{"id":670133,"date":"2026-05-30T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=670133"},"modified":"2026-05-30T10:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:55:01","slug":"psg-vs-arsenal-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/05\/30\/psg-vs-arsenal-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal: Team News and Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and the confirmed lineups for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/05\/30\/psg-vs-arsenal-team-news\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>PSG vs Arsenal<\/span><\/a> at the Puskas Arena in Budapest in a 17:00 GMT kick-off on May 30 in the <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/2060602103207186479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Champions League final<\/span><\/a>. Both teams come into this final full of confidence after winning their respective domestic leagues. PSG\u2019s attacking prowess against Arsenal\u2019s defensive titans sets the scene perfectly for this intriguing final.<\/p>\n<h2>PSG vs Arsenal, Team News and Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<h3>PSG Team News<\/h3>\n<p>PSG boss <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/champions-league-final-preview-psg-v-arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Luis Enrique<\/span><\/a> will be buoyed by the news that influential attacker Ousmane Dembele has declared himself 100% fit despite coming off in PSG\u2019s Ligue 1 fixture against Paris FC.<\/p>\n<p>In a further boost, the PSG gaffer has also confirmed Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes will be available despite not playing since the first leg of the semi-final against Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing his team\u2019s approach to the final, Enrique said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Approaching a final is always something different, you need to make the most of it as you never know when you\u2019re going to play one again. We know them quite well as we\u2019ve played them a few times over the last few years. There are always details we can tweak, I think we can improve our performances up front and in defence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong><span>: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/26\/the-greatest-footballers-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_self\">The Greatest Footballers of All Time: Part Two, 1918-1939<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBBeAiM0lt\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 4218px; aspect-ratio: 4218\/2812;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal Team News<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking at the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/every-word-artetas-pre-psg-press-conference-0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>pre-match press conference<\/span><\/a>, Arteta was asked about the squad\u2019s fitness and said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Jurrien Timber] is fit. [To start?] Yes, and Noni as well. The only one [out] is Ben White.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arteta also spoke on the difficulties around picking the right team:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s because I look around and I see the joy and the desire that all of them have to play this match. We all know that it is the biggest game in football, and everybody wants to be part of that. They all understand what it takes and also how important everybody is to make an impact when it&#8217;s needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Read More<\/b><span>: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/28\/greatest-footballers-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Greatest Footballers of All Time: Pre World War One<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"1ffbae35d432d0d71911ca2a0b209fbb\" image-id=\"prsizrQfdy11\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 2700px; aspect-ratio: 2700\/1800;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h3>PSG Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Starting XI:<\/strong><span> Safonov, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, F. Ruiz, J. Neves, Kvaratskhelia, Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Dou\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs:<\/strong><span> Chevalier, Marin, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Hern\u00e1ndez, Lee, Mayulu, Fern\u00e1ndez, Za\u00efre-Emery, Ramos, Barcola, Mbaye<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Starting XI:<\/strong> Raya, Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Odegaard, Saka, Trossard, Havertz<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Arrizabalaga, Jesus, Eze, Martinelli, Timber, Gyokeres, Norgaard, Madueke, Merino, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Dowman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credit<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ Newspix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and the confirmed lineups for PSG vs Arsenal at the Puskas Arena in Budapest in a 17:00 GMT kick-off on May 30 in the Champions League final. Both teams come into this final full of confidence after winning their respective domestic leagues. PSG\u2019s attacking prowess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":670136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,378,30,1367,1831],"tags":[32547,32849],"class_list":["post-670133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-champions-league","category-news","category-paris-saint-germain","category-starting-line-up","tag-arsenal-team-news","tag-paris-saint-germain-team-news"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670133"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670143,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670133\/revisions\/670143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}