The key figures: Paris v Lens
The history, the stakes and the keys to the game! Check out the key figures ahead of the encounter between Paris Saint-Germain and RC Lens on Matchday 3 of Ligue 1 at the Parc des Princes.
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Two Paris players have managed to bag a hat trick against Lens: François M’Pelé at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, in a 3-0 win in the last 16 of the Coupe de France on 28th February 1976, and Laurent Leroy at the Parc des Princes, in a 4-1 win in Ligue 1 on 14th April 2000.
Paris Saint-Germain and Lens have drawn 0-0 with each other on just four occasions across 88 competitive fixtures.
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Paris’s top scorer against Les Lensois is Mustapha Dahleb, whose 11 goals place him ahead of M’Pelé (eight goals), Dominique Rocheteau (seven goals) and Safet Sušić (five goals).
36 players have played for both teams: Alphonse Areola, Serge Aurier, Milan Biševac, Jules Bocandé, François Brisson, Zoumana Camara, Clément Chantôme, Charles-Edouard Coridon, Eric Cubilier, Stéphane Dalmat, Frédéric Déhu, Jean Deloffre, Nicolas Douchez, Pierre-Alain Frau, Bernard Héréson, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Bonaventure Kalou, Bernard Lama, Loïck Landre, Nicolas Laspalles, Ronan Le Crom, Jérôme Leroy, Danijel Ljuboja, Patrice Marquet, Jean-Eudes Maurice, François M’Pelé, William N’Jo Léa, Pascal Nouma, Alex Nyarko, Stéphane Pédron, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Thierry Rabat, Bruno Rodriguez, Daniel Xuereb, Christian Zajaczkowski and Pascal Zaremba.
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The two teams have faced other in 88 previous competitive fixtures, with the head-to-head record weighing heavily in Les Parisiens’ favour: 42 wins, 21 draws and 25 defeats.
Kylian Mbappé is edging ever closer to the symbolic milestone of having scored 150 top-flight goals for a single club (he currently sits on 149). Just ten players have achieved this feat in French footballing history: Delio Onnis for Monaco (157 goals), Hervé Revelli for Saint-Étienne (175 goals), Roger Courtois for Sochaux (209 goals), Thadée Cisowski for RC Paris (152 goals), Fleury Di Nallo for Lyon (182 goals), Gunnar Andersson and Josip Skoblar for Marseille (169 and 151 goals respectively), Jean Baratte for Lille (167 goals), Alain Giresse for Bordeaux (158 goals) and Désiré Koranyi for FC Sète (157 goals).
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With Lens having conceded a total of 154 goals against PSG, just three teams have a worse defensive record against the capital club than the northerners: Saint-Étienne (167 goals conceded), Lyon (162 goals conceded) and Nantes (157 goals conceded).
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The previously mentioned Mbappé could also reach 200 goal contributions for Paris on Saturday, with the striker currently on 198 (149 goals and 49 assists).
A total of 499 Paris players have featured for Les Rouge et Bleu’s first team since 1970. Will we see the 500th against Lens?
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The goal
Javier Pastore against Lens on 7 March 2015
