Everything about Paris-Toulouse!
History, what's at stake and the keys to the match! Take a look at everything you need to know ahead of the kick off in the Ligue 1 matchday 22 game, between Paris Saint-Germain and Toulouse FC, this Saturday 4 February at 17:00 at the Parc des Princes.
a bit of history...
Paris Saint-Germain and Toulouse will meet for the 74th time in official matches in all competitions. The record is in Paris' favour, with 42 wins, 13 draws and 18 defeats for the Rouge et Bleu.
The club from the capital has not lost to Toulouse at the Parc des Princes since 29 October 2008 (0-1) and is on a 14-match unbeaten run at home in official matches (13 wins, 1 draw) against TFC.
Paris also remain on a 6-game winning streak against Toulouse in the league: 6-2 and 1-0 in 2017-2018, 1-0 and 1-0 in 2018-2019, 4-0 in 2019-2020, and 3-0 earlier this season at the Stadium.
It was in Toulouse on 26 July 1985 that Paris Saint-Germain became league leaders in Division 1 for the first time in their history, over 37 years ago. Since then, the Parisian club has held pole position in the league 423 times.
19 players have played for both clubs: Serge Aurier, Jack Bade, Gilles Brisson, François Calderaro, Bruno Carotti, Clément Chantôme, José Cobos, Omar Da Fonseca, Stéphane Dalmat, Nicolas Douchez, Claude Lowitz, Cédric Pardeilhan, Paulo César, Adrien Rabiot, Christophe Revault, Pierre Reynaud, Dominique Rocheteau, Jean-Luc Sassus, Patrice Ségura.
With 9 goals, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the top scorer for Paris against Toulouse. He is ahead of Safet Susic (7 goals), Javier Pastore and Dominique Rocheteau (5 goals), then Ezequiel Lavezzi (4 goals).
what's at stake..
Paris Saint-Germain got back to winning ways in the league with a 3-1 victory at Montpellier.
They have now gone 22 official matches without defeat at the Parc des Princes (17 wins and 5 draws). Note: this streak began after the penalty shoot-out loss to Nice last season (0-0, 5-6 a.p on 31/01/2022).
Paris are also on a 32-game unbeaten run (27 wins and five draws) at the Parc des Princes in the league. The Rouge et Bleu's last defeat came on 3 April 2021 against Lille (0-1). The club's record is 41 matches without defeat, from 20 March 2016 (Monaco, 0-2) to 12 May 2018 (Rennes, 0-2).
the keys to the match
Despite the absentees, Paris Saint-Germain will want to win and put pressure on their pursuers who play on Sunday: Marseille host Nice and Lens travel to Brest.
The Parisian defence has not conceded a goal against Toulouse in the last 5 league matches between the two teams. If the Parisians achieve another clean sheet against TFC, the club record will be equalled: 6 matches without conceding a single goal against Lille (1989-1993) and Metz (2000-2005).
Paris Saint-Germain will be back at the Parc des Princes and their opponents' nets could be shaking again! Since December 21, 2021 and a 0-0 draw with Nice, then coached by... Christophe Galtier, Parisian strikers have always scored at least one goal in the capital in the league, a series of 21 matches (54 goals in total).
