Take a look at the latest odds to be named Player of the Match for the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal.
Arsenal beat PSG in the league phase last season before falling to a two-legged defeat in the UEFA Champions League semi-final, but their performance across the two legs should give Mikel Arteta's side hope that they can cause the defending champions plenty of problems.
bet365's Steve Freeth said: "Prior to Desire Doue winning it last year, the previous six awards had been dominated by defensive minded players and there was an interesting trend between these two teams in the knockout stages.
"Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele won the majority of awards between them for PSG, while Declan Rice and David Raya took the lion's share of Arsenal's awards in the lead-up to Budapest.
"We've continued this approach in the outright betting for the final with the Parisian attacking players heading the market, while we think Raya and Rice will need to play a key role if the Gunners are to win."
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The Basque tactician will likely want to keep things as tight as possible for as long as possible, in contrast to Inter's efforts 12 months ago in which PSG ran out 5-0 victors.
It's never just one man responsible for success in the UEFA Champions League final, but who will shine brightest on Saturday evening in Budapest?
Every winner of the Player of the Match award this century has come from the winning team, and it's hard to separate the two sides heading into the final, with PSG 4/6 to lift the trophy and Arsenal 5/4. Unsurprisingly, PSG's attacking trio of Kvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue head the market with midfield maestro Vitinha also prominent.
You have to go all the way down to the sixth favourite to find an Arsenal player and even that is goalkeeper David Raya, who's 10/1 alongside Declan Rice.
Three goalkeepers have been named Player of the Match since the turn of the century and two of them won penalty shoot-outs (Oliver Kahn and Edwin van der Sar), while Thibaut Courtois was inspired as Real Madrid held on against Liverpool in 2022.
Four defenders have won Player of the Match since 2000, with Paolo Maldini taking the award after the frightfully dull 2003 final in which Milan emerged victorious on penalties after 120 goalless minutes. Sergio Ramos was next in 2016 after scoring another goal against rivals Atletico en route to a shoot-out victory. Van Dijk was the third defender after stifling the Tottenham attack as Liverpool won in 2019, with Dani Carvajal the unlikely winner in 2024 as Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund.
Excluding goalkeepers, only five of the remaining 22 players to win Player of the Match failed to score in the final, so players capable of finding the net are particularly worth considering.
