Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint Germain: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2016

Result

Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint Germain

Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint Germain: match report

Arsenal drew with Paris Saint Germain 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 November 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Olivier Giroud (45+1', penalty) and an own goal by Marco Verratti (59'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Edinson Cavani (18') and an own goal by Alex Iwobi (77').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 16th on 10 points from 4 and Paris Saint Germain 17th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marquinhos of Paris Saint Germain (7.8), level with Lucas Moura (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Paris Saint Germain.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Edinson CavaniParis Saint Germain · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · MarquinhosParis Saint Germain
  • 34'Yellow card · Francis CoquelinArsenal
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 55'Yellow card · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain
  • 59'Own goal · Marco VerrattiArsenal · 2-1
  • 77'Own goal · Alex IwobiParis Saint Germain · 2-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Arsenal 0, draws 1, Paris Saint Germain 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Ospina, C. Jenkinson, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Alexis Sánchez, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Olivier Giroud

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)

Alphonse Areola, Thomas Meunier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Maxwell, Marco Verratti, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Thiago Motta, Lucas Moura, Edinson Cavani, Blaise Matuidi