Key numbers: Lorient-Paris
The history, the stakes and the keys to the game! Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between FC Lorient and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 19:00 CET this Wednesday (Matchday 29 of Ligue 1) at the Stade Yves Allainmat.
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Of the 18 clubs competing in Ligue 1 this season, Lorient are the only one whose stadium Kylian Mbappé hasn't yet scored in.
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Paris Saint-Germain played their first competitive fixture of the QSI era against Lorient: a 1-0 defeat at the Parc des Princes on 6th August 2011.
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Just one player has managed to score a hat trick for Paris against Les Merlus: Zlatan Ibrahimović, in a 3-1 win at the Parc des Princes on 20th March 2015.
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With a total of eight goals scored in the two teams' competitive encounters with each other, Ibrahimović is also Les Parisiens’ top scorer against Lorient, putting him ahead of both Neymar Jr and Pauleta (five goals scored each).
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Paris have won nine of their 11 competitive fixtures away to Lorient since 2011, falling to just one draw and one defeat in that time.
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Ten players have played for both clubs: Fabrice Abriel, Adil Aouchiche, Grégory Bourillon, Louis Cardiet, Fabrice Fiorèse, Kevin Gameiro, Ludovic Giuly, Christophe Jallet, Patrice Loko and Stéphane Pédron. Ayman Kari, who is currently on loan at Lorient from Paris Saint-Germain, is yet to feature in a competitive fixture for the capital club's first team.
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Les Parisiens have faced Lorient 20 times at the Stade Yves Allainmat, racking up 13 wins, four draws and just three defeats in that time.
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Paris are unbeaten in their last 21 away games in the league (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, 2-0 v. Nantes, 0-0 v. Monaco, 6-2 v. Montpellier and 2-0 v. Marseille). This is the joint-longest streak of its kind in the history of the French top flight, as well as being the outright longest streak of its kind in the history of the capital club, ahead of the 18-game unbeaten away streak between 2015 and 2016.
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Paris are also unbeaten in their last 24 games either at home or away in the league, having registered 17 wins and seven draws in that time. This run is the fourth-longest of its kind over the course of a single season in the capital club's history, behind the 27-game unbeaten runs in 1993–1994 and 2015–2016 as well as the 26-game unbeaten run in 1985–1986.
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Paris Saint-Germain and Lorient have met each other in a total of 41 competitive fixtures, with Les Parisiens' record standing at 23 wins, eight draws and ten defeats.
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If he plays against Lorient, Ousmane Dembélé will be making his 50th Ligue 1 appearance.
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On 26th September 1970, 53 years and seven months ago, Paris Saint-Germain drew 0-0 away to Lorient on Matchday 5 of the Championnat National's "Centre" group (now Ligue 2). This was just the fifth competitive fixture ever for Les Rouge et Bleu, who have now played a total of 2,616 matches. Of the 17 other teams in Ligue 1 this season, Lorient are the capital club's oldest opponents, alongside Stade Brestois 29.
Thiago Motta v Lorient (2-1), 20/05/2012
