All you need to know for Le Classique!
Here are all the pre-game stats and facts ahead of tonight's Classique between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille at the Parc des Princes:
A little history...
Tonight's meeting will be the 97th CLassique between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille! Paris have only played two opponents more often: Bordeaux (105 matches) and Monaco (101 matches).
THe capital club has won 42, drawn 22 and lost 32.
Les Rouge et Bleu are undefeated in the last 19 Classiques (16 wins, 3 draws), since a 3-0 loss at the Stade Vélodrome on 27 November 2011. Only FC Nantes and SCO d’Angers have experienced longer winless streaks against the side from the French capital, with 22 matches without victory.
At the Parc des Princes, Paris haven't lost to Marseille since 28 February 2010 (0-3 in Ligue 1) - a run of 12 matches (11 wins and 1 draw). OM have played 48 official matches at the Parc des Princes, losing 28, drawing 12 and winning just nine.
49 players - a record for Paris Saint-Germain - have played for both clubs: Fabrice Abriel, Jérôme Alonzo, Andre Luiz Moreira, Jocelyn Angloma, William Ayache, Djamel Belmadi, Hatem Ben Arfa, Daniel Bravo, Sarr Boubacar, François Brisson, Zoumana Camara, Lorik Cana, Benoit Cauet, Edouard Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Lassana Diarra, Stéphane Dalmat, Marcel De Falco, Frédéric Déhu, Jean-Pierre Destrumelle, Kaba Diawara, Jean Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Fabrice Fiorèse, Laurent Fournier, Bruno Germain, Xavier Gravelaine, Gabriel Heinze, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Yvon Le Roux, Jérôme Leroy, Claude Lowitz, Peter Luccin, Peguy Luyindula, Claude Makelele, Florian Maurice, Modeste M’Bami, Michel N’Gom, Bruno Ngotty, Pascal Nouma, Jacki Novi, Ilija Pantelic, Bernard Pardo, Cyril Pouget, Alain Roche, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, George Weah and Daniel Xuereb.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted a club record 11 goals against Marseille. Edinson Cavani has scored seven goals and Pedro Miguel Pauleta scored six.
The stakes...
Les Rouge et Bleu have won their last five matches in Ligue 1, after their 2-0 loss to Reims on 25 September.
Paris Saint-Germain have kept ten clean sheets in 14 competitive matches this season, second only to the 12 clean sheets in 14 matches at start the 1996-97 season.
The keys to success...
Paris Saint-Germain have conceded just six goals in 14 matches this season, and have netted 13 in the last three outings.
Mauro Icardi has scored five goals in his last four matches and can join a select group of players to have scored in five matches in a row for Paris, if he plays and scores tonight: Mustapha Dahleb, Carlos Bianchi, Julio Cesar Dely Valdes, Marco Simone, Guillaume Hoarau, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappé.