PSG vs. Arsenal starting lineups confirmed as Jurrien Timber, Achraf Hakimi, Myles Lewis-Skelly decisions made

Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal person announced their starting lineups for Saturday's Champions League last astatine the Puskas Arena.

On Friday evening, Gunners brag Mikel Arteta told the property that Jurrien Timber would beryllium acceptable to commencement successful Budapest, contempt spending 2 months connected the sidelines with a superior groin injury.

However, contempt Arteta's affirmative wounded update, Timber has lone been named among the substitutes, truthful Cristhian Mosquera volition enactment up astatine right-back for the Gunners against Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Mosquera for the absent Ben White is 1 of 4 changes that Arteta has made to the starting lineup from the semi-final second-leg triumph implicit Atletico Madrid, arsenic Piero Hincapie is besides preferred to Riccardo Calafiori astatine left-back.

Meanwhile, Martin Odegaard has won his spot backmost successful midfield from Eberechi Eze, but Myles Lewis-Skelly has been retained alongside Declan Rice, arsenic Martin Zubimendi settles for a spot connected the bench.

Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard volition besides reprise their roles retired wide, but Kai Havertz has been fixed the motion implicit Viktor Gyokeres successful the fig 9 position.

Teenager Max Dowman is connected the seat for Arsenal, whose opponents person made conscionable the 1 alteration from their semi-final second-leg clash with Bayern Munich.

PSG vs. Arsenal: Achraf Hakimi starts for Champions League holders

Right-back Achraf Hakimi has been declared to acceptable to commencement for the European champions, a fewer weeks connected from suffering a mean hamstring wounded successful the 5-4 first-leg thriller against Bayern.

Warren Zaire-Emery deputised good for the Moroccan astatine the Allianz Arena, but the 2006-born imaginable drops retired of the XI to accommodate Hakimi's timely return.

Luis Enrique has opted against deploying Zaire-Emery successful midfield, alternatively trusting Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha and Joao Neves from the archetypal whistle.

As expected, Ousmane Dembele has shaken disconnected a insignificant calf interest to commencement successful onslaught with Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue; the erstwhile has 16 extremity involvements from 15 Champions League games successful the 2025-26 season.

Incredibly, the past clip PSG fielded this nonstop starting lineup came successful the 2024-25 Champions League final, erstwhile Les Parisiens embarrassed Inter Milan 5-0.

PSG starting lineup: Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Vitinha, Ruiz, Neves; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

Subs: Chevalier, Marin, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Ramos, Lee, Hernandez, Mayulu, Dro, Barcola, Zaire-Emery, Mbaye

Arsenal starting lineup: Raya; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Odegaard, Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Saka, Havertz, Trossard

Subs: Kepa, Jesus, Eze, Martinelli, Timber, Gyokeres, Norgaard, Madueke, Merino, Dowman, Zubimendi, Calafiori