Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain facts

Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain will both be looking to take a step towards their second UEFA Champions League final as they meet in north London for the second time this season in the first leg of their semi-final.

The Gunners were 2-0 winners at home to Paris on Matchday 2 and come into this tie having eliminated holders Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals. Paris, meanwhile, face a third successive tie against Premier League opponents, beating Liverpool and Aston Villa already in the knockout rounds.

Both clubs are bidding to win the European Cup for the first time. Arsenal's sole final appearance ended in a 2-1 defeat by Barcelona at the Stade de France in 2006 while Paris reached their first final in 2020 only to lose 1-0 to Bayern München in Lisbon.

Previous meetings

Matches 5
Arsenal wins 2
Paris wins 0
Draws 3
Arsenal goals 7
Paris goals 4

2024/25 Champions League league phase
Arsenal 2-0 Paris
First-half goals from Kai Havertz (20) and Bukayo Saka (35) gave Arsenal a home win, João Neves's shot deflected onto the crossbar by David Raya in the second half.

2016/17 Champions League group stage
Paris 1-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 2-2 Paris
At the Parc des Princes on Matchday 1, Alexis Sánchez equalised for the visitors after Edinson Cavani had scored just 44 seconds in. Marco Verratti and Olivier Giroud were sent off in added time.

Cavani gave Unai Emery's Paris an 18th-minute lead at the Arsenal Stadium on Matchday 5, but Giroud's penalty (45+1) and a Verratti own goal (60) put Arsène Wenger's Gunners in front, only for another own goal, from Alex Iwobi with 13 minutes left, to ensure it finished level again.

1993/94 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals
Paris 1-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 1-0 Paris
A draw in the French capital, in which Ian Wright's first-half goal for an Arsenal side managed by George Graham was cancelled out by David Ginola for Artur Jorge's Paris, set the Gunners up for their aggregate victory, secured by Kevin Campbell's seventh-minute winner in London. Arsenal went on to beat Parma 1-0 in the final.

Form guide

Arsenal

Record vs French clubs: W17 D8 L5 F49 A24
Home record vs French clubs: W9 D4 L3

Arsenal were 3-0 winners at home to Monaco on Matchday 6 to make it three successive victories against French clubs, all at home, with 11 goals scored and none conceded.

A 1-3 defeat by Monaco in 2015 is Arsenal's only loss in their last nine home games against French clubs (W6 D2). They have won the last four, scoring 14 goals without conceding.

The north London club were 3-0 winners at home to Rennes in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg, completing a 4-3 aggregate victory in what was their last knockout tie against Ligue 1 opponents.

That gave Arsenal the record W5 D1 in two-legged knockout ties against French clubs – the exception in the sole previous Champions League tie, an away goals loss to Monaco in the 2014/15 round of 16 (1-3 h, 2-0 a).

This is Arsenal's third European Cup semi-final. They beat Villarreal 1-0 on aggregate in 2005/06 (1-0 h, 0-0 a) but lost 1-4 against Manchester United three seasons later (0-1 a, 1-3 h).

Arsenal would become the sixth English club to reach multiple European Cup finals if they beat Paris.

Having not featured in the Champions League proper between 2016/17 and 2023/24, Arsenal are making their second successive appearance.

Last season Mikel Arteta's side finished first in Group B and then edged past Porto on penalties – their first round of 16 success since 2009/10, also against the Portuguese side – but lost to Bayern in the quarter-finals (2-2 h, 0-1 a).

Third in this season's league phase, Arsenal eased past PSV Eindhoven in the round of 16 (7-1 a, 2-2 h) before ending Madrid's trophy defence (3-0 h, 2-1 a).

Arsenal have won 16 of their last 21 home European matches, losing only one, and have five wins in six this season (D1), keeping clean sheets in every victory.

Paris

Record vs English clubs: W11 D9 L15 F46 A51
Away record vs English clubs: W4 D4 L10

This is Paris' seventh game against an English club this season, and a fifth in succession. Beaten 1-0 at home by Liverpool in the round of 16 first leg, they won by the same scoreline at Anfield and ultimately went through 4-1 on penalties. They then ousted Aston Villa 5-4 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, winning 3-1 at home and going through despite a 2-3 away defeat in which they let slip a two-goal lead.

The last-16 meeting with Liverpool was Paris' first knockout tie against a team from England since losing 1-4 on aggregate to Manchester City in the 2020/21 semi-finals – a third successive two-legged loss. Their overall record is now W5 L5.

The first-leg victory against Villa was one of only four in Paris' last 12 matches against English clubs although their third in five; prior to victory at Liverpool they also came from two goals down to beat Manchester City 4-2 at the Parc des Princes on Matchday 7. That 12-game run also features seven defeats, including at Arsenal on Matchday 2.

The win at home to Villa is one of just seven in Paris' last 22 matches against English sides, home and away (D4 L11); they have lost five of their last six games in England, the exception their victory at Anfield.

This is Paris's fifth European Cup semi-final (W1 L3) and a fourth in six seasons. In 2023/24, they lost 0-1 both away and at home against Borussia Dortmund.

Paris have lost six of their seven semi-final matches, the sole success a 3-0 defeat of Leipzig in a one-off tie in Lisbon in August 2020 in which Marquinhos scored their opening goal.

In 2019/20 Paris became the fifth French team to reach the European Cup final, after Reims (1956, 1959), St-Étienne (1976), Marseille (1991, 1993) and Monaco (2004). Of those, only Marseille, in the inaugural Champions League final in 1993, lifted the trophy.

The Parisians would therefore become the third Ligue 1 club to reach multiple finals if they overcome Arsenal.

Fifteenth in this season's league phase, Paris were 10-0 aggregate winners against fellow French side Brest in the knockout phase play-offs before beating Liverpool and Aston Villa.

The Parisians have won 22 of their last 46 European matches (D8 L16), including seven of the last nine (L2). Paris have been victorious in 18 of their last 39 away Champions League fixtures (D6 L15) including four in a row before losing at Villa in the quarter-final second leg.

Links and trivia

Arteta scored five goals in 53 appearances for Paris between 2001 and 2002 during an 18-month loan from Barcelona.

Have played together:
Neto & Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona 2019–22)
Mikel Merino & Ousmane Dembélé (Borussia Dortmund 2016/17)
Martin Ødegaard & Marco Asensio (Real Madrid 2016–21)
Martin Ødegaard & Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid 2015–17)
Thomas Partey & Lucas Hernández (Atlético de Madrid 2012–19)

Have played in France:
William Saliba (St-Étienne 2016–20, Nice 2021 loan, Marseille 2021/22 loan)
Gabriel (Troyes 2017/18, LOSC Lille 2018–20)

Has played in England:
Vitinha (Wolverhampton Wanders 2020/21)

International team-mates:
Jorginho, Riccardo Calafiori & Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy)
Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel & Marquinhos, Lucas Beraldo (Brazil) Mikel Merino, David Raya & Fábian Ruiz, Marco Asensio (Spain)
William Saliba & Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Lucas Hernandez, Ousmane Dembélé (France)

Latest news

Arsenal

The Gunners were without a game at the weekend.

Arsenal are unbeaten in 12 games in all competitions (W6 D6).

A 0-1 home defeat by West Ham on 22 February is Arsenal's sole loss in 24 Premier League matches (W13 D10), since losing by the same scoreline at Newcastle on 2 November, although they have taken only 14 points from their last nine matches (W3 D5 L1).

Mikel Arteta's side have scored two or more goals in four of their last five matches in all competitions.

Jakub Kiwior's opening goal in a 2-2 home draw against Crystal Palace on 23 April was Arsenal's 38th from a set piece in the last two Premier League campaigns – six more than any other side.

The Londoners have drawn 13 league matches this season, letting slip a lead in nine of them.

Ben White (knee) and Mikel Merino both missed the draw against Palace.

Gabriel is not expected to play again this season after suffering a hamstring injury that requires surgery in 2-1 victory against Fulham on 1 April.

Riccardo Calafiori has missed the last seven matches after suffering a knee injury in training during the March international break.

On 12 February Arsenal confirmed Kai Havertz is expected to miss the rest of the season after suffering a hamstring injury in training.

Gabriel Jesus is also facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after damaging the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the FA Cup defeat by Manchester United on 12 January.

Takehiro Tomiyasu has been out since 5 October due to a knee injury.

Paris

Paris suffered their first league defeat of the season on Friday, going down 1-3 at home to Nice.

The Parisians had been unbeaten in Ligue 1 in their first 30 matches this season (W24 D6), two short of Nantes' record for a single season set in 1994/95.

Paris have lost two of their last four matches in all competitions (W1 D1), as many defeats as in their previous 33 fixtures (W27 D4).

The French champions conceded a late equaliser to draw 1-1 at Nantes on 22 April.

That made it 39 away Ligue 1 games without defeat (W30 D9), the longest unbeaten run away from home in the history of Europe's top five leagues, beating the mark of 38 set by AC Milan between 1991 and 1993.

Désiré Doué has six goals in his last eight Paris appearances. The 19-year-old has six goals and six assists in Ligue 1 this season.

The French Cup holders will play Reims in this season's final on 24 May.

Ousmane Dembélé has 24 goals in 24 Paris appearances in 2025 and 21 Ligue 1 goals this season, having managed three in 2023/24. He has scored 32 in all competitions in 2024/25 (including French Super Cup goal); his previous best was 14 for Barcelona in 2018/19.

Against Nantes, Dembélé failed to score in the league as a starter for the first time since 22 November, and also drew a blank on Friday.