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A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY...

It's the 42nd competitive meeting of Caen and Paris Saint-Germain. The stats are largely in favour of the  Rouge et Bleu with 30 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

The capital club are on a run of 17 competitive matches without defeat against Caen (13 wins and 4 draws). The last defeat for the Parisians against Malherbe was on April 19 2008, in Ligue 1, a 3-0 defeat in Normandy that led to the departure of President Alain Cayzac.

The top scorer for Paris Saint-Germain against Caen is Edinson Cavani, with 6 goals. The Uruguayan is in front of David Ginola and Kylian Mbappé (5 goals), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (4 goals), then Angel Di Maria, Michel Prost and Guillaume Hoarau (3 goals).

17 players have worn the colours of both clubs : Claude Barrabé, Michel Bensoussan, Mathieu Bodmer, Luc Borrelli, Gabriel Calderon, Benoît Cauet, Richard Dutruel, Pierre-Alain Frau, Xavier Gravelaine, Bernard Hereson, Neeskens Kebano, Bernard Mendy, William N’Jo-Lea, Pascal Nouma, Jérôme Rothen, Amara Simba and Daniel Solas. Garissone Innocent, loaned by Paris Saint-Germain to Caen this season and who has never played a competitive match with the first team of the capital club doesn't make the list as a result. 

It was against Caen that a Paris Saint-Germain player was sent off for the first time in a competitive match. On January 24 1971, the Parisian defender Daniel Guicci was sent off after a muscular altercation with Djuro Sorgic in Championnat National (ex-Ligue 2).

In the Coupe de France, Paris and Caen have met on 2 occasions : in the 1976-1977 season in the Round of 32, held over two legs (2-0 in Normandy on 12/03/1977, 3-2 at the Parc des Princes on 19/03/1977), and in the semi-finals in 2017-2018 (3-1 at Michel-d'Ornano, on 18/04/2018).

With 28 goals scored, François M’Pelé is Paris Saint-Germain's leading scorer in the Coupe de France. He's ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (16 goals), Safet Susic (15), Edinson Cavani and Mustapha Dahleb (14), and Dominique Rocheteau (13).

WHAT'S AT STAKE...

Paris Saint-Germain haven't lost in the Round of 64 of the Coupe de France since February 17 1990, 31 years ago. It's a French record!

The Parisians haven't been beaten by a club from a lower division in domestic Cup competitions (Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue) since January 13 2010 and the elimination (0-1) in the Round of 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue by Guingamp (Ligue 2), a run of  25 matches (Evian-TG, Vesoul, Quevilly, Agen, Martigues, Le Mans, Angers, Locminé, Sablé, Arras, Brest, Auxerre, Wasquehal, Niort, Avranches, Sochaux, Les Herbiers, Pontivy, Villefranche, Linas-Montlhéry, Lorient and Pau in the Coupe de France, AC Ajaccio, Orléans and Le Mans in the Coupe de la Ligue).

KEYS TO THE MATCH...

Paris Saint-Germain goalscorers appreciate the Coupe de France, with at least 1 goal scored in the last 46 matches in the competition, since the final lost to Lille (0-1) on May 14 2011.

The club will tonight play their 239th Coupe de France match with a record of 169 victories, 28 draws and 41 defeats, a ratio of 70% of victories, a French record.

Note : a loss on penalties is statistically counted as a draw