Key numbers: Monaco v. Paris
The history, the stakes and the keys to the game! Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between AS Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain on Matchday 24 of Ligue 1, this Friday at 21:00 CET at the Stade Louis II.
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The legendary Safet Sušić got his Paris Saint-Germain career underway with a game against Monaco on 18th December 1982 at the Parc des Princes, where, after coming on in the second half, he was unable to prevent his side from falling to a 1-0 defeat. Ronaldinho, meanwhile, scored his final goal for Paris against Monaco – a penalty on 4th May 2003 – while Pauleta opened his account with Paris in a 4-2 win over Les Monégasques on 24th August 2003. More recently, it was away to Monaco that Angel Di María made his Paris Saint-Germain debut, bagging himself an assist to celebrate in a 3-0 win on 30th August 2015.
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Monaco and Paris first faced each other in the final of the Division 2 play-offs, at the old Stade Louis II, on 6th June 1971, when the two teams played out a 2-2 draw.
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Since 1970, Paris have only played one competitive fixture without a manager in their dugout, and that fixture was against Monaco. Following Pierre Alonzo's shock resignation but before Velibor Vasović’s return, it was club president Francis Borelli who picked the starting XI for what was eventually a 2-1 defeat on “the Rock” on 4th November 1978.
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On Friday night, there should be plenty of goals between these two teams, who haven't played out a single 0-0 with each other since a league game in Monaco on 1st March 2015. Since then, Paris and Monaco have scored 90 goals in 24 competitive fixtures against each other, making for an average of 3.75 goals per game.
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Kylian Mbappé has scored at least once in each of Paris's last seven away games in the league, having netted twice against Brest, three times against Reims and once against Le Havre, Lille, Lens, Strasbourg and Nantes respectively. Les Rouge et Bleu's record holder in this respect is Zlatan Ibrahimović, who scored at least once in nine consecutive matches on the road in 2012–2013.
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Having seen the France international score 11 goals past them, Monaco are one of Mbappé's favourite teams to score against, behind only Dijon and Lyon (against whom he has scored 12 goals) and level with Lille.
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With 15 goals to his name, Edinson Cavani is Paris's top scorer against Monaco, putting the Uruguayan ahead of Mbappé (11 goals scored) as well as Carlos Bianchi, Angel Di María and Neymar Jr (six goals scored each).
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Paris are unbeaten in their last 18 league games, having registered 14 wins and four draws in that time. This streak is actually one of the club's five longest-ever unbeaten runs over a single season, behind the 27-game runs in 1993–1994 and 2015–2016, the 26-game run in 1985–1986 and the 20-game run in 2018–2019.
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Paris are also unbeaten in their last 18 away league games specifically (3-0 v. Marseille, 2-1 v. Brest, 2-0 v. Nice, 2-1 v. Angers, 3-1 v. Troyes, 2-1 v. Auxerre, 1-1 v. Strasbourg, 1-1 v. Toulouse, 4-1 v. Lyon, 0-0 v. Clermont, 3-1 v. Rennes, 3-2 v. Brest, 3-0 v. Reims, 2-0 v. Le Havre, 1-1 v. Lille, 2-0 v. Lens, 2-1 v. Strasbourg and 2-0 v. Nantes), equalling the club’s record of 18 away league games unbeaten between 2015 and 2016, which could well be beaten on Friday.
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Across all competitions, Paris Saint-Germain are unbeaten in their last 19 games, having notched up 14 wins and five draws since losing 2-1 to AC Milan on 7th November 2023.
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38 players have played for both clubs: Jimmy Algerino, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Ali Benarbia, Daniel Bernard, Daniel Bravo, Édouard Cissé, Alain Couriol, Éric 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, Thilo Kehrer, Layvin Kurzawa, Yvon Leroux, Mickaël Madar, Kylian Mbappé, Jérémy Ménez, Nenê, Alex Nyarko, Christian Perez, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Fabrice Poullain, Jacques Rémond, Bruno Rodriguez, Jean-Paul Rostagni, Jérôme Rothen, Amara Simba, Marco Simone, George Weah and Arthur Zagré.
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On Friday, Paris and Monaco will be meeting each other for a record 112th time since 1970, with the head-to-head record standing at 34 wins, 29 draws and 48 defeats for Les Parisiens. Bordeaux, meanwhile, are Les Rouge et Bleu's next most regular opponents, with 110 encounters having taken place between the two.
Paulo Cesar v Monaco (1-1), 26/03/2006
