The key numbers: Monaco vs Paris
All the stats, stakes and history ahead of Wednesday’s Matchday 16 game at the Stade Louis II (9pm CET).
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The legendary Safet Susic started his Paris Saint-Germain career against Monaco at the Parc des Princes on 18 December 1982. He came off the bench in the second half of a 1-0 debut defeat. Ronaldinho scored his last goal for Paris from the penalty spot against Monaco on 4 May 2003. Pedro Miguel Pauleta netted his first against the principality outfit in a 4-2 defeat on 24 August 2003 while Angel Di Maria made his Paris debut vs Monaco, registering an assist in a 3-0 win on 30 August, 2015.
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Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain met for the first time on the final day of the Ligue 2 championship on 6 June 1971 – the game ended 2-2.
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Paris have played just one competitive game since their founding in 1970 without a coach on the bench, and it came against Monaco. After the surprise resignation of Pierre Alonzo and before Velibor Vasovic returned to the role, it was President Francis Borelli who picked the side to play in the principality on 4 November 1978 (the Parisians lost 2-1).
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Though the duo played out a goalless draw in Monaco on 1 March this year, there should be goals this time. Since March 2015, the pair have scored 90 goals in 25 competitive meetings between them, an average of 3.6 goals per game.
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The Parisians are unbeaten in 15 league games since the start of the season, equaling their performances of the 2013-14 and 2017-18 seasons. It is almost in the top 5 best runs in the club’s history, after 2015-2016 (27 matches), 1985-1986 (26 matches), 2018-2019 (20 matches), 2014-2015 (17 matches) and 2022-2023 (16 matches).
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Edinson Cavani, with 15 goals, is the club’s all-time leading scorer against Monaco. He’s ahead of Kylian Mbappé (11 goals), Carlos Bianchi, Angel Di Maria and Neymar Jr (6 goals).
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With a seven-point lead and two matches to go until the halfway point in the season, Paris Saint-Germain are already “autumn champions” for the 16th time in the club’s history after the 1985-1986, 1988-1989, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 et 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons.
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Paris Saint-Germain are unbeaten in 31 away games in Ligue 1 (Marseille 3-0, Brest 2-1, Nice 2-0, Angers 2-1, Troyes 3-1, Auxerre 2-1, Strasbourg 1-1 during the 2022-2023 season, Toulouse 1-1, Lyon 4-1, Clermont 0-0, Rennes 3-1, Brest 3-2, Reims 3-0, Le Havre 2-0, Lille 1-1, Lens 2-0, Strasbourg 2-1, Nantes 2-0, Monaco 0-0, Montpellier 6-2, Marseille 2-0, Lorient 4-1, Nice 2-1, Metz 2-0 in 2023-2024, Le Havre 4-1, Lille 3-1, Reims 1-1, Nice 1-1, Marseille 3-0, Angers 4-2 and Auxerre 0-0 since the start of the current season). It’s a club and French record!
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38 players have played for both teams: Jimmy Algerino, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Ali Benarbia, Daniel Bernard, Daniel Bravo, Édouard Cissé, Alain Couriol, Éric Cubilier, Omar Da Fonseca, James Debbah, Abdou Diallo, Youri Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Louis Floch, Marcelo Gallardo, Franck Gava, Xavier Gravelaine, Bernard Guignedoux, Ludovic Giuly, Thilo Kehrer, Layvin Kurzawa, Yvon Leroux, Mickael Madar, Kylian Mbappé, Jérémy Ménez, Nenê, Alex Nyarko, Christian Perez, José Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Fabrice Poullain, Jacques Rémond, Bruno Rodriguez, Jean-Louis Rostagni, Jérôme Rothen, Amara Simba, Marco Simone, George Weah and Arthur Zagré.
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Paris and Monaco will meet for the 113th time since 1970 with the Parisians’ record reading 34 wins, 30 draws and 48 defeats. It’s a club record ahead of fixtures with Bordeaux and Lyon (110 matches).
Ronaldinho v Monaco (1-3), 30/11/2002
