All you need to know about Paris Saint-Germain vs FC Sochaux!
Find out all you need to know about the friendly match between Paris Saint-Germain and Sochaux, on Wednesday 5 August 19:00 at the Parc des Princes.
A little history...
Prior to their relegation to Ligue 2 at the end of the 2013-14 season, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard were one of Paris Saint-Germain's favourite opponents, with a record largely favourable to Les Rouge et Bleu: 45 wins, 13 draws and only 20 losses in 68 matches, with the most recent 4-1 win for the French champions coming on 6 February 2018 in the Round of 16 of the Coupe de France.
At the Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain last match against Sochaux was a 5-0 win on 07/12/2013 in Ligue 1. Les Sochaliens have not won in Paris since 2 December 1990, with a 2-0 win on what was Antoine Kombouaré’s debut for the capital club. Since then, Paris are undefeated in 18 matches (12 wins and 6 draws).
It was also at Sochaux that Paris Saint-Germain played its first match in the first division upon their return to the top flight 47 years ago. On 2 August 1974, the Parisians won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Christian André.
Pedro Miguel Pauleta is PSG's all-time top scorer against Sochaux with seven goals. He is followed by Carlos Bianchi, Dominique Rocheteau and Guillaume Hoarau (5 goals) and then Luis Fernandez, David Ginola and Mevlüt Erding (4 goals).
23 have played for the two clubs: Jimmy Algerino, Joël Bats, Gilles Brisson, Stéphane Dalmat, Boukary Dramé, Pierre Dréossi, Mevlüt Erding, Vincent Fernandez, Pierre-Alain Frau, Thierry Laurey, Robin Leclercq, Jérôme Leroy, Danijel Ljuboja, Mickaël Madar, Jérémy Ménez, Grégory Paisley, Fabrice Pancrate, Francis Piasecki, Stéphane Pichot, Lionel Potillon, Eric Renaut, Mohamed Sissoko and Zlatko Vujovic.
Sochaux also bring back good memories for Angel Di Maria: it was against Les Doubistes that the Argentina international scored his only hat-trick for Les Rouge et Bleu on 6 February 2018 in the last-16 of the Coupe de France and a 4-1 victory.
