Everything on Paris-Clermont
History, stakes and keys to the match! Find out everything you need to know before the 38th and final Matchday of Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Clermont Foot 63 at 9pm on Saturday 3 June at the Parc des Princes.
a little history...
Paris Saint-Germain - Clermont, Act 4 in the league. Last season, the club from Auvergne became the 55th side to face the Red and Blues in the top flight.
The only official match between the two teams prior to Clermont's promotion to Ligue 1 was a cruel memory for the capital club: on 1 February 1997, in the last 16 of the Coupe de France, Clermont sprang a surprise by eliminating Paris Saint-Germain (4-4 AET., 4-3 on penalties) after the Parisians had led 4-1 before a dramatic finish.
Paris Saint-Germain have since avenged themselves against Clermont with three fine wins: 4-0 at the Parc des Princes on 11 September 2021 and 6-1 last season at Clermont on 9 April 2022, then 5-0 at the Stade Gabriel Montpied this season on 6 August.
With 4 goals, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar Jr are Paris' top scorers against Clermont. They are ahead of Ander Herrera and Lionel Messi (2 goals).
6 players have worn the shirts of both clubs: Sylvain Armand, Loris Arnaud, Loïck Landre, Granddi Ngoyi, Bruno Rodriguez and Didier Toffolo. Thierry Coutard, a former Paris player, coached Clermont. Mory Diaw, the current CF63 goalkeeper, came through the ranks at PSG but never played for the first team in an official match.
The stakes...
11th French league title for Paris Saint-Germain, who are now the only team holding this record in the competition ahead of AS Saint-Étienne (10 titles).
Paris will end the season with 38 games at the top of Ligue 1, the first time this has ever happened in France.
It is also the 50th and final official match of the season for PSG in 2022-2023, with a record of 34 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats.
Paris Saint-Germain have won their last four final league games of the season at the Parc des Princes: 4-0 against Dijon (2018-2019 and 2019-2020), 4-0 against Reims (2020-2021) and 5-0 against Metz (2021-2022), scoring 17 goals and conceding none.
keys to the match...
There should be plenty of Parisian goals tonight at the Parc des Princes! With 19 goals in 4 official matches against Clermont, the average is 4.75 goals scored per game for the Red and Blue.
With 10 goals conceded last season, Clermont were the team who conceded the most in the league against the Parisians.
Kylian Mbappé could become the league's top scorer for the 5th time, joining Carlos Bianchi, Delio Onnis and Jean-Pierre Papin. Only Papin has won 5 consecutive top scorer titles.
16 assists for Lionel Messi so far, 2 shy of the record (18 assists) held by Jérôme Rothen (AS Monaco in 2002-2003) and Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain in 2015-2016).
