Everything you need to know: Paris vs Montpellier

A little history

This game will be the 66th official meeting between the two sides with Paris winning 27 times, drawing 21 times and lossing 17 times.

In Ligue 1 matches at the Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain are undefeated in their last nine games against Montpellier (5 wins and 4 draws), since their last loss to Montpellier, 3-1, on 15 May 2010.

Montpellier have only scored one goal in their last six visits to the Parc des Princes in Ligue 1: a Florent Mollet free-kick in Paris' 5-1 win on 20 February 2019.

22 players have played for both clubs: Christian André, William Ayache, Claude Barrabé, Bruno Carotti, Aliou Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Xavier Gravelaine, Vincent Guérin, Jonathan Ikoné, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Francis Llacer, Patrice Loko, Claude Lowitz, Nicolas Ouédec, Christian Perez, Patrice Py, Laurent Robert, Stéphane Sessegnon, Benjamin Stambouli, Siaka Tiéné and Daniel Xuereb.

With four goals scored, Angel Di Maria, Rai and Pedro Miguel Pauleta are Paris Saint-Germain's highest scorers against Montpellier.

The stakes

Paris Saint-Germain are undefeated in their last 18 matches in all competitions since the 2-1 loss to Dijon on 1 November, and have scored nine goals in their two home matches in 2020 (6-1 vs ASSE in the Coupe de la Ligue quarter-finals on 8 January and 3-3 vs Monaco in Ligue 1, on 12 January).

Les Rouge et Bleu have scored 96 goals in official matches against Montpellier... Paris have already a centruy of goals against 15 clubs: Saint-Étienne (150), Lens (146), Lyon (145), Marseille (141), Nantes (136), Bordeaux (135), Bastia (134), Metz (132), Sochaux (127), Lille (124), Toulouse (119), Monaco (118), Nice and Rennes (113).

Neymar Jr has scored at least once in his last seven Ligue 1 matches and could equal Carlos Bianchi's club record of scoring in eight consecutive league matches, set in 1978-79.

Thilo Kehrer could play his 50th competitive match for Paris Saint-Germain.

The keys to success

Paris Saint-Germain have already won 29 matches (out of 34) this season. If Les Rouge et Bleu defeat Montpellier, they will equal the fastest ever season to 30 wins, along with 2015-16 and 2017-18 (30 wins in 35 matches). A win will bring up 2400 wins for Paris in official matches since the club's creation in 1970!