Key numbers : Paris v. Metz
The history, the stakes and the keys to the game! Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Metz at the Parc des Princes at 21:00 CET on Wednesday and Matchday 17 of Ligue 1.
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It was against Metz that Paris Saint-Germain played their first ever top-flight game at the Parc des Princes, drawing 2-2 with the Lorraine-based outfit on 13th August 1974. In total, Paris have played 918 league games at the Parc, registering 565 wins, 216 draws and 317 defeats.
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Just one Paris player has managed to score a hat trick against Metz at the Parc des Princes: Kylian Mbappé, in the most recent fixture between the two teams (a 5-0 win for Paris Saint-Germain on 21st May 2022).
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Mbappé himself as well as François M'Pelé are the club's joint top scorers against Metz, with seven goals scored each, putting them ahead of Mustapha Dahleb (six goals scored), Dominique Rocheteau (also six goals scored) and Safet Sušić (five goals scored).
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Paris have been on a run of eight straight wins in the last fixture of the calendar year at the Parc des Princes since drawing 0-0 with Montpellier in the league on 20th December 2014.
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Les Parisiens have also won each of their last 13 competitive fixtures against Metz since drawing 0-0 with them in Lorraine on 18th August 2007. This is the fourth-longest winning streak against a single team in the club's history, behind the runs against Nantes (17 wins between 2007 and 2019), Angers (16 wins since 2015) and Brest (14 wins between 2013 and 2021).
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Paris haven't lost any of their last 14 competitive fixtures against Metz since falling to a 1-0 defeat in Lorraine on 12th May 2006.
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At the Parc des Princes, Paris have avoided defeat in their last 17 competitive fixtures against Metz, winning 14 and drawing three of them. In fact, the capital club's last loss at home to Les Grenats dates all the way back to 30th March 1996, when Les Rouge et Bleu were beaten 3-2.
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21 players have played for both teams: Albert Baning, Denis Bauda, Milan Biševac, Jules Bocandé, François Calderaro, Éric Cubilier, Mevlüt Erdinç, Thomas Kokkinis, Bernard Lama, Lionel Letizi, Claude Lowitz, Patrick Mboma, Bartholomew Ogbeche, Grégory Paisley, Francis Piasecki, Alain Polaniok, Cyrille Pouget, Philippe Redon, Romain Rocchi, Bruno Rodriguez and Jean-Philippe Séchet.
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Having been defeated 48 times by Paris, Metz are the club that Les Rouge et Bleu have beaten the most often, behind only Nantes (52 defeats), Saint-Étienne (51 defeats) and Marseille (49 defeats).
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Kylian Mbappé has scored 108 competitive goals for Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes, leaving him on the cusp of breaking Edinson Cavani's record of 110 goals there.
143
With Les Messins having conceded 143 goals against Paris, only seven clubs have a worse defensive record against Les Rouge et Bleu: Saint-Étienne (167 goals conceded), Lyon (166 goals conceded), Lens (157 goals conceded), Nantes (also 157 goals conceded), Marseille (156 goals conceded), Bordeaux (148 goals conceded) and Lille (146 goals conceded).
487
Metz haven't scored a single goal past Paris Saint-Germain in the five competitive fixtures or, to be precise, the 487 minutes of football between the two teams at the Parc des Princes since Habib Maïga netted in the 53rd minute of a game on 28th April 2015.
Ronaldinho v Metz, 24/04/ 2002
