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a bit of history...

This is the 71st official meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and Strasbourg, and the Parisians have the advantage with 38 wins, 19 draws and only 13 defeats.

RCSA are still looking for a first win at the Parc des Princes after 35 official matches at the Porte d'Auteuil (27 wins and eight draws, an unbeaten record for the Rouge et Bleu).

The Parisian club remains on a 10-game unbeaten streak against Strasbourg (7 wins and 3 draws) and has scored 15 goals in the last 4 Ligue 1 matches against the Alsatians (4-0 at the Parc and 4-1 at the Meinau in 2020-2021, 4-2 in Paris and 3-3 in Alsace last season).

26 players have played for both clubs: Albert Baning, Carlos Bianchi, François Brisson, José Cobos, Colin Dagba, Amara Diané, Franck Dja Djédjé, Youri Djorkaeff, Raymond Domenech, Pierre Ducrocq, Richard Dutruel, Vincent Fernandez, Kevin Gameiro, Xavier Gravelaine, Jean-Noël Huck, Danijel Ljuboja, Francis Llacer, Peguy Luyindula, Pascal Nouma, Jacki Novi, Godwin Okpara, Grégory Paisley, Francis Piasecki, Stéphane Pichot, Bruno Rodriguez and Toko.

Dominique Rocheteau is Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer against Strasbourg, with 6 goals. He is ahead of Christian and Kylian Mbappé (5 goals), Edinson Cavani and George Weah (4 goals), as well as Paul Le Guen and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (3 goals).

Only one Parisian striker has managed to score four in a game against Strasbourg: the Brazilian Christian, during the 1999-2000 season (4-2 victory for Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on 26 January 2000).

what's at stake..

Paris Saint-Germain, unbeaten leaders in the league (13 wins and 2 draws), will want to continue their fine unbeaten run in Ligue 1 (24 matches with 19 wins and 5 draws).

The last time the Rouge et Bleu lost at the Parc des Princes in the league was on 3 April 2021 against Lille (0-1). Since then, the club from the capital have gone 29 matches unbeaten (25 wins and 4 draws). Paris Saint-Germain's record is 41 matches without defeat, from 20 March 2016 (Monaco, 0-2) to 12 May 2018 (Rennes, 0-2).

Paris are also on a run of 31 official matches without defeat since the 0-3 at Monaco in the league on 20 March. This is already one of the top three runs in the club's history, as the Rouge et Bleu's record is 37 matches from August 1993 to April 1994, ahead of the 36-match run from March 2012 to December 2013.

The Parisians will be keen to finish 2022 and continue their unbeaten run in this final game of the year. The club from the capital are on an 11-game unbeaten streak in the last official matches of the year since the defeat at Nancy (0-2, 22/12/2010): wins at Saint-Etienne (1-0, 22/12/2011) and Brest (3-0, 21/12/2012), draws against Lille (2-2, 22/12/2013) and Montpellier (0-0, 20/12/2014), success at Caen (3-0, 19/12/2015), against Lorient (5-0, 21/12/2016), again against Caen (3-1, on 20/12/2017), against Nantes (1-0, on 22/12/2018), against Amiens (4-1, on 21/12/2019), against Strasbourg (4-0, on 23/12/2020), and a draw in Lorient (1-1, on 22/12/2021), i.e. 8 wins and 3 draws since 2010.

Paris could also win an 8th consecutive game against the Alsatians, the Rouge et Bleu have not done better since the 9 wins in official matches at the end of the 2019-2020 season.

This match against Strasbourg is also the 46th game for the Parisians in 2022, with a record of 32 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

the keys to the match

Paris Saint-Germain had never played a match so late in the year at the Parc des Princes since 1972. The previous record dates back to 23 December, in 2009 against Grenoble (4-0) and in 2020, again against Strasbourg (4-0).

Racing are also used to this last match at the Parc des Princes: it is the 6th time that the Alsatians face Paris Saint-Germain for the last match of the year at the Parc des Princes after 1977 (2-2, on 11/12), 1993 (2-0, on 11/12), 1994 (1-0, on 18/12),1998 (0-0, on 16/12) and 2020 (4-0, on 23/12). This is a record for the club from the capital, ahead of Lille, Monaco and Rennes (4 matches for these two teams in the last one at the Parc). Paris have won 7 consecutive home derbies since a 0-0 draw against Montpellier on 20 December 2014.

Kylian Mbappé, who scored 43 times in 2022 with Paris Saint-Germain in official matches, is expected to finish as the top scorer in Europe's top five leagues (Germany-England-Spain-France-Italy) this year ahead of Robert Lewandowski (38 goals), Christopher Nkunku (37 goals), Erling Haaland (34 goals), Karim Benzema and Harry Kane (30 goals).

A first for the Parisian number 7, who has scored at least 1 goal in the last 5 matches of the year at the Parc des Princes since his arrival at Paris Saint-Germain: against Caen (3-1, on 20/12/2017), Nantes (1-0, on 22/12/2018), Amiens (a brace, 4-1 on 21/12/2019), Strasbourg (4-0, on 23/12/2020) and last year against Monaco (a brace, 2-0, on 12/12/2021)