Comments and predictions for Arsenal vs PSG: Gunners deliver the finishing blow

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Arsenal's Thomas Partey was rightly reprimanded by Declan Rice at the Bernabeu as he picked up an unnecessary yellow card that will see him suspended for the upcoming first leg.

Partey’s punishment is made more severe by the fact that Jorginho – the only back-up option at number six – is likely to miss the rest of the season with a chest injury, forcing Rice to drop deeper and play on the left-hand side for Mikel Merino.

It depends on whether Merino recovers from an unspecified injury, but he is likely to be in the squad, as is Ben White (knee).

However, Riccardo Calafiori is a major concern with a knee injury, while Gabriel (hamstring), Kai Havertz (hamstring), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), Gabriel Jesus (anterior cruciate ligament) and Jorginho (chest) are all certain to miss out.

On the other hand, PSG has almost no problems with their squad. Luis Enrique is likely to have his strongest squad when traveling to Emirates.

The former Barcelona coach did not hesitate to field his strongest team against Nice and most of that line-up will continue, despite the disappointing results. Bradley Barcola is pressing to take Desire Doue's place.

Ousmane Dembele has had a fine season, having been directly involved in 44 goals in 44 games – 32 goals and 12 assists – but his form has dipped as he has gone six consecutive games without a goal in Ligue 1 and the Champions League.

Latest expected lineup for Arsenal vs PSG

Arsenal:
Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Paris Saint-Germain:
Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Ruiz, Vitinha, Neves; Barcola, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

Latest football commentary on Arsenal vs PSG

As Real Madrid fans optimistically dream of a miraculous comeback, Arteta's Arsenal have just one goal: to overwhelm Carlo Ancelotti's men at home and end Los Blancos' latest reign of European dominance.

The Gunners did just that, and more, with a 3-0 home win in the first leg of the quarter-finals, and followed it up with an equally impressive 2-1 win at the Bernabeu, which sealed a 5-1 aggregate victory – an almost unbelievable result against the most successful team in the competition’s history. And deservedly so.

Without a true striker and without Gabriel Magalhaes at set-pieces, Arsenal went into the battle with Real Madrid as underdogs. But they overcame all the odds to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the third time in their history, and the first since 2009.

They lost to Manchester United then, three years later to Barcelona in the final. Arsenal have a 50% success rate in previous Champions League semi-finals, and no one can deny their status as favourites this season.

Arteta is leading the team on an eight-match unbeaten run in the 2024-25 Champions League – their longest run since the 2005-06 season with 12 games – while Arsenal are also on a 12-match unbeaten run in all competitions, winning six and drawing six.

However, their habit of throwing away leads cost them again when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Wednesday – a result that moved Liverpool within touching distance of the title – and in total, they have drawn nine games when leading this season, more than any other team.

PSG need to exploit those weaknesses if they do not want to share the same fate as Real Madrid. But Luis Enrique's team has proven its mettle by successively overcoming two Premier League representatives, Arne Slot's Liverpool and Unai Emery's Aston Villa.

Despite a 2-3 defeat in the second leg against Villa – a defeat that did not affect their qualification – PSG showed that they are not completely invincible.

Considering their recent Ligue 1 form, the defeat at Villa Park seems to have dealt a heavy blow to Les Parisiens. In their three domestic games since then, they have beaten Le Havre 2-1, drawn 1-1 with Nantes and lost at home to Nice on Friday night.

However, with the Ligue 1 title already firmly in hand, PSG can focus all their efforts on the Champions League. With a 1-1 draw against Nantes on April 22, PSG extended their away scoring streak to 18 consecutive matches in all competitions.

However, PSG's attack was powerless against Arsenal in a 0-2 loss at Emirates on October 1, extending a streak of 5 games without a win against the Gunners since their first meeting.

In fact, PSG have never faced a team in Europe so many times without winning a single game as they did against Arsenal. The Gunners will need to replicate their form against Real Madrid if they are to qualify for the final against Barcelona or Inter Milan on May 31.

Latest Arsenal vs PSG score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Arsenal vs PSGas follows:

• Sportsmole:Arsenal 2-0 PSG

• WhoScore:Arsenal 2-1 PSG
• Our newspaper predicts:Arsenal 2-1 PSG

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