All you need to know about Paris v. Saint-Etienne!

A bit of history….

This will be the 91st competitive match between Paris Saint-Germain and Saint-Etienne, with the history books largely favouring Les Parisiens (50 wins, 27 draws and 13 defeats).
Paris Saint-Germain go into the game on a 24-match unbeaten run against Saint-Etienne (18 wins and 5 draws), with the last defeat coming in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue on 27 November 2021 (0-0, 3-5 on penalties). The club record (26 matches without defeat against Angers) isn’t far off.

Saint-Etienne have only won three competitive matches in 44 encounters with Les Rouge et Bleu at the Parc des Princes (31 wins and 10 draws for Les Parisiens).

Paris Saint-Germain haven’t been beaten in the Capital in the last 11 clashes between the two sides (10 wins and 1 draw), having scored 35 goals and conceded just 7.
Saint-Etienne are the only club to have suffered 50 defeats at the hands of Les Rouge et Bleu.

35 players have worn the shirts of both clubs: Alex Dias, José Aloisio, Jérôme Alonzo, Adil Aouchiche, Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, Dominique Bathenay, Mathieu Bodmer, Yohan Cabaye, Zoumana Camara, Dominique Casagrande, Jéremy Clément, Grégory Coupet, Mevlut Erding, Laurent Fournier, David Hellebuyck, Robert Jacques, Gérard Janvion, Christophe Landrin, Jean-Michel Larqué, Thierry Laurey, Francis Llacer, Blaise Matuidi, Roland Mitoraj, Bernard Pardo, Stéphane Pédron, Lionel Potillon, Cyril Pouget, Philippe Redon, Dominique Rocheteau, Daniel Sanchez, Liazid Sandjak, Jean-Luc Sassus, Jean-Philippe Séchet, Siaka Tiené and Jean-Luc Vasseur.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Paris Saint-Germain’s top scorer against Les Stéphanois, with 14 goals to his name. He sits ahead of Edinson Cavani (12 goals) and Mustapha Dahleb (11 goals) in the record books.

The stakes

With a solid lead at the top of the league, Paris Saint-Germain are the only team unbeaten at home this season in Ligue 1 (11 wins and 1 draw). Les Parisiens have gone the season unbeaten at the Parc des Princes in the league on five occasions: during the 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 2014-2015, 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 seasons.

The club from the capital will also be looking to continue its run of clean sheets at the Parc des Princes: 6 consecutive matches without conceding against Monaco, Brest, Reims, Nice, Rennes and Real Madrid). That is Les Rouge et Bleu’s best run since October - December 2019 (Angers, Marseille, Club Bruges, Lille, Nantes and Galatasaray).

The keys to the match

With 164 goals conceded against the club from the capital, Saint-Etienne are the club to have given away the most goals against Les Parisiens, ahead of Lyon (161).

Les Verts have conceded 106 goals at the Parc des Princes in 44 competitive matches, making them also the club to have conceded the most on the pitch of the Porte d’Auteuil, and the only team to have conceded more than 100 goals. Well behind Les Stéphanois, sit Bordeaux and Nantes (89 goals), Lens (88 goals), Lille (86 goals) and Lyon (85 goals).

Kylian Mbappé now boasts 154 goals in competitive matches for Paris Saint-Germain and could take a step closer to or even equal Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s tally for the club (156 goals). Only one player boasts a better record in the club’s history: Edinson Cavani (200 goals).