Everything on Rennes-Paris!
History, what's at stake and the keys to the match! Find out everything you need to know before kick-off in matchday 9 of Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes, this Sunday 3 October at 13:00 at the Roazhon Park.
a bit of history...
This is the 77th official encounter between Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes, and the Rouge et Bleu have a clear advantage with 40 wins, 17 draws and 19 defeats.
It was at Rennes that Paris Saint-Germain won the first point of the QSI era in Ligue 1, with a 1-1 draw in Brittany on 13 August 2011. Since then, the Rouge et Bleu have played 13 official matches at the Roazhon Park, with a record of 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat, scoring 31 goals and conceding 11.
30 players have played for both sides: 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, le regretté Christophe Revault, Jocelyn Rico, Bruno Roux and Jean-Luc Vasseur. Having started at Paris Saint-Germain, the current Rennes striker Metehan Güçlü hasn't yet played for SRFC.
Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria are Paris Saint-Germain's top scorers against Rennes, having scored 7 goals. They are ahead of Neymar Jr and Dominique Rocheteau (6 goals) Kylian Mbappé (5 goals) as well as Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Nenê and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (4 goals).
Neymar Jr has scored the most goals for Paris at the Roazhon Park with 5 goals scored in all competitions.
what's at stake...
Impressive at the top of the table, leaders Paris Saint-Germain are aiming to continue their perfect record in Ligue 1 after wins at Troyes (2-1), Strasbourg (4-2), Brest (4-2), Reims (2-0), Clermont (4-0), Lyon (2-1), Metz (2-1) and Montpellier (2-0). The club from the capital has only started once in the league with a run of 9 wins (14 wins in total in 2018-2019).
The Parisians are unbeaten in 10 matches in all competitions (9 wins and 1 draw) since the 1-0 defeat against Lille in the Champions Trophy on 1 August.
Paris Saint-Germain are on a run of 5 consecutive away wins in Ligue 1, at Brest last season (2-0), at Troyes (4-0), at Brest (4-2), at Reims (2-0) and at Metz (2-1) since the 1-1 draw at... Rennes on 9 May. The Rouge et Bleu's record is 8 consecutive wins, during the 2016-2017 season.
Since the Ligue de Football Professionnel's decision to play in the early afternoon, Paris Saint-Germain have played at 13:00 3 times (French time), and have had 3 wins at Nice (2-1, on 18/03/2018 and 3-0 on 20/09/2020) and against Saint-Étienne at the Parc des Princes (3-2, on 18/04/2021).
the keys to the match...
Angel Di Maria likes playing against Rennes, they are his favourite opponents having scored 7 goals in competitive games, ahead of Dijon and Monaco (6 goals) then Angers, Marseille and Montpellier (5 goals).
Marco Verratti could play his 350th official match for the Rouge et Bleu. Only two players have done better: Jean-Marc Pilorget (435 matches) and Sylvain Armand (380 matches).
Danilo Pereira, for his part, could play his 50th match in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain in Brittany.
