In the last league program Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal and Luis Enrique’s Paris met in the league round this season.
Today, we will talk about some interesting facts to get the buzz out of this pair.
These two teams have met five times in all seasons and Arsenal have never lost to each other, winning two and drawing three. This makes Arsenal the most frequent opponent Paris have faced, yet they have not won a single match.
In addition, if Paris loses to Arsenal in either of the two semi-final games, it will make Arsenal only the second English team to beat “PSG” at least twice in the same season. So far, the only English team to do so is Manchester City in the 2020-21 season.
– Curse of the British
In their last six away games against Premier League sides in the Champions League, Paris have lost five and won just one, with that victory coming against Liverpool in the second leg of this season’s last-16 tie.
– The tactical war of the Bull’s coach
This will be only the third time that the Champions League semi-finals have involved two Spanish managers, with Carles Rexach’s Barcelona side Mikel Arteta’s facing Vicente del Bosque of Real Madrid in 2001-02 and Josep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich side facing Enrique’s Barcelona side in 2014-15.
– The local team is hot in the European Cup.
Arsenal are now unbeaten in eight Champions League games, winning seven and drawing one. This is their second-longest unbeaten run สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน in the competition in the club’s history, after a 12-game unbeaten run in 2005-06, when they won eight and drew four before losing 2-1 to Barcelona in the final.
– Differences in set pieces
Arsenal have conceded the second-most goals Mikel Arteta’s from set-pieces in the Premier League this season, with 14, while Paris have conceded 19 of the 50 goals they have conceded in all competitions.