All you need to know about Vannes vs Paris!
You can boss the pre-game banter with all the stats and facts and trivia ahead of the Coupe de France clash away to Vannes, tonight at 21:10 at the Stade de la Rabine.
A LITTLE historY...
Paris Saint-Germain have already played Vannes twice (UCK Vannes became FC Vannes in 1991, and Vannes Olympique Club in 1998). In the Division 3 championship, the Parisians drew in Brittany (1-1, 10/10/1972) and then won 3-0 in the return match at the Stade Georges Lefèvre (3-0, 6 May 1973), the match that secured promotion to the second division.
Only one player has played for both teams: striker Franck Dja Djédjé.
The Parisian club will play its 246th Coupe de France match tonight, with a record of 175 wins, 29 draws and 41 defeats (a win ratio of more than 71%). Note: a defeat on penalties is statistically considered a draw.
The club from the capital also remains on a run of 22 consecutive away qualifications in the Coupe de France since the elimination in the quarter-finals of the competition in 2012-13 against Evian TG (1-1 a.e.t., 1-4 on pens, on 17 April 2013).
François M'Pelé is Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer in the Coupe de France with 28 goals. He is ahead of Kylian Mbappé (19 goals), Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (16), Safet Susic (15), Mustapha Dahleb (14) and Dominique Rocheteau (13).
THE STAKES...
The Coupe de France and Paris Saint-Germain is a veritable love story for over 50 years! With 14 triumphs, the club from the capital is the most successful club in competition history, ahead of Marseille (10). The Parisians are the twice defending champions and have participated in the last seven finals, for six victories and only one defeat.
Paris Saint-Germain will participate for the 47th time in its history in a round of 32 Coupe de Frnace tie since 1970, for a record of 36 qualifications and 10 eliminations. The last time they were eliminated at this stage of the competition was on 22 January 2014, when they lost 1-2 to Montpellier at the Parc des Princes.
Paris Saint-Germain have not been beaten by a lower-division club in the Coupe de France since 4 March 2009 when they were eliminated (1-3) in the last eight by Rodez (National), a run of 25 matches (Aubervilliers, Evian TG, Vesoul, Quevilly, Agen, Martigues, Le Mans, Angers, Locminé, Sablé, Arras, Brest, Auxerre, Wasquehal, Niort, Avranches, Sochaux, Les Herbiers, Pontivy, Villefranche, Linas Monthléry, Lorient, Pau, Caen and Feignies-Aulnoye)
THE KEYS TO SUCCESS...
Paris Saint-Germain's strikers love the Coupe de France, having scored at least one goal in the last 53 matches in this competition, since the final lost to Lille (0-1, 14 May 2011). Paris Saint-Germain now counts 482 players since it was founded in 1970 with Sekou Yansané the most recent when he debuted in the last match of the year, against Lorient (1-1, 22 December).
