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A bit of history...

This is the 107th official meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, and the Rouge et Bleu are still dominated by the ASM with a record of 32 wins, 28 draws and 46 defeats for the club from the capital.

Monaco only trail one club in terms of the number of matches played against the Parisians: the Girondins de Bordeaux, who have played 109 official matches against them.

Although Monaco remain Paris Saint-Germain's nemesis over the years, the trend has been considerably altered over the last four years, with 11 wins, one draw and only two defeats for the Parisians against the Monegasques in official matches.

Paris Saint-Germain and ASM will meet for the 50th time in official matches at the Parc des Princes, with a record of 17 wins, 12 draws and 20 defeats. Three clubs have reached 50 matches at the Porte d'Auteuil: Bordeaux (54), Nantes (51) and Marseille (50).

36 players have played for both clubs: Jimmy Algerino, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Ali Benarbia, Daniel Bernard, Daniel Bravo, Édouard Cissé, Alain Couriol, Éric Cubilier, Omar Da Fonseca, James Debbah, Abdou Diallo, Youri Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Louis Floch, Marcelo Gallardo, Franck Gava, Xavier Gravelaine, Bernard Guignedoux Ludovic Giuly, Layvin Kurzawa, Yvon Leroux, Mickael Madar, Kylian Mbappé, Jérémy Ménez, Nenê, Alex Nyarko, Christian Perez, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Fabrice Poullain, Bruno Rodriguez, Jean-Louis Rostagni, Jérôme Rothen, Amara Simba, Marco Simone, George Weah and Arthur Zagré.

Edinson Cavani, with 15 goals, is Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer against Monaco. He is ahead of Kylian Mbappé (8 goals), Angel Di Maria and Carlos Bianchi (6 goals), Neymar Jr (5 goals) and Amara Diané (4 goals).

Monaco, a fond memory for some Parisian players: Safet Susic began his career with Paris Saint-Germain against ASM at the Parc des Princes on 18 December 1982. He came on as a second-half substitute and was unable to prevent his side's 1-0 defeat. Ronaldinho scored his last goal for Les Rouge et Bleu against Monaco from the penalty spot on 4 May 2003. Pedro Miguel Pauleta opened his account in Paris against Monaco on 24 August 2003 (Monaco won 4-2), and more recently, Angel Di Maria made his debut for Paris with an assist in a 3-0 victory for the capital club on 30 August 2015.

ASM are also the only team to have missed two penalties at the Parc des Princes against the Parisians. On 22 November 1986, Manuel Amoros and then Sören Lerby failed against Joël Bats, who didn't even have to make a save as both shots were off target. Despite these two misses, Monaco won 1-0.

what's at stake...

With an 11-point lead over second-placed Stade Rennais, the club from the capital is firmly at the top of the Ligue 1 table.

The Parisians will want to continue their unbeaten run in official matches at the Parc des Princes: 13 matches (12 wins and 1 draw) since the defeat against Manchester City in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals (1-2) on 28 April.

Paris Saint-Germain is the only unbeaten club in Ligue 1 at home this season (7 wins and 1 draw).

The Rouge et Bleu's record for last games of the calendar year at the Parc des Princes is largely positive, with 6 wins since 2014 (0-0 with Montpellier, 20/12/2014) and 13 matches without defeat (1-2 defeat against Toulouse, 15/12/2007).

the keys to the game...

Kylian Mbappé, Paris Saint-Germain's man-in-form, could continue his exceptional streak for this last game of the year at the Parc des Princes, with at least 1 goal scored in the last 4 home games of the year: against Caen (3-1, on 20/12/2017), Nantes (1-0, on 22/12/2018), Amiens (brace, 4-1, on 21/12/2019) and last year against Strasbourg (4-0, on 23/12/2021).

The world champion, who has scored 98 league goals for Paris Saint-Germain, could also be close to 100 in the top flight. Only two Parisians have reached this milestone: Edinson Cavani (138 goals) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (113 goals).

We should see goals at the Parc des Princes: meetings between the two teams have often been spectacular in recent years, with 59 goals scored in the last 14 official matches between the two teams, an average of 4.21 goals per game, and no 0-0 in 19 matches (on 01/03/2015, at Monaco in Ligue 1).