Stats and facts: Montpellier vs Paris!

A little history...

PSG have played 68 official matches against Montpellier, winning 30, drawing 21 and losing just 17.

Wednesday’s clash will be the fifth Coupe de France meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier with Paris qualifying on three of the previous four occasions – 0-0 (8-7 on pens.) in the Rd-64 in 1984-85; 2-1 and 1-1 in the Rd-32 in 1985-86; and 3-0 at La Mosson in the Rd-64, 2014-15 – and one elimination: 1-2 at the Parc des Princes in the Rd-32 in 2013-14.

Paris Saint-Germain have won their last four matches against MHSC, including back to back 3-1 wins at La Mosson in Ligue 1, on 7 December 2019 and 5 December 2020.

22 players have played for both clubs: Christian André, William Ayache, Claude Barrabé, Bruno Carotti, Aliou Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Xavier Gravelaine, Vincent Guérin, Jonathan Ikoné, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Francis Llacer, Patrice Loko, Claude Lowitz, Nicolas Ouédec, Christian Perez, Patrice Py, Laurent Robert, Stéphane Sessegnon, Benjamin Stambouli, Siaka Tiené and Daniel Xuereb.

With six goals, Kylian Mbappé is Paris’ all-time leading scorer against Montpellier, ahead of Angel Di Maria (5 goals), and Rai and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (4 goals).

François M’Pelé is Paris’ all-time leading scorer in the Coupe de France with 28 goals. Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pedro Miguel Pauleta all scored 16 goals, Safet Susic (15), Mustapha Dahleb and Kylian Mbappé (14) and Dominique Rocheteau (13).

THE STAKES...

Paris Saint-Germain have a long running love afair with the Coupe de France! Paris have lifted the Cup a record 13 times - three more than second-best Marseille. Les Parisiens are the defending champions and have played in each of the last six finals, winning five.

The match will be Paris’ 243rd match in the Coupe de France for 173 wins, 28 draws and 41 loses (71% victories). Note that a defeat on penalties is statistically considered a draw.

It is also the club's 21st semi-final appearance having won 18 and lost just twice. Paris have won their last 15 semi-finals in a row since being eliminated by Bordeaux in 1986.

Paris have qualified in their last 20 Coupe de France away ties. The capital club’s last elimination, away from home, came in the 2012-13 quarter-finals against Evian TG 1-1 (1-4 on pens.)

THE KEYS TO SUCCESS...

Paris Saint-Germain have scored in their last 50 Coupe de France matches, since losing the final to Lille 0-1 on 14 May 2011.

Kylian Mbappé is available again and has scored five times in his last four matches against Montpellier. The Paris striker has scored 14 goals in his last seven away appearances.

Angel Di Maria is sitting on 103 assists for the capital club, the equal all-time best performance alongside Safet Susic (1982-91).

Paris have scored 108 goals against Montpellier in all competitions, including 26 in their last seven Ligue 1 matches.

Along with Montpellier, 15 clubs have conceded more than 100 goals against Les Rouge et Bleu: Saint-Étienne (161 goalss), Lyon (158), Lens (146), Marseille (145), Nantes and Bordeaux (142), Metz (136), Bastia (134), Lille and Sochaux (127), Monaco (120), Toulouse (119), Nice (118), Rennes (117) and Strasbourg (102).