The stage is set at the Puskas Arena in Budapest for a monumental UEFA Champions League final, as newly crowned Premier League champions Arsenal take on French giants Paris Saint-Germain.
With the ultimate crown of European football on the line, Mikel Arteta's formidable Arsenal side will look to cap off a historic campaign, while PSG aims to successfully defend their European crown and establish a continental dynasty.
Both Arsenal and PSG arrive at the summit of European football following gruelling knockout campaigns that tested their championship mettle. Arsenal and the PSG booked their tickets to Hungary after successfully navigating heavyweight semi-final clashes, overcoming massive tests against the likes of Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich,
respectively. Now, after a season of relentless consistency, both teams are just 90 minutes away from etching their names into the history books.
The Elite Club: Winning the League and First UCL in the Same Season
Having already clinched the 2025/26 Premier League title, Arsenal has the opportunity to join a highly exclusive list of clubs. Should Arsenal triumph in Budapest, they will become just the third English team in the Champions League era (post-1992) to win the Premier League and the Champions League in the same season, joining Manchester United (1998/99, 2007/08) and Manchester City (2022/23).
More significantly, winning their maiden European Cup alongside their domestic league title would place them in a rare pantheon of footballing greatness. Historically, only a handful of teams have managed to win their domestic top-flight league and lift their first-ever European Cup/UCL trophy in the exact same season. This elite club features historic milestones, including Liverpool's famous 1976/77 campaign where they conquered England and Europe for the first time, and Barcelona's iconic 1991/92 season under Johan Cruyff.
If Arsenal can defeat PSG, they will proudly join this prestigious list of teams to win the league and their first UCL in the same season:
Benfica (1960/61)
Celtic (1966/67)
Bayern Munich (1973/74)
Liverpool (1976/77)
Hamburg (1982/83)
PSV Eindhoven (1987/88)
Red Star Belgrade (1990/91)
Barcelona (1991/92)
Manchester City (2022/23)
PSG (2024/25)
Goalkeepers With the Most Clean Sheets in a Single Champions League Season
A massive factor in Arsenal's journey to the final has been their impenetrable defense, marshaled by Spanish goalkeeper David Raya. Heading into the final against PSG, Raya has already equaled the all-time record for the most clean sheets by a goalkeeper in a single Champions League campaign.
If Raya manages to shut out PSG's lethal attack on Saturday night, Arsenal will match the all-time team clean sheet record (10), and Raya will claim the outright individual record. Currently, he sits tied at the top of the leaderboard with nine shutouts, sharing the honor with some of the finest shot-stoppers in modern European history.
David Raya (Arsenal, 2025/26) - 9 Clean Sheets
Edouard Mendy (Chelsea, 2020/21) - 9 Clean Sheets
Keylor Navas (PSG, 2015/16) - 9 Clean Sheets
Santiago Canizares (Valencia, 2000/01) - 9 Clean Sheets
