All you need to know about Paris vs Nantes!
Here are all the major stats and facts that you need to make sure you're ready for tonight's Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes at the Parc des Princes:
A little history...
Tonight's clash will be the 97th official match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes, with Les ROuge et Bleu winning 45, drawing 23 and losing 28. Nantes will soon play their 100th match against Les Rouge et Bleu making them the third most-played opponent behind Bordeaux (105) and Monaco (101).
Nantes will also play their 49th official match at the Parc des Princes against Paris, placing them second behind Bordeaux (52).
Les Rouge et Bleu have won their last 13 home matches against Nantes. It's the second-best run in club history after the 16 straight wins over Bastia between 1981 and 2001.
28 players played for the two clubs: Jérôme Alonzo, Sylvain Armand, Claude Arribas, Jean-Hugues Ateba, William Ayache, Michel Bibard, Lorik Cana, Bruno Carotti, Dominique Casagrande, Benoit Cauet, Eric Cubilier, Xavier Gravelaine, Vahid Halilhodzic, Antoine Kombouaré, Mickaël Landreau, Nicolas Laspalles, Dominique Leclercq, Paul Le Guen, Yvon le Roux, Patrice Loko, Claude Lowitz, Claude Makelele, Granddi N’Goyi, Nicolas Ouédec, Fabrice Pancrate, Fabrice Poullain, Alioune Touré and Mario Yepes.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani are Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer against Nantes with nine goals each. Next comes Pedro Miguel Pauleta (6 goals).
The stakes...
After the postponement of Sunday's match against Monaco, Les Rouge et Bleu are now just two points ahead of second-placed Marseille (with two games in hand).
Paris Saint-Germain are the only team in Ligue 1 yet to draw a match this season: 11 wins and 3 defeats.
The keys to victory...
The Paris defence will be looking to continue it's fantastic run at the Parc des Princes this season where it has kept nine clean sheets out of ten and conceded just two goals, versus Reims in Ligue 1 on 25 September.
Paris Saint-Germain also boast the best attack in Ligue 1 where three players have scored 13 goals in the capital club's last five L1 matches: Mauro Icardi (5 goals), Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappé (4 goals).