All you need to know: Nice - PSG

 A LITTLE HISTORY...

It's the 81st official meeting between the two. The Parisians' record reads 33 wins, 24 draws, and 23 defeats. 

It's the Rouge-et-Bleu's 40th competitive game in Nice where they have won 15 times with as many losses and 9 draws. 

Paris have won seven of their last nine league games in Nice, losing twice (2-1 in 2016/17 and 1-0 last season)., and have not drawn there in 10 matches since the 2011/12 season (7 wins, 3 defeats).

Gaby Calderon, Rai, Javier Pastore, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Angel Di Maria are the six players who have scored a top-flight brace against Nice.

Forty-one players have played for both teams: Fabrice Abriel, Jean-Pierre Adams, Jérôme Alonzo, William Ayache, Dominique Baratelli, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jules Bocandé, Mathieu Bodmer, Jean-Pierre Bosser, Daniel Bravo, Marcin Bulka, José Cobos, Eric Cubilier, Mustapha Dahleb, James Debbah, Guy Delhumeau, Jean Deloffre, Kaba Diawara, Didier Digard, Franck Dja Djédjé, Jean-François Douis, Pierre Dréossi, David Hellebuyck, Jean-Noël Huck, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Léandri, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Lionel Letizi, Danijel Ljuboja, Larrys Mabiala, Stanley Nsoki, Grégory Paisley, Fabrice Poullain, Jocelyn Rico, Daniel Sanchez, Liazid Sandjak, Marco Simone, Nambatingue Toko, Sammy Traoré, Franck Vandecasteele and Zlatko Vujovic.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer against Nice with 11 goals. He's ahead of Edinson Cavani and François M’Pelé (6), and Patrice Loko (5).

THE STAKES...

Paris Saint-Germain, league leaders ahead of Matchday 30, want to get back to winning ways after two home defeats against Rennes (0-2, 19/03/2023) and Lyon (0-1, 02/04/2023).

Away from home, Paris have won their last two in Marseille (3-0, 26/03/2023) and Brest (2-1, 11/03/2023). Since the start of the 2022/23 season, the Rouge et Bleu have won 10 of their 14 away games in the league, losing three times.

The capital club have scored a league-high 34 goals in those 14 matches, ahead of Marseille and Monaco (28). 

Paris have scored 99 competitive goals this season, and so could reach the century against Nice. 

THE KEYS TO THE MATCH...

Paris have drawn a blank in their last two games. The last time they failed to score in three successive league games was the 2006/07 season when, in fact, they didn't score in four successive encounters against Saint-Etienne (0-2), Sedan (0-2), Auxerre (0-1) and Rennes (0-1).

138 goals in the top flight for Kylian Mbappé in the red-and-blue shirt, meaning he could move out on his own ahead of Edinson Cavani at the top of the club's all-time leading scorers' chart in Nice.

Two Parisian players could reach a milestone : captain Marquinhos could feature in his 400th competitive game for Paris while Sergio Ramos could make his 50th appearance for the club.