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a bit of history...

It’s the 108th official encounter between Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, the club from the Principality have had the better of the Rouge et Bleu with a record of 33 wins, 28 draws and 46 defeats for the club from the capital.

ASM are only ahead of one club in the number of matches played against the Parisians: Girondins de Bordeaux, with 110 official matches between the two teams.

Although Monaco remain Paris Saint-Germain's historical nemesis, the trend has been considerably reversed over the last few years with 12 wins, 2 draws and only 2 defeats for the Parisians against the Monegasques in the last 16 official matches since the start of 2017.

History will remember that Paris Saint-Germain have only played one official match since 1970 without a coach on the bench, and that was against Monaco. After the surprise resignation of Pierre Alonzo and before Velibor Vasovic's return, it was President Francis Borelli who chose the eleven that were fielded in Monaco on 4 November 1978 (a 2-1 defeat for the Parisians).

36 players have played for both clubs: Jimmy Algerino, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Ali Benarbia, Daniel Bernard, Daniel Bravo, Édouard Cissé, Alain Couriol, Éric Cubilier, Omar Da Fonseca, James Debbah, Abdou Diallo, Youri Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Louis Floch, Marcelo Gallardo, Franck Gava, Xavier Gravelaine, Bernard Guignedoux, Ludovic Giuly, Layvin Kurzawa, Yvon Leroux, Mickaël Madar, Kylian Mbappé, Jérémy Ménez, Nenê, Alex Nyarko, Christian Perez, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Fabrice Poullain, Bruno Rodriguez, Jean-Louis Rostagni, Jérôme Rothen, Amara Simba, Marco Simone, George Weah and Arthur Zagré.

With 15 goals, Edinson Cavani is Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer against Monaco. The Uruguayan is ahead of Kylian Mbappé (10 goals), Angel Di Maria and Carlos Bianchi (6 goals), Neymar Jr (5 goals) and Amara Diané (4 goals).

Monaco is a great memory for some Parisian players: Safet Susic began his career with Paris Saint-Germain against the ASM at the Parc des Princes on 18 December 1982. He came on as a second-half substitute and was unable to prevent a 1-0 defeat for his side. Ronaldinho scored his last goal for Les Rouge et Bleu against Monaco from the penalty spot on 4 May 2003. Pedro Miguel Pauleta opened his account in Paris against the Red and Whites on 24 August 2003 (a 4-2 victory for Monaco) and more recently, Angel Di Maria made his debut for Monaco, with an assist to celebrate his debut (a 3-0 victory for the club from the capital on 30 August 2015).

what's at stake... 

Paris Saint-Germain have a 15-point lead over Marseille and Nice in the Ligue 1 standings and could take another step towards the title if they win away in Monaco.

There should be goals between the two teams, who have not finished a game 0-0 since 1 March 2015 at Monaco in the league. Since that goalless game, Parisians and Monaco have scored 74 goals in 20 matches, an average of 3.7 goals per game.

the keys to the match... 

Kylian Mbappé enjoys playing against his former club, having scored 10 goals in the last seven matches between the club from the capital and Monaco. The Parisian striker scored both goals for the Rouge et Bleu in the previous match at the Parc des Princes (2-0) on 12 December.

Captain Marquinhos should continue his run in Ligue 1: the Brazilian defender has played in all of Paris Saint-Germain's last 14 league games.

Abdou Diallo, who also started at Monaco, could play his 50th match in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

The Rouge et Bleu will also want to continue their fine run of games played at 13:00, after the victory against Bordeaux (3-0) last Sunday: the record is 5 wins and only 1 defeat in these games played on Sunday at lunchtime.