Everything on Paris-Strasbourg!
The history, the stakes and the keys to the match! Discover all you need to know before the kick-off of Matchday 2 of Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Strasbourg, on Saturday 14 August at 21:00 at the Parc des Princes.
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY...
This will be the 69th competitive match between Paris Saint-Germain and Strasbourg, and history favours Les Rouge et Bleu, who have won 37 matches, drawn 18 and only lost 13.
RCSA are still looking for their first victory at the Parc des Princes, after 34 competitive matches on the pitch at the Porte d’Auteuil (26 victories and 8 draws for Les Parisiens).
In 2018, Les Alsaciens overtook the record for the most games without a win in Paris, a record that was held by Bastia (31 matches without a win against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc, a run that continues to this day).
Paris Saint-Germain also go into the match on the back of an eight match unbeaten run against Strasbourg (6 victories and 2 draws).
25 players have worn the shirt of both clubs: Albert Baning, Carlos Bianchi, François Brisson, José Cobos, 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 to his name. He sits ahead of Christian (5 goals), Edinson Cavani and George Weah (4 goals), Angel Di Maria, Paul Le Guen, Kylian Mbappé and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (3 goals).
Just one Parisian has managed to score four goals in one game against Strasbourg: the Brazilian Christian, during the 1999-2000 season (4-2 victory for Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes, on 26/01/2000).
It's the third time that Les Parisiens have played their first home match of a Ligue 1 season against Strasbourg, with 2 victories already in the bag: 1-0 in 1980-1981, 3-1 in 2000-2001.
THE STAKES...
A full Parc des Princes, a first since 532 days and the victory over Dijon (4-0) in front of 47 542 spectators.
The Paris supporters will be waiting to see the first league goal of the season at the Parc des Princes: who will follow in Julian Draxler's footsteps, the man who scored at the very end of the match against Metz during the second home match of the season just gone (1-0, on 16/09/2020)? This is the latest first home goal in the Club's history, much later than the record held by Carlos Bianchi, who scored after just 3 minutes against Reims on 9 August 1977…
