Ahead of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal, Sports Mole picks out the best stats relating to the game.
Either Paris Saint-Germain or Arsenal will be just 90 minutes away from a first-ever Champions League title when the final whistle blows in Wednesday's semi-final second leg at the Parc des Princes.
Les Parisiens returned home last week with a priceless 1-0 lead at half time in the tie, as Ousmane Dembele delivered the killer blow at the Emirates before Mikel Merino had a second-half goal disallowed.
Luis Enrique's men are therefore firm favourites to advance to the final, where either Barcelona or Inter Milan will be waiting with stars in their eyes, and even though both Arsenal and PSG lost 2-1 at the weekend, the French champions made 10 changes while the Gunners went full strength to no avail.
Ahead of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg, Sports Mole picks out the best stats relating to the game.
Best PSG stats ahead of Arsenal second leg
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PSG have only been beaten in one of their previous 19 two-legged European ties when winning the first leg away from home, which came against Manchester United in the 2018-19 UCL last 16 (2-0 away win, 3-1 home loss).
Enrique's men have scored 14 goals across their last three Champions League home matches, netting seven against Brest, four against Manchester City and three against Aston Villa.
However, Les Parisiens have only won two of their last six matches in all tournaments and have already suffered two Champions League home losses this season, last losing more at the Parc des Princes in 2020-21.
PSG have also been beaten in all three of their Champions League semi-final games at home, losing to Borussia Dortmund in 2023-24, Manchester City in 2020-21 and AC Milan in 1994-95.
All in all, PSG are on a 13-game scoring sequence across all competitions, last drawing a blank at home to Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
If PSG prevail, they will become just the third French team to reach multiple European Cup finals after after Reims (1956, 1959) and Marseille (1991, 1993).
Les Parisiens have won seven of their previous 17 home games against English teams in Europe, drawing five and losing the other five.
PSG have won one and lost one of their previous two penalty shootouts in European competition, earning their first such victory over Liverpool in this season's last 16.
Against Strasbourg at the weekend, PSG became the first side in Europe's top five leagues to start four or more players born in 2006 or later: Warren Zaire-Emery, Senny Mayulu, Axel Tape and Ibrahim Mbaye.
With his goal in the first leg, Dembele equalled Kylian Mbappe's record for the most involvements for a PSG player in a single Champions League campaign (11).
Gianluigi Donnarumma made five saves in the first leg, a new record for a PSG goalkeeper in a Champions League knockout game without conceding.
Best Arsenal stats ahead of PSG second leg
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Arsenal are aiming to become just the third team to reach the Champions League final after losing the first leg of the semi-final at home after Ajax in 1996 (vs. Panathinaikos) and Tottenham Hotspur in 2019 (vs. Ajax).
However, the Gunners have been eliminated from each of their previous five knockout ties in Europe when losing the first leg on home turf, most recently to Barcelona in the 2015-16 UCL last 16.
Arsenal have lost their last two games away to French opponents (Lens in 2023 and Rennes in 2019) after going unbeaten in their first 13 European matches against Ligue 1 clubs on the road.
Arteta's side have lost their last two matches to PSG and Bournemouth; they last lost three in a row in all competitions between December 2023 and January 2024 (to West Ham United, Fulham and Liverpool).
Nevertheless, the Gunners are unbeaten in each of their last seven away fixtures in all tournaments and have lost just one of their last 17 on their travels, a 2-0 League Cup defeat to Newcastle United in February.
Arsenal have also won each of their last four Champions League away matches, scoring at least two goals each time but also failing to keep a clean sheet in any of them.
The Gunners have only shut out the opposition in one of their last 16 Champions League games on the road, a 0-0 draw with Atalanta BC in this season's league phase.
Arsenal have won three and lost three of their six penalty shootouts in UEFA competition, alternating between triumph and defeat every time; their last 12-yard battle saw them beat Porto in last year's last 16.
At the weekend, Arsenal failed to win a Premier League game in which they had led for the 10th time this season, a new unwanted club record. They have also lost 21 top-flight points from winning positions, equalling a club record.
However, Martin Odegaard has now registered an assist in three consecutive Premier League matches for the first time in his career.
In the first leg, Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest Englishman and Premier League player to appear in a Champions League semi-final at 18 years and 39 days, breaking the record set by teammate Myles Lewis-Skelly earlier that evening.
Best PSG-Arsenal head-to-head stats
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PSG's 1-0 win in the first leg was their first-ever competitive victory against the Gunners, having drawn three and lost two of their first five meetings in Europe.
Both of the previous games to be played between PSG and Arsenal in Paris ended 1-1, a 1993-94 Cup Winners' Cup semi-final first leg and 2016-17 Champions League group-stage clash.
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