Riccardo Calafiori and Matteo Ruggeri are both in the starting line-ups as Arsenal host Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League final on Tuesday evening.
Arsenal and Atletico are level at 1-1 at the halfway stage of their Champions League semi-final after goals from Viktor Gyokeres and Julian Alvarez, both from the penalty spot, at the Metropolitano last week.
Tonight’s second leg will kick off at 20:00 BST.
Calafiori retains his place in the Arsenal starting XI following an impressive performance against Fulham in the Premier League over the weekend. The Italian international was narrowly denied his first goal at The Emirates after a late VAR review on Saturday.
The former Roma and Bologna defender had missed four matches across all competitions due to a knock leading up to the first leg of this tie and was initially benched for the opening game. This marks the first time since December that Calafiori has started two consecutive games for Arsenal.
Ruggeri also maintains his position at left-back in the Atletico Madrid line-up. The former Atalanta wing-back has started in 12 of Atleti’s 15 Champions League outings this term and was among the key players rested by Diego Simeone for the LaLiga match against Valencia over the weekend.
Former Atalanta star Ademola Lookman also starts for Atletico, and former Dea goalkeeper Juan Musso is named among Simeone’s substitutes.
Arsenal vs. Atletico Madrid: Confirmed line-ups
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Saka, Eze, Trossard; Gyokeres.
Subs: Kepa, Setford, Mosquera, Hincapie, Havertz, Odegaard, Norgaard, G.Jesus, Martinelli, Zubimendi, Dowman, Madueke.
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Pubill, Le Normand, Hancko, Ruggeri; Giuliano, Llorente, Koke, Lookman; Alvarez, Griezmann.
Subs: Musso, Gimenez, Lenglet, Molina, Bonar, J.Diaz, Mendoza, Cardoso, Alex B., Vargas, Sorloth, Almada.
Match Details:
Date: 05-05-2026
Time: 20:00 BST
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Competition Stage: 1/2 Final
Match Events:
1st half:
- 44′: Bukayo Saka – Goal
2nd half:
- 81′: Marc Pubill – (Event details missing, likely a substitution or card)
- 90+6′: Koke – Yellow card
Starting Line-ups:
Arsenal:
- Goalkeeper: David Raya
- Defender: Ben White
- Defender: Gabriel Magalhães
- Defender: Riccardo Calafiori
- Defender: William Saliba
- Midfielder: Declan Rice
- Midfielder: Myles Lewis-Skelly
- Attacker: Bukayo Saka
- Attacker: Eberechi Eze
- Attacker: Leandro Trossard
- Attacker: Viktor Gyökeres
Atletico Madrid:
- Goalkeeper: Jan Oblak
- Defender: David Hancko
- Defender: Marc Pubill
- Defender: Matteo Ruggeri
- Defender: Robin Le Normand
- Midfielder: Koke
- Midfielder: Marcos Llorente
- Attacker: Ademola Lookman
- Attacker: Antoine Griezmann
- Attacker: Giuliano Simeone
- Attacker: Julián Álvarez
Substitutes:
Arsenal:
- Gabriel Jesus
- Kepa Arrizabalaga
- Kai Havertz
- Christian Nörgaard
- Tommy Setford
- Cristhian Mosquera
- Max Dowman
- Piero Hincapié
- Noni Madueke
- Martin Ødegaard
- Martín Zubimendi
- Gabriel Martinelli
Atletico Madrid:
- Juan Musso
- Clément Lenglet
- José María Giménez
- Javier Boñar
- Obed Vargas
- Julio Díaz
- Rodrigo Mendoza
- Nahuel Molina
- Alexander Sörloth
- Johnny Cardoso
- Álex Baena
- Thiago Almada