In the first leg at the Emirates, under the pressure of tens of thousands of Arsenal fans, PSG showed their mettle and awarded the decisive blow to their opponents after only 4 minutes through Dembele's shot.
The French star has now equalized Kylian Mbappe's record for the most goals by a PSG player in a single Champions League season.
The 1-0 advantage is fragile but certainly still gives Les Parisiens more confidence when returning home. They are still the team that is rated higher for the ticket to the final against Inter Milan.
Coach Luis Enrique's team has only been eliminated once in the European knockout round when they won the first leg away. That was the loss to English representative Manchester United in the 2018-2019 season.
Although PSG have won only 2 out of their last 6 matches in all competitions, partly due to having to rotate the squad too much. Coach Enrique released a reserve team last weekend, showing great preparation ahead of the reunion with Arsenal.
Similarly, Arsenal also left key players out of the match against Bournemouth last weekend to save energy.
Coach Mikel Arteta and his team will be under more pressure. In the past, only two teams have advanced to the Champions League semi-finals after losing their first leg at home, Ajax against Panathinaikos in 1996 and Ajax Tottenham in 2019.
However, not all statistics are against the Gunners. They will travel to the French capital with a streak of 7 unbeaten matches away from home in all competitions, winning their last 4 away matches in the European Cup, scoring at least 2 goals/match.
The defense will have to play with high concentration as PSG have scored 14 goals in the last 3 home wins in the Champions League.
Looking at what happened in the 4-3 chase between Inter Milan and Barcelona in the semi-final, it can be seen that the huge tension and pressure will make everything slip off the calculation.
Expected lineup
PSG: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Ruiz, Vitinha, Neves; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia
Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Merino, Martinelli
