Key figures: Paris-Monaco

History, stakes, and key match facts. Check out the key figures before the kick-off of the 13th Ligue 1 matchday between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco, this Friday November 24th at 9PM.

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On 18th November 1982, the legendary Safet Susic started his Paris Saint-Germain career against Monaco at the Parc des Princes. After coming on as a second-half substitute, he was unable to prevent his side's 1-0 defeat. Ronaldinho scored his last goal for Paris against Monaco, from the penalty spot, on 4th May 2003, while Pedro Miguel Pauleta opened his account for the Parisians against Monaco on 24th August 2003 (Monaco won 4-2).
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Paris Saint-Germain have only played one official match since 1970 without a coach on the bench, and that was against Monaco. After the surprise resignation of Pierre Alonzo and before the return of Velibor Vasovic, it was President Francis Borelli who chose the line-up for the match against Monaco on 4th November 1978 (a 1-2 defeat for the Parisians).
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Monaco are the only team to have missed two penalties at the Parc des Princes against the Parisians. On the 22nd November 1986, Manuel Amoros followed by Sören Lerby failed to score against Joël Bats, who didn’t even have a save to make with both efforts missing the target. Despite the two misses, Monaco went on to win 1-0.
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Paris haven’t conceded a goal in their last 3 matches in the league in Parc des Princes (Marseille 4-0, Strasbourg 3-0, Montpellier 3-0), a first since the start of the 2021-2022 season feat of 5 matches against Nice, Monaco, Brest, Reims, and Rennes,
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There should be goals between the two teams, who have not finished a game 0-0 since 1st March 2015 at Monaco in the league. Since that goalless draw, the Parisians and Monegasques have scored 83 goals in 23 matches, an average of 3.60 goals per game.
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Paris Saint-Germain remain on a run of five matches with at least three goals scored in the league (Rennes 3-1, Strasbourg 3-0, Brest 3-2, Montpellier 3-0, Reims 3-0). Paris have not done better since the start of the 2018-2019 season, with 10 matches in a row with at least three goals scored.
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Paris have not conceded a goal in their last 5 official matches at the Parc des Princes (Dortmund 2-0, Marseille 4-0, Strasbourg 3-0, AC Milan 3-0, Montpellier 3-0), a first since the middle of the 2021-2022 season with 6 games against Monaco, Brest, Reims, Nice, Rennes and Real Madrid.
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Edinson Cavani, with 15 goals, is the top scorer for Paris against Monaco, ahead of Kylian Mbappé (10 goals), Carlos Bianchi, Angel Di Maria, and Neymar Jr (6 goals).
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37 players have worn the shirt of both clubs: Jimmy Algerino, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Ali Benarbia, Daniel Bernard, Daniel Bravo, Edouard Cissé, Alain Couriol, Eric Cubilier, Omar Da Fonseca, James Debbah, Abdou Diallo, Youri Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Louis Floch, Marcelo Gallardo, Franck Gava, Xavier Gravelaine, Bernard Guignedoux, Ludovic Giuly, Layvin Kurzawa, Yvon Leroux, Mickael Madar, Kylian Mbappé, Jérémy Ménez, Nenê, Alex Nyarko, Christian Perez, José Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Fabrice Poullain, Jacky Rémond, Bruno Rodriguez, Jean-Louis Rostagni, Jérôme Rothen, Amara Simba, Marco Simone, George Weah and Arthur Zagré.
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Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco will play each other for the 52nd time in official matches at the Parc des Princes, with a record of 18 wins, 14 draws and 20 losses. Three other clubs have reached the symbolic milestone of 50 matches on the Porte d’Auteuil pitch: Bordeaux (55), Marseille (53), and Nantes (52).
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Paris and Monaco will play each other for the 111th time since 1970 with a record of 33 wins, 29 draws and 48 defeats for the Parisians. Monaco will overtake Bordeaux (110 official matches), the most frequent opponents of the Parisians along with the Monegasques prior to this match.
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441
Paris became the leader of Ligue 1 for the first time this season after their last match, the 441st time they have topped the league since the club was founded.

THE GOAL

Laurent Fournier against Monaco, 9 September 1995

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