Everything on Rennes-Paris
History, stakes and keys to the match. Find out everything you need to know before kick-off on Match day 19 of Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Stade Rennais FC, this Sunday 15 January at 8.45pm at Roazhon Park.
A little bit of history
This is the 79th official meeting between the two teams, and the Red and Blue have a clear advantage with 41 wins, 17 draws and 20 defeats.
It was at Rennes that Paris Saint-Germain earned their first point of the QSI era in Ligue 1, with a 1-1 draw in Brittany on 13 August 2011. Since then, the capital club have played 14 official matches at Roazhon Park, with a record of 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, with 31 goals scored and 13 goals conceded.
31 players have played for both teams: Jocelyn Angloma, Sylvain Armand, Claude Arribas, Hatem Ben Arfa, Daniel Bernard, Grégory Bourillon, Louis Cardiet, César, Clément Chantôme, Édouard Cissé, Stéphane Dalmat, Kaba Diawara, Nicolas Douchez, Mevlüt Erding, Louis Floch, Franck Gava, Yannick Guillochon, Bernard Lama, Gérard Lanthier, Jérôme Leroy, Stéphane Mahé, François M'Pelé, Guy Nosibor, Grégory Paisley, Albert Poli, Philippe Redon, the late Christophe Revault, Jocelyn Rico, Bruno Roux, Jean-Luc Vasseur and Arnaud Kalimuendo.
Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria are Paris Saint-Germain's top scorers against Rennes, with 7 goals scored. They are ahead of Kylian Mbappé, Neymar Jr and Dominique Rocheteau (6 goals), Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Nenê and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (4 goals).
Neymar Jr is the club's top scorer at Roazhon Park with five goals in all competitions.
The stakes...
This is the last match before the halfway point of the season. With a 3-point lead over their closest pursuers Lens, Paris Saint-Germain are already symbolically crowned autumn champions for the 14th time in the club's history, after the 1985-1986, 1988-1989, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 seasons.
Despite their 3-1 defeat at Lens, Paris Saint-Germain still have the best away record in the league this season, with 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The Red and Blue are also clinical away from the Parc des Princes, with 25 goals scored, or almost 3 goals on average per game.
The keys to the match...
Paris-Rennes is a regular fixture for the Red and Blue since 2011 and the arrival of the Qatari owners: 26 matches in total (21 in the league, 3 in the Coupe de France, 1 in the Coupe de la Ligue and 1 in the Trophée des Champions), the most frequent opponent along with Monaco, with a record of 17 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Danilo Pereira could play his 100th official match for the Red and Blue. Kylian Mbappé could play in the 200th Ligue 1 match of his career (41 with AS Monaco, 158 with Paris).
