Everything about Nantes - Paris!

a bit of history... 

It's the 102nd official match between the two teams, and only three clubs have crossed paths with the Parisians more often than the Canaries: Bordeaux (109 matches), Monaco (107 matches) and Lyon (104 matches).

Paris Saint-Germain have won 49, drawn 23 and lost 29.
In the last 28 official matches between the two teams since October 2004, the Rouge et Bleu have been defeated only twice, on 17 April 2019 (2-3 at Nantes), and on 14 March 2021 at the Parc des Princes (1-2), having recorded 24 wins and two draws.

The Canaries have lost 49 times in official matches against the Rouge et Bleu, with only one club having a worse record: Saint-Etienne, who have lost 50 times, and could see their record and the milestone of 50 defeats against Paris equalled.

Nantes remain the team that has lost the most consecutive matches against the Parisians, with 17 consecutive defeats from 2007 to 2019 in official matches.

28 players have played for both clubs: Jerome Alonzo, Sylvain Armand, Claude Arribas, Jean-Hugues Ateba, Jean-Kevin Augustin, William Ayache, Michel Bibard, Lorik Cana, Bruno Carotti, Dominique Casagrande, Benoit Cauet, Eric Cubilier, Xavier Gravelaine, Vahid Halilhodzic, Antoine Kombouaré, Mickaël Landreau, Nicolas Laspalles, Paul Le Guen, Yvon le Roux, Patrice Loko, Claude Lowitz, Claude Makelele, Granddi N'Goyi, Nicolas Ouédec, Fabrice Pancrate, Fabrice Poullain, Alioune Touré and Mario Yepes.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani are Paris Saint-Germain's top scorers against Nantes, with nine goals. They are ahead of Pedro Miguel Pauleta (6 goals) and Dominique Rocheteau and Kylian Mbappé (5 goals).

what's at stake... 

The Parisians will want to continue their unbeaten run in the league (15 matches, with 10 wins and 5 draws).

With 59 points in 24 games, the Rouge et Bleu have achieved an exceptional start: no other French team has done better since the league was created in 1932 (updated ranking with 3-point victory), it is also the 5th best performance in the history of French football behind Paris Saint-Germain's 2015-2016 (66 points), 2018-2019 (65 points), 2017-2018 (62 points) and 2019-2020 (61 points) seasons.

the keys to the match...

The Parisians love playing Nantes! Paris Saint-Germain have scored 145 goals against Nantes. The Canaries are second only to Saint-Etienne (164 goals), Lyon (161) and Lens (149), tied with Bordeaux and Marseille (145 goals).

The club from the capital are often proficient against the Canaries, with at least one goal scored in the last 25 official meetings between the two sides since the 0-0 draw at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Ligue 1 on 25 February 2006. It is an ongoing streak and a record for Paris Saint-Germain, ahead of Saint-Etienne (24 matches) and Bordeaux (22).

Kylian Mbappé, the Rouge et Bleu's man in form, could be closing in on Zlatan Ibrahimovic. With 154 goals to his name, the Paris No7 is just two behind the Swedish player, who is second only to Edinson Cavani (200 goals) and has scored 156 times for the club from the capital.

Idrissa Gueye and Keylor Navas could reach the milestone of 100 competitive matches for the Rouge et Bleu against the Canaris.

Marquinhos, who has just worn the captain's armband for the 100th time, could reach 350 appearances for Paris Saint-Germain if he is to play in Nantes.