Champions League final live: Arsenal face defending champions PSG in highly anticipated showdown

13:00 CET - Good afternoon and welcome to the Champions League final with an unusually early kick off!

We are five hours from the start of events at Budapest's Puskas Arena, and the build up begins now for the biggest match in club football. We hope you share our excitement for this encounter, as Mikel Arteta's Arsenal face Luis Enrique's PSG for a chance at European glory.

You can listen to match commentary for the final or follow the live text updates here.

A more detailed preview of both 2026 finalists will be provided as the kick off approaches, and Flashscore editor Josh Donaldson will deliver live updates from the stadium during the final.

For now, here are the headlines. PSG are the defending champions and favourites. Luis Enrique's team have hit top form in the final few months of the season, much like they did last year before overwhelmingly defeating Inter in the showpiece final.

Arsenal, meanwhile, are riding high after breaking their trophy drought by securing the 2025/26 Premier League title, and can enter this final with a sense of freedom that could work in their favour.

The pressure lies on the champions, and while Enrique's rock and roll PSG are favourites with justification, Arteta's resilient Arsenal will be no pushovers. They never are.