The key numbers: Auxerre v. Paris
The history, the stakes and the keys to the game! Check out all you need to know about the game between AJ Auxerre and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 21:00 CET tonight (Matchday 14 of Ligue 1) at the Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps.
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Ronaldinho made his Paris Saint-Germain debut in a 1-1 draw with Auxerre at the Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps on 4th August 2001.
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After beating Auxerre 1-0 in the Coupe de France final on 30th May 2015, Paris pulled off the first quadruple in their history by winning Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the Trophée des Champions in the same season.
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It was also away to Auxerre that for the first time in Les Rouge et Bleu’s history, an outfield player had replaced a goalkeeper in a top-flight match (a 3-2 defeat for Paris on 20th May 1983 in this case), as Dominique Baratelli made an early exit due to injury and was replaced by captain Dominique Bathenay in the 27th minute.
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With six goals to his name, Pauleta is Paris’s top scorer against Auxerre, putting him ahead of Vincent Guérin, Nenê and George Weah (four goals scored each).
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Paris Saint-Germain have come out on top in 11 competitive fixtures away to Auxerre as well as drawing 11 others and losing 14, although Les Parisiens’ wins at the Stade Abbé-Deschamps have all been by a one-goal margin.
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20 players have played for both teams: Joël Bats, Edouard Cissé, Colin Dagba, Oumar Dieng, Alec Georgen, Alain Goma, Rudy Haddad, Gérard Hallet, Bonaventure Kalou, Yann Lachuer, Gérard Lanthier, Ronan Le Crom, Dominique Lokoli, Peguy Luyindula, Stéphane Mahé, Didier Martel, Franck Mérelle, Alain Roche, Kays Ruiz-Atil and Sammy Traoré.
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Paris are unbeaten in their last 30 away league games (3-0 v. Marseille, 2-1 v. Brest, 2-0 v. Nice, 2-1 v. Angers, 3-1 v. Troyes, 2-1 v. Auxerre and 1-1 v. Strasbourg in the 2022–2023 season; 1-1 v. Toulouse, 4-1 v. Lyon, 0-0 v. Clermont, 3-1 v. Rennes, 3-2 v. Brest, 3-0 v. Reims, 2-0 v. Le Havre, 1-1 v. Lille, 2-0 v. Lens, 2-1 v. Strasbourg, 2-0 v. Nantes, 0-0 v. Monaco, 6-2 v. Montpellier, 2-0 v. Marseille, 4-1 v. Lorient, 2-1 v. Nice and 2-0 v. Metz in the 2023–2024 season; and 4-1 v. Le Havre, 3-1 v. Lille, 1-1 v. Reims, 1-1 v. Nice, 3-0 v. Marseille and 4-2 v. Angers in the current season). This is a record both in France and in the capital club’s history.
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Tonight, Paris will be playing their 40th match at the Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps, having previously travelled there for 36 league fixtures and two friendlies against AJA (a 3-0 win on 20th July 1976 and a 1-1 draw on 13th January 1979) as well as for a Coupe de France last-64 tie against Dijon (a 2-0 win on 25th January 1986).
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Paris and Auxerre have faced each other on a total of 75 occasions, with the head-to-head record sitting in Paris’s favour: 32 wins, 22 draws and 21 losses.
Vincent Guérin v Auxerre (2-1), 01/05/1993
