{"id":15337,"date":"2025-05-07T10:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T05:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=595221"},"modified":"2025-05-07T10:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T05:17:56","slug":"psg-vs-arsenal-who-will-reach-the-champions-league-final-predictions-and-possible-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/psg-vs-arsenal-who-will-reach-the-champions-league-final-predictions-and-possible-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG vs Arsenal: Who will reach the Champions League final? Predictions and possible lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal promises high drama and world-class football as two European giants clash for a coveted spot in the final. The decisive encounter takes place on Wednesday, May 7th, at Parc des Princes in Paris.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"582\">First Leg Recap: PSG Grab Slender Advantage<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"816\">PSG travel back to their home fortress with a 1-0 lead from the first leg in North London. A fourth-minute goal from Ousmane Dembele proved to be the difference, giving the French champions a narrow but vital away goal edge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"1016\">Arsenal struggled to break down a resolute PSG defense, and now face a must-win situation in Paris. Mikel Arteta\u2019s men need at least two goals if they want to avoid a penalty shootout or extra time.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1461\">PSG Predicted Lineup:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1563\"><strong data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1563\">Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Ruiz, Vitinha, Neves; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2296\">Arsenal Predicted Lineup:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2297\" data-end=\"2393\"><strong data-start=\"2297\" data-end=\"2393\">Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Merino, Martinelli<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-start=\"3072\" data-end=\"3105\">Prediction<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3107\" data-end=\"3342\">This semifinal is delicately balanced. PSG hold the lead, but Arsenal are more than capable of overturning the deficit. With a place in the 2025 UEFA Champions League final on the line, both teams will be desperate to make history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3344\" data-end=\"3406\"><strong>Prediction: PSG 2-1 Arsenal (PSG advance 3-1 on aggregate)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal promises high drama and world-class football as\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":36606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[270,447],"class_list":["post-15337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-psg"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}