skelly – Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard – Eberechi Eze, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka
Absentees: Mikel Merino, Jurrien Timber, Ben White (all – injury)
