PSG vs. Inter: Everything you need to know about Champions League final

This season's Champions League final, a meeting between Paris Saint-Germain's young guns and Inter Milan's grizzled veterans, is finally here. Get ready for Saturday's match with theScore's comprehensive preview package.

The lowdown 📝

Who: Paris Saint-Germain vs. Inter Milan
What: 70th European Cup final
When: 3 p.m. ET Saturday
Where: Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany)
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
VAR: Dennis Johan Higler (Netherlands)

How to watch 📺

United States: CBS, TUDN, Paramount+
Canada: DAZN

Betting odds 🤑

Odds via theScore Bet/ESPN Bet

PSG: +115
Draw: +235 (match goes to extra time)
Inter: +240

Key questions ❓

Will youth or experience win out?

PSG went all-in on a major philosophical shift when it became clear that Kylian Mbappe was going to depart for Real Madrid. The club, under Qatari ownership since 2011, finally ditched the superstar-led approach that continued to fall short in the Champions League, opting instead to build a younger, more exuberant and cohesive unit. With Luis Enrique putting all the pieces together, it's paid immediate dividends. PSG, with an average age of 24.4, has one of the youngest squads in Europe's top leagues.

Inter, meanwhile, are on the opposite end of the spectrum, and arrive in Munich with a vastly experienced roster that averages out at almost 30 years old. The majority of the players expected to start Saturday were on the pitch in the 2023 final against Manchester City, and that continuity has been critical to the club's success under Simone Inzaghi. Inter's squad could undergo significant changes as early as this summer, so this could be the club's last opportunity to win the Champions League with this core. Inter have shown signs they are running out of steam in the second half of the season; they're scoring fewer goals and conceding more chances compared with the opening months of the campaign. Do they have one more big performance left in them, or could we be witnessing the start of a PSG dynasty?

Dembele's crowning achievement?

Like PSG as a whole, Ousmane Dembele has hit another gear in 2025, finally making good on the enormous potential that he flashed at Borussia Dortmund but failed to realize at Barcelona. Dembele, always playing in the shadow of a bigger star at club and international level throughout his career, is the guy now at PSG, thriving since Luis Enrique moved him into a central role that gives him freedom to pop up all over the pitch and exploit spaces wherever he can find them.

The Frenchman, now 28, leads PSG with 33 goals - only one of which has come from the penalty spot - and 44 total goal involvements across all competitions this season. He scored in the semifinal victory over Arsenal, provided two assists in the quarterfinal triumph versus Aston Villa, and found the net in the thrilling last-16 success against Liverpool. Another decisive moment in the final could put Dembele in pole position for this year's Ballon d'Or.

Can Inter exploit aerial advantage?

There will be fascinating individual and tactical battles to watch all across the field Saturday. Who will dominate the flanks, where both teams have elite full- and wing-backs who they rely on to generate offense? Will PSG's metronomic midfield dictate the tempo, or will Inter's hard-working trio control the match? After shining en route to the final, which goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma or Yann Sommer, will make the critical saves necessary to lift the trophy? Will Inter find the same level of success on the counterattack as they did in the semifinals against a Barcelona team that also presses high like PSG? These are all critical questions that need to be answered.

But they could ultimately be moot. In one-off finals where the finest details can make all the difference, Inter's set-piece prowess could be the decisive factor. The Nerazzurri were devastatingly effective from dead balls in the semifinals against Barcelona, profiting from multiple corner kicks. Marquinhos and Willian Pacho are no slouches in the air, but, collectively, PSG are undersized in comparison with their Italian counterparts; more than a quarter of the goals they conceded in Ligue 1 this season - 31% - came from set pieces.

Further reading 📖

Dive into some of the storylines surrounding the contest

• 4 factors that will decide UCL final
• Inzaghi eyeing legend status at Inter
• Last chance for Inter's veteran core?
• Rugged Acerbi leads Inter's title bid
• Holy grail within reach for PSG after philosophy change
• Kvaratskhelia eyes double success at Inter's expense
• Luis Enrique is the superstar of new-look PSG
• Dembele's transformation has PSG on verge of glory

Injury updates 🤕

Possible lineups 👀

PSG (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Desire Doue

Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Benjamin Pavard, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thuram

Kit matchup 👕

Season at a glance 🔎

PSG

Form (all competitions): WWWWLW
League finish: 1st in Ligue 1
Domestic cup: Champions

Inter

Form (all competitions): WDWWWD
League finish: 2nd in Serie A
Domestic cup: Lost in semifinals

Path to the final 🏟

PSG

League phase: 15th place
Knockout playoffs: Beat Brest (10-0 on aggregate)
Round of 16: Beat Liverpool (4-1 on penalties)
Quarterfinals: Beat Aston Villa (5-4 on aggregate)
Semifinals: Beat Arsenal (3-1 on aggregate)

Inter

League phase: 4th place
Round of 16: Beat Feyenoord (4-1 on aggregate)
Quarterfinals: Beat Bayern Munich (4-3 on aggregate)
Semifinals: Beat Barcelona (7-6 on aggregate)

By the numbers 🔢

Tournament pedigree 🏆

Best European Cup finish for both clubs

PSG: Finalists (2020)

Paris Saint-Germain have never won the European Cup. Their only previous appearance in the final came in 2020, when a team led by Mbappe and Neymar fell 1-0 to Bayern Munich. The atmosphere will be much different this time around, though, as that match was played in Lisbon without fans because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Inter: Champions (1964, 1965, 2010)

Inter will be making their seventh appearance in the European Cup final. Only six clubs have reached the marquee match more often than the Nerazzurri, who've hoisted the trophy three times in their history. Inzaghi's men are back in the final for the second time in three seasons after a slender defeat to Manchester City in the 2023 showpiece.

Fun facts 🤯

1: Incredibly, this will be the first Champions League meeting between PSG and Inter. It's also only the second time that a French and Italian club will lock horns with the European Cup on the line. Marseille beat AC Milan to lift the trophy in 1993 in a match that was, coincidentally, also played in Munich.

2: PSG bench boss Enrique is looking to become only the second manager to win a treble on two separate occasions, having previously accomplished the feat in 2015 with Barcelona. Pep Guardiola currently stands alone in this category, winning the treble with Barca in 2009 and again with Manchester City in 2023.

3: Inter midfielder Mkhitaryan could become the first male player to win all three UEFA club competitions currently on offer if he features in an Inter victory Saturday. The Armenian won the Europa League with Manchester United in 2017 and captured the Conference League with Roma in 2022. If, as expected, he gets on the pitch against PSG, Mkhitaryan will be the first to even play in all three finals.

4: The four previous European Cup finals played in Munich have produced a first-time tournament winner; Nottingham Forest (1979), Marseille (1993), Borussia Dortmund (1997), and Chelsea (2012). A good omen for PSG?

13: Renowned for their defensive solidity throughout the tournament, Inter threw away their trusted playbook in the semifinals, going toe-to-toe with Barcelona as the two teams combined for 13 goals, equaling the record for most Champions League goals in a knockout tie. Will they revert to type in the final against PSG or embrace a more open game again?

24: PSG, desperately seeking their first Champions League triumph, would become the 24th different club to lift the European Cup if they're victorious. Marseille are the only French outfit to win this title, with Reims, Saint-Etienne, and Monaco - like PSG themselves - all losing finalists in the past.

98: Cup finals are typically expected to be tense, cagey affairs, but here's some hope that we'll see a more open contest in Munich: PSG have not been involved in a goalless draw in their past 98 Champions League matches, a run that dates back to a 0-0 stalemate with Real Madrid in 2015.

What they're saying 🗣

Enrique: "It's Inter's second final in three years. They're ready. They've not made too many changes to their side. It's a team that dominates from set pieces. It's up to us to go into the final in the right frame of mind. We've grown a lot this season and the players have progressed a lot. I think the strength of the team is the most important thing."

Inzaghi: "It's been a long journey to get to the final. We got there step by step. ... The players did something extraordinary. We played four amazing games against two world-class teams like Bayern and Barcelona. It was great to celebrate this achievement (reaching the final) here with our fans."

Prediction 🔮

PSG 2, Inter 1 (AET)

Inter were viewed as underdogs against Bayern Munich and Barcelona in their previous two rounds but used their savviness and never-say-die attitude to dispatch both favorites. A repeat, and a first Champions League triumph in 15 years for an Italian side, wouldn't be a surprise. That said, PSG is the more talented team overall, and, unlike Inter's past two opponents in the competition, go into the match at full strength and well-rested after locking up the Ligue 1 title ages ago. PSG won't showcase the same type of naivety that doomed Barcelona in the semifinals against Inter, and will, finally, capture the trophy the club has craved for so long with an extra-time victory.