🕟 Kick Off: 20:00 BST

📍 Location: Parc des Princes, Paris

📺 UK Broadcaster: TNT Sports

🙎🏻‍♂️ Referee: Felix Zwayer 🇩🇪

🔴 Arsenal Team News (subject to change after 19:00 following the press conference):

• Timber is a doubt after he missed the Bournemouth game.
• Jorginho will miss this game with a rib injury.
• Gabriel is out for the season following hamstring surgery.
• Calafiori is absent after picking up a knee injury in the international break.
• Havertz is making good progress on his recovery and may return before the end of the season.
• Jesus is in recovery following surgery on a torn ACL.
• Tomiyasu is recovering from surgery on his knee and is expected to be out for the rest of the calendar year.

⚽ Arsenal Form: 🟥🟥🟧🟩🟩

🥐 PSG Team News:

• Dembele has returned to full training following a hamstring issue. He is expected to be fit and available for the game.
• Kimpembe is absent with a foot injury.

⚽ PSG Form: 🟥🟩🟥🟧🟩

⚔️ Head-to-Head:

• Arsenal 0 –1 PSG (29th April 2025, Champions League)
• Arsenal 2 – 0 PSG (1st October 2024, Champions League)
• Arsenal 2 – 2 PSG (23rd November 2016, Champions League)
• PSG 1 – 1 Arsenal (13th September 2016, Champions League)

📖 Match Facts:

• In the 19/20 season PSG went to Old Trafford and beat Man Utd 2-0 in the first leg of the RO16, they would then go on to lose 1-3 at home to be knocked out.
• PSG have lost one game at home this season, and it was last week against Nice where PSG made 10 changes to their starting lineup.

🎲 Odds (Betway):

• PSG – 11/10
• Draw – 5/2
• Arsenal – 23/10

To Qualify:

• Arsenal – 7/2
• PSG – 1/5

✍🏼 Pre-Match Ramblings

Arsenal visit Paris to attempt to overcome a one goal deficit following a timid performance against PSG at home last week where an early goal from the visitors was the only thing separating the two sides. Arteta said after that game that it’s only half time, and he’s bang on the money. In any other game, a 1-0 deficit at half time would not be insurmountable – this game isn’t any different.

Thomas Partey returns to the midfielder after serving his suspension following a yellow card he picked up in fashion that still annoys me. Our midfield was non existed in the first leg with Rice and Merino being run ragged by the technical and tricky midfield of the Parisians. Hopefully the Ghanaian can calm things down and provide the stability we were missing at the Emirates.

Ousmane Dembele had a hamstring scare following the first leg but it has since been reliably reported that he is fully fit and ready to go for the second leg, so we won’t be getting off easy. Dembele and Kvaratskhelia caused us a lot of problems last week, so Dembele being fit is huge for the home side. The Georgian winger may find himself up against a different fullback in Ben White given that Jurrien Timber’s fitness is doubtful. This could be a positive for Arsenal given the on field chemistry between White, Odegaard, and Saka. Perhaps he is the key to getting Odegaard firing again?

A loss here means our season is as good as over. Nothing left to play for other than clinging on to a Top 5 position in a league table that is tightening up toward the UCL positions. We still have to face Champions Liverpool at Anfield and welcome Newcastle to the Emirates – losing both of those games is very possible, and maybe even likely when you consider our recent league form. If we do lose both of those games then our league position will be looking very dicey.