Everything on Paris-Marseille
History, stakes and keys to the match. Find out everything you need to know before the kick-off on matchday 11th of Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille, this Sunday, October 16 at 8:45pm at the Parc des Princes.
A bit of history...
Le Classique, act 103. Only 4 clubs have reached the milestone of 100 matches against Paris until now: Bordeaux (110 matches), Monaco (109 matches), Lyon (105 matches) and Nantes (104 matches).
In direct confrontation, the balance is largely to the advantage of the capital club, with 46 wins, 23 draws and 33 defeats.
Since the start of 2012, 11 years ago, the two teams have played each other 25 times in official matches with an exceptional record in favour of the Red and Blue: 20 wins, 4 draws and only one loss, with 55 goals scored and only 17 conceded.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the best Parisian scorer against OM with 11 goals, ahead of Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappé (7 goals) and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (6 goals).
Since the 2010/2011 season, the two teams have faced each other on the Porte d'Auteuil pitch 15 times for a record of 13 wins, 1 draw and only one defeat for the Parisians, two years ago with a team weakened by Covid-19 (0-1, September 13, 2020).
Only four goals have been scored by Marseille in the last twelve official matches at the Parc des Princes: Michy Batshuayi on October 4, 2015, Valère Germain on March 17, 2019, Florian Thauvin on September 13, 2020 and Duje Caleta-Car last season on April 17, 2022.
50 players - a record for Paris Saint-Germain - have worn the shirts of both clubs: Fabrice Abriel, Jérôme Alonzo, André Luiz, Jocelyn Angloma, William Ayache, Djamel Belmadi, Hatem Ben Arfa, Sarr Boubacar, Daniel Bravo, François Brisson, Zoumana Camara, Lorik Cana, Benoît Cauet, Édouard Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Lassana Diarra, Stéphane Dalmat, Marcel De Falco, Frédéric Déhu, Jean-Pierre Destrumelle, Kaba Diawara, Jean Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Fabrice Fiorèse, Laurent Fournier, Bruno Germain, Xavier Gravelaine, Gabriel Heinze, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Yvon Le Roux, Jérôme Leroy, Claude Lowitz, Peter Luccin, Peguy Luyindula, Claude Makélélé, Florian Maurice, Modeste M’Bami, Fabrice Moreau, Michel N’Gom, Bruno Ngotty, Pascal Nouma, Jacki Novi, Ilija Pantelic, Bernard Pardo, Cyril Pouget, Alain Roche, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, George Weah and Daniel Xuereb. Mattéo Guendouzi has never played with the Parisian first team.
THE stakes...
Paris Saint-Germain, undefeated leader of the league (8 wins and two draws) will want to continue its unbeaten streak in Ligue 1 (19 matches with 14 wins and 5 draws), with 60 goals scored and only 15 goals conceded.
Paris also remains on a streak of 24 official matches without defeat since the 0-3 at Monaco last season, on March 20. The record for the Red and Blue is 37 matches, from August 1993 to April 1994.
keys to the match...
Paris Saint-Germain will be able to count on Marquinhos, the lucky charm of the Red and Blue against Marseille, with an ongoing run of 17 matches without defeat (14 wins and 3 draws) in official meetings between the two clubs.
If he is lined up at the Parc des Princes, Marco Verratti could make history by playing in a match against Marseille for the 20th time and become the first outfield player of both teams to reach this symbolic total.
Kylian Mbappé likes to score against Marseille: the Parisian striker has scored at least one goal in 6 matches against OM in the league, a record for the Red and Blue ahead of Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (5 goals).
