Arsenal will host Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in their second match of the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 campaign at the Emirates Stadium in London, England.
The Arsenal vs PSG, UEFA Champions League 2024-25 match will start at 12:30 AM IST on Wednesday, October 2. Live streaming and telecast of the match will be available in India.
The new format of the UEFA Champions League, introduced in the 2024-25 season, will see the total number of teams go up from 32 to 36. The teams will compete in a single league phase that will rank all of them together, instead of the eight-group of four teams which was the practice till last year.
Under the new format, each team will play eight matches with eight different teams, half of them at home and half away. The eight opponents are determined by ranking the teams in four seeding pots based on their UEFA club coefficient and then picking two opponents from each pot for a particular team.
The top eight sides after the initial league phase will directly qualify for the round of 16 knockout matches. The teams ranked ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged knockout phase playoff to proceed further.
Arsenal started the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 season with a draw away at Atalanta. However, they have won two of their three matches after the Atalanta contest and have the momentum coming into this game.
Arsenal held high-flying Manchester City with 10 men at the Etihad Stadium last week and are yet to be beaten in the Premier League this season.
Meanwhile, PSG secured a scrappy 1-0 win against Girona at the Parc des Princes in Paris in their first game of the ongoing UEFA Champions League. In Ligue 1, the top-tier domestic football league in France, PSG are flying high on top with five wins and a draw from the first six games.
Interestingly, both Arsenal and PSG are yet to win the UEFA Champions League title, having finished runners-up to Barcelona and Bayern Munich in the 2005-06 and 2019-20 seasons, respectively.
Arsenal vs PSG football head-to-head
Arsenal and PSG have met each other four times with the former winning once. The other three contests have ended in draws with PSG yet to open their account against the English club.
The latest match between the two sides in the group stage of the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League in November 2016 ended in a 2-2 draw.
Where to watch Arsenal vs PSG UEFA Champions League 2024-25 match live in India
The Arsenal vs PSG UEFA Champions League 2024-25 match will be telecast live on Sony Sports Network’s TV channels in India.
Live streaming of the Arsenal vs PSG, UCL 2024-25 match will be available on the SonyLIV app and website.
Photo credit: Imago
