Stats & Facts: The win over Girona
The stand-out stats and numbers from the victory in our opening UEFA Champions League game.
OFF THE MARK
Following wins over Juventus in 2022 (2-1) and Borussia Dortmund in 2023 (2-0), Paris Saint-Germain scored a third straight opening-game win in the Champions League.
PARIS FIVE OUT OF FIVE
The Parisians have won all five competitive games they have had this season following their league wins over Le Havre (1-4), Montpellier (6-0), Lille (1-3) and Brest (3-1). Going back to last term, it's now eight successive victories in all competitions.
A RED-AND-BLUE FORTRESS
Paris Saint-Germain have lost just one of their last 37 Champions League home games in the league phase/group stage (29 wins, 7 draws). They are now unbeaten in their last 12 matches at the Parc des Princes in the initial phase of the competition (10 wins, 2 draws).
WARREN ZAÏRE-EMERY & WILLIAN PACHO MAKE THEIR MARK
In the starting XI against Girona, Warren Zaïre-Emery (18 years and 194 days) became the second-youngest player to make 15 appearances in the Champions League. As for Willian Pacho, the Ecuadorian international completed 106 passes in the game, the most for a Paris Saint-Germain defender since OPTA started analysing the competition.