Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) decide this Saturday (30), at 1pm (Brasília time), the grand final of the UEFA Champions League. The match will take place at Puskás Aréna, Hungary’s main football stadium, located in the capital, Budapest.
O PSG is the current championhaving won the competition last year, when he won his first and historic title of the tournament in 5-0 thrashing of Inter Milan. O Arsenal haven’t lifted the cup yet most important for European clubs, having only reached the final in 2006.
The UEFA Champions League is divided into three phases. The league stage unites all 36 participating clubs in a single table, in which each one plays 8 matches in search of classification. You 8 best classifieds advance directly to the third phase, and the second, of play-offs, is contested by the teams from 9th to 24th placement, which continue in a round-trip knockout stage, to find the last 8 places.
Os 16 classifieds are divided into 4 keys in the third phase, qualifierswith round-trip knockout matches. The 8 best placed in the first phase face the 8 that qualified in the play-offs for a place in the quarterfinals. Until the semi-final there are two games and the grand final is played in a single match, which this year will be decided between Arsenal and PSG.
Campaign so far
Paris Saint-Germain
Oh PSG was not one of the clubs with direct classificationneeding to overcome Monaco in the play-offs, with a narrow victory 5 x 4 in the sum of matches. The French club reached the grand final after beat Bayern Munich in the first leg and draw in the return. THE first clash totaled 9 goalswith a 5-4 French victory over the Germans. The second ended in a draw with one goal for each side, guaranteeing PSG’s place with 6 x 5 on aggregate.
Nas quarter finalsParis had two consecutive victories, for 2 x 0 against Liverpoolending with 4 x 0 in the aggregate result. To the round of 16 were also won in a French rout against an English club, with the PSG registering 8 x 2 in the two matches against Chelsea. The first victory was 5 x 2 and the second, 3 x 0.
PSG reaches the grand final with 16 games played in the competition, with ten wins, four draws and two defeats. The team scored a total of 44 goals, an average of 2.75 per matchand conceded 22, totaling 1.38 per game. The club’s top scorer in this edition of the Champions League is Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, with 10 goalstying for third place in scorers.
Arsenal
The English club will try for the second time to win the cup of the Champions League, the first was in 2006, when they lost to Barcelona 2 x 1. In the 2026 edition, Arsenal reached the place in the grand final, surpassing Atlético de Madrid in the semi with a narrow victory only in the second leg by 1 x 0. The first game of the pair ended in a draw by 1 x 1.
On Wednesdays, the Arsenal beat Sporting Clube also with only one goal difference, in the first match, which they won 1 x 0, the return game ended goalless between the English and Portuguese clubs. The passage of round of 16 was won against Bayer Leverkusenwhen Arsenal drew the first game with a goal each, but won the second 2-0.
Arsenal’s Champions League campaign so far has spanned 14 games, totaling 11 wins, three draws and no defeat. The English club scored 29 goals, totaling 2.08 per match. The team’s nets only scored six times throughout the championship, with one average of 0.43 goals conceded per match. The person who scored the most for Arsenal was Brazilian Gabriel Martinelliwho, with six goals, is tied for 10th place among scorers.
Where to watch
The Champions League final between Arsenal and PSG will be broadcast on SBT (open TV), TNT (closed TV) and HBO MAX (streaming). The title decision starts at 1pm this Saturday.
