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

A little history...

This will be the 29th official meeting between the two teams: Paris Saint-Germain and Troyes have played each other 28 times in official matches, with Paris recording 18 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Paris are unbeaten in their last 16 official matches against Troyes (14 wins and 2 draws). Their last defeat against the Trojans was on 4 November 2001 (0-1, in Troyes).

9-0 for Paris Saint-Germain away to Troyes on 13 March 2016 is the equal biggest win in the club's history in the top flight (tied with the 9-0 win over Guingamp at the Parc des Princes on 19 January 2019). It is also the biggest ever away win in the history of French football.

13 players have played for both clubs: Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, Selim Benachour, Branko Boskovic, Fabrice Fiorèse, Yann Lachuer, Ronan Le Crom, Laurent Leroy, Patrice Loko, Blaise Matuidi, Granndi Ngoyi, Grégory Paisley, Thierry Rabat and Jérôme Rothen.

Pedro Miguel Pauleta and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are Paris Saint-Germain's top scorers against Troyes, with seven goals apiece. They are ahead of Carlos Bianchi, Edinson Cavani, François M'Pelé and Guy Nosibor (4 goals), Laurent Robert and Ronaldinho (3 goals).

THE STAKES...

Paris Saint-Germain start the championship with the objective of winning the French league title that Lille snatched away last season. It would be the tenth in their history and equal the national record held by Saint-Etienne.

Last season, the Parisians' sluggish start, with two consecutive defeats, ultimately weighed heavily in the loss of the Ligue 1 title.
It is also the second time Les Rouge et Bleu have started against Troyes, 22 years after the Parisians won at the Parc des Princes 1-0, on 31 July 1999.

THE KEYS TO THE match…

Historically, Troyes is a good club for Parisian strikers! Carlos Bianchi became the first Paris Saint-Germain player to score four goals in a top-flight match against Troyes in the 1977-78 season (8-2, 14/10/1977). Patrice Loko, against Nice (5-0, 27/04/1997), Christian, against Strasbourg (4-2, 26/01/2000), Zlatan Ibrahimovic, at Troyes (9-0, 13/03/2016), Edinson Cavani at Caen (6-0, 16/09/2016), Neymar Jr against Dijon (8-0 on 17/01/2018) and Kylian Mbappé against Lyon (5-0, 07/10/2018) also managed this feat in a Parisian shirt. With a record of two quadruples against Troyes, out of seven in total for the Capital club's strikers in the top flight.

473 players have worn the PSG colours, after Achraf Hakimi, Eric Junior Dina-Ebimbe, Georginio Wijnaldum and Ismaël Gharbi made their competitive debuts against Lille. Will we see the 474th against Troyes?