Everything on Reims - Paris!
History, what's at stake and the keys to the match! Take a look at everything you need to know ahead of kick off in matchday 4 of Ligue 1 2021-2022 between Stade de Reims and Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade Auguste Delaune.
a bit of history...
Paris Saint-Germain and Stade de Reims have played each other 28 times in official matches, with Paris winning 13 games, drawing 7 and losing 8.
In the 1970s, Reims liked to torment the club from the capital: the club from the Champagne region remains one of the only French teams (along with Nantes in 1970-1971 and Nancy in 1984-1985) to win and score 6 goals past the Parisians (6-1, on 9 August 1974, in the league) with a six-goal performance from Carlos Bianchi, who would join Paris Saint-Germain three years later.
Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer against Reims is Edinson Cavani, with seven goals scored. The Uruguay international is ahead of François M’Pelé (5 goals).
Two Rouge et Bleu forwards have scored a brace at the Stade Auguste Delaune: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, on 8 August 2014 (final score 2-2) and Mauro Icardi last season (2-0, last 27 September).
It should be noted that Stade de Reims' Algerian defender Aissa Mandi is the only player to have scored two goals for Paris with his two own goals on 5 April 2014 at the Parc des Princes (3-0 for Paris Saint-Germain).
16 players have played for both sides: Manuel Abreu, Carlos Bianchi, Grégory Bourillon, Bernard Bureau, François Calderaro, Jean-François Charbonnier, Antoine Conte, Amara Diané, Antoine Garceran, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Dominique Lokoli, David N'Gog, Richard Niederbacher, Alain Polaniok, Younousse Sankharé and Siaka Tiéné.
what's at stake...
The Parisians will be aiming for a fourth Ligue 1 win after beating Troyes (2-1), Strasbourg (4-2) and Brest (4-2).
The Rouge et Bleu have started with a 4-game winning streak five times in the league (1985-1986, 1992-1993, 2015-2016, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019).
Paris Saint-Germain's away record in the league since the start of 2021 is largely positive, with the capital club going on a run of 10 games without defeat away from home in Ligue 1 (9 wins and 1 draw) since the game in Lorient (2-3) on 31/01/2021. This is a series that is close to a top five run in the club's history.
the keys to the match...
The Parisians have already scored 10 goals in the first three Ligue 1 matches this season, close to the Rouge et Bleu record (11 goals in 2017-2018). Paris Saint-Germain's scorers have equalled the 10 goals scored in 1985-1986, a season that ended with the club's first French league title.
Since the start of the 2021-2022 season, four players have made their Parisian debut in competitive matches: Achraf Hakimi, Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, Georginio Wijnaldum and Ismaël Gharbi. To date, 475 players have worn the Parisian colours. Two mo54 players could make their debut for the Rouge et Bleu in Reims: Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and Paris Saint-Germain's new number 30, Lionel Messi, who is the star signing from this transfer window.
