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a bit of history...

The Parisians and the Niçois will face each other for the 77th time in competitive matches, the record being in favour of the club from the capital with 32 wins, 22 draws and 22 defeats.

Paris Saint-Germain have already faced the Gym twice in the Coupe de France, in the 1977-1978 season. In the round of 32, the Rouge et Bleu lost in Nice (1-2, 18/02/1978) and then drew 3-3 in the return leg at the Parc des Princes (3-3 a.e.t., 26/02/1978), which led to the Aiglons qualifying.

There have only been two matches between Paris and Nice in the Coupe de France, in 77 competitive matches. Only one club have faced the Parisians fewer times in the competition: FC Metz (2 out of 80 matches in total).

2.86 is the average number of goals scored between the club from the capital and OGCN in competitive matches at the Parc des Princes (106 goals in 37 matches), despite the last 0-0 draw in the league between the two teams on 1 December. On 24 occasions (64%), the Parc's spectators saw at least three goals scored in a match between the two teams.

A 0-0 draw against Les Aiglons in their last game in Paris was a rare occurrence for the Rouge et Bleu, who have once had a goalless draw at their home ground since February 2017 - 119 home games.

It was during a Paris-Nice match that the Parc des Princes experienced its only lighting failure, on 18 January 1986 in the league. For 15 minutes, half the floodlights went out, but the referee decided to continue the match in semi-darkness... The club from the capital finally won 3-2, a few minutes before the lights came back on at the very end of the match.

41 players have played for both sides: Fabrice Abriel, Jean-Pierre Adams, Jérôme Alonzo, William Ayache, Dominique Baratelli, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jules Bocandé, Mathieu Bodmer, Jean-Pierre Bosser, Daniel Bravo, Marcin Bulka, José Cobos, Éric Cubilier, Mustapha Dahleb, James Debbah, Guy Delhumeau, Jean Deloffre, Kaba Diawara, Didier Digard, Franck Dja Djédjé, Jean-François Douis, Pierre Dréossi, David Hellebuyck, Jean-Noël Huck, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Léandri, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Lionel Letizi, Danijel Ljuboja, Larrys Mabiala, Stanley Nsoki, Grégory Paisley, Fabrice Poullain, Jocelyn Rico, Daniel Sanchez, Liazid Sandjak, Marco Simone, Nambatingue Toko, Sammy Traoré, Franck Vandecasteele and Zlatko Vujovic.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer against Nice, with 11 goals scored in competitive matches. The Swede is ahead of Edinson Cavani, François M'Pelé (6 goals) and Patrice Loko (5 goals).

François M'Pelé is the club's top scorer in the Coupe de France with 28 goals. He is ahead of Kylian Mbappé (22 goals), Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (16 goals), Safet Susic (15 goals), Mustapha Dahleb (14 goals) and Dominique Rocheteau (13 goals).

what's at stake...

The Coupe de France and Paris Saint-Germain have had a beautiful love affair for over 50 years! With 14 trophies in this competition, the club from the capital is the most successful ahead of Marseille (10 trophies). The Parisians are the two-time defending title holders and have taken part in the last 7 finals, winning 6 times and losing just once.

The club from the capital will take part in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France for the 37th time in its history since 1970, having won 28 times and lost eight times. The last time they were eliminated at this stage of the competition was on 4 March 2009, against Rodez (a National club, with a 3-1 victory for Ruthénois).

Paris Saint-Germain's forwards enjoy playing in the Coupe de France, having scored at least one goal in their last 54 official matches in the competition since the final loss to Lille (0-1, 14/05/2011).

The club from the capital will want to continue their unbeaten run in competitive matches at the Parc des Princes: 16 matches (15 wins and 1 draw) since the defeat against Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League semi-final (1-2, 28/04/2021).

In the Coupe de France, the Rouge et Bleu have a 15-game winning streak at the Parc des Princes, since the defeat against Montpellier (1-2, 02/01/2014).

the keys to the match... 

The club of the capital will be able to count on striker Kylian Mbappé, who could play his 200th official match for the Rouge et Bleu. In the Coupe de France, the Parisian number 7's record is exceptional: 22 goals scored and 8 assists, in 19 games - a record in the club's history!

The Parisian defence is also on a good run in the Coupe de France: they have not conceded a goal at the Parc des Princes for 6 matches and the victory against Guingamp (4-2, 24/01/2018): 3-0 against Marseille in 2017-2018, 2-0 against Strasbourg, 3-0 against Dijon and Nantes in 2018-2019, 3-0 against Lille and 5-0 against Angers last season.