Stade Rennais FC - Paris Saint-Germain: the key stats
The match history, the stand-out numbers and top performers, we've got everything you need to know pre
Match background
It's the 74th competitive meeting between Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain with the capital club recording 39 wins for just 18 defeats. They have won their last seven away games against Rennes, a club record alongside those against other Breton outfits Nantes and Lorient.
Thirty players have played for both clubs: Jocelyn Angloma, Sylvain Armand, Claude Arribas, Hatem Ben Arfa, Daniel Bernard, Grégory Bourillon, Louis Cardiet, Cesar, Clément Chantôme, Edouard Cissé, Stéphane Dalmat, Kaba Diawara, Nicolas Douchez, Mevlut Erding, Louis Floch, Franck Gava, Yannick Guillochon, Bernard Lama, Gérard Lanthier, Jérôme Leroy, Stéphane Mahé, François M’Pelé, Guy Nosibor, Grégory Paisley, Albert Poli, Philippe Redon, Christophe Revault, Jocelyn Rico, Bruno Roux and Jean-Luc Vasseur.
Dominique Rocheteau, Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria have all scored a club-high six goals against Rennes, while Kylian Mbappé and Neymar Jr have one fewer.
The stakes
The Rouge-et-Bleu have won their opening away game in the last four Ligue 1 seasons (Lille 1-0, Bastia 1-0, Guingamp 3-0 and 3-1), and last lost on 9 August, 2008, when they were defeated 0-1 in Monaco. Paris Saint-Germain picked up the first point of the QSI era when they drew 1-1 in Brittany on 13 August, 2011.
Di Maria could also continue the good form he has shown in the opening two matches - along with Dijon and Monaco, Rennes are his favourite prey.
The keys to the match
Kylian Mbappé has been in sparkling form too since the start of the season: the Paris forward has scored at least one goal in his last four competitive appearances (Dijon and Reims last season, Rennes and Nîmes in 2019-2020).
Paris are also on an unprecedented run in French football - they've scored at least once in their last 57 matches, drawing a blank for the last time on 19 May 2008 with a goalless draw at Caen.