Ready for Paris vs Reims?
Paris take on Reims later today at the Parc des Princes and now PSG.fr gives you a few of the big stats to look out for and few of the stories that have made history:
THE MATCH
Tonight's game will be the 22nd official match between Paris and Reims with the capital club enjoying the historical advantage with nine wins, seven draws and just five defeats. Both sides have scored 41 goals.
In the 1970s, the Stade de Reims and their goal scorer Carlos Bianchi (a future Parisian between 1977 and 1979) liked to tourment Les Rouge et Bleu: Reims are the only French side to have beaten Paris by five clear goals at the Parc des Princes (0-5) in the first leg of their Coupe de France quarter-final on 4 May 1974.
THE PLAYERS
Edinson Cavani likes playing against Reims. He is already the club's all-time joint top scorer against Reims with five goals (along with François M’Pelé) and has scored at least once in each of the last three matches against SDR at the Parc. Angel Di Maria, who has 55 goals for Paris, can enter the club's all-time top ten scorers with another goal against Reims tonight: he will join Guillaume Hoarau on 56.
THE BONUS
Paris have equalled last season's club record six straight wins to start the Ligue 1 season and can establish a new mark tonight with a seventh win in a row against Reims. Paris are closing in on the league's all-time best start to a season: the eight consecutive wins by Olympique Lillois in the 1936-37 campaign.