All you need to know about Paris Saint-Germain vs Angers!

A little history

Angers has doubly marked the history of the club from the capital: it was against SCO that Paris Saint-Germain played its first match in the old Division One, on 11 August 1971 (defeat 0-2).

Three years later, on 13 August 1974, Paris Saint-Germain recorded the first success of its history in the first division at the Parc des Princes against Angers (3-2, 23 August 1974). The Parisian club now boasts 520 successes in 855 Ligue 1 matches at the Parc.

Head to head, Paris Saint-Germain and Angers will to meet for the 26th time in official matches. Paris have 15 wins, 7 draws and only 3 defeats.

Moreover, the Parisians remain on a series of 9 consecutive wins against Angers in official matches.

12 players have turned out for both clubs: Loris Arnaud, Claude Arribas, Thierry Bacconnier, Sylvain Bied, Jean-Pierre Bosser, Grégory Bourillon, Jean Deloffre, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Bruno Germain, Albert Poli, Kalifa Traoré and Pierre Vermeulen.

François M’Pelé (Paris 1973-1979), is the only player to have scored a hat-trick against Angers, and is the capital club's top scorer against Le SCO, with six goals. Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappé have scored five, Edinson Cavani 4 and Neymar Jr 3.

The stakes

Les Rouge et Bleu will want to continue their climb to the top of Ligue 1 after three consecutive wins over Metz (1-0), Nice (3-0) and Reims (2-0).

The Parisians also remain on a run of 22 official matches unbeaten against Angers, since their 1-3 defeat in Anjou in the first division on 12 January 1975, more than 45 years ago. Only one team in France does "as well" as the SCO: FC Nantes, with 22 matches without victory against Paris, a record that could therefore be beaten against the Angevins.

The keys to the match

Paris Saint-Germain have kept three consecutive clean sheets - something they hadn't achieved since the start of the 2019-20 campaign.

if he makes an appearance tonight, Presnel Kimpembe will play his 100th Ligue 1 match.