Published On 5/24/2026
Next Saturday, the eyes of football fans around the world will turn to the Puskas Arena in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, which will host the final match of the current edition of the Champions League competition, between defending champion Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal.
In a historic precedent, the match will start at 18:00 Central European Time, 19:00 Mecca and Doha time, after everyone had become accustomed to watching this match three hours late.
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The final of the current edition is the first ever between the two teams in a final match in various European championships on the Old Continent, according to data from the famous Transfermarkt website.
History of Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal confrontations
But the most important match between the two teams will be the seventh in history, as they have previously faced each other 6 times in two different tournaments.
No team has an advantage over the other, given that each of them won two matches, while the result was tied on 3 occasions.
The first confrontation between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal dates back to approximately the mid-nineties of the last century, when they met in the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners’ Cup, which began in 1960 and was canceled in 1999 to merge it with the European Union Cup, the old name of the European League.
Arsenal was able to reach the final in that edition by winning 2-1 on aggregate in the two-legged matches, before continuing its path to the title successfully with its victory in the final scene over the Italian club Parma with an unanswered goal.
The two teams waited 22 years before the confrontation between them was renewed again, this time in the most glorious European championships, where the group stage draw for the 2016-2017 season placed them together in the first group.
Neither team was able to achieve victory in the two matches held for the first and fifth rounds.
The confrontation between the two teams was renewed in the updated version of the Champions League, which began in the 2024-2025 season by holding the first round in a league system instead of groups.
Arsenal defeated Saint-Germain in the league stage, before the Parisian giant rose up on the most important date to achieve its two historic victories over the Gunners, when they met in the semi-finals.
Arsenal has a very slight advantage in terms of goals scored, as the Gunners scored 8 goals compared to only 7 for the French capital team.
Results of all Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain matches
- Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Arsenal (1993-1994 European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final, first leg).
- Arsenal 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain (second leg of the 1993-1994 European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final).
- Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Arsenal (first round of the 2016-2017 Champions League group stage).
- Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint-Germain (fifth round of the 2016-2017 Champions League group stage).
- Arsenal 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain (second round of the UEFA Champions League 2024-2025).
- Arsenal 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain (Champions League semi-finals 2024-2025, first leg).
- Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Arsenal (2024-2025 Champions League semi-final, second leg).
