The key numbers: Saint-Etienne v. Paris
Check out the key numbers ahead of Paris Saint-Germain’s game against AS Saint-Étienne, which kicks off at 19:00 CET today (Matchday 27 of Ligue 1) at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
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Paris Saint-Germain have suffered just two defeats in the 74 competitive fixtures that they have played against French clubs since Luis Enrique’s arrival: 3-2 to Nice on 15th September 2023 and 3-1 to Toulouse on 12th May 2024, both in the league.
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Les Parisiens are currently on a six-game winning streak away from home in Ligue 1, which is their longest such streak since the 2016–2017 season, when they recorded eight straight league victories on the road.
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Paris are also unbeaten in their 12 competitive fixtures at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard, having notched up eight wins and four draws since losing a Coupe de la Ligue quarter-final there on 27th November 2012 (5-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw).
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Having not lost a league game at Geoffroy Guichard since falling to a 1-0 defeat there on 21st September 2008, Paris are currently on a 13-game unbeaten run away to Sainté in Ligue 1 (including seven wins and six draws).
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With 14 goals to his name against Saint-Étienne, Zlatan Ibrahimović is Les Parisiens’ top scorer against Les Verts and sits ahead of Edinson Cavani (12 goals scored) and Mustapha Dahleb (11 goals scored) in this respect.
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Paris haven’t lost any of the 25 competitive fixtures that they have played against ASSE either at home or away since the aforementioned Coupe de la Ligue exit, while Les Rouge et Bleu’s longest-ever unbeaten streak against a single team is their ongoing 32-game run against Brest.
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Furthermore, Paris Saint-Germain have avoided defeat in each of their 26 league games so far this season, which is the club’s joint second-longest unbeaten streak in Ligue 1, behind only its 27-game run in 2015–2016 and level with its 26-game run in 1985–1986.
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35 players have plied their trade for both clubs: Alex Dias, José Aloisio, Jérôme Alonzo, Adil Aouchiche, Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, Dominique Bathenay, Mathieu Bodmer, Yohan Cabaye, Zoumana Camara, Dominique Casagrande, Jérémy Clément, Grégory Coupet, Mevlüt Erdinç, Laurent Fournier, David Hellebuyck, Robert Jacques, Gérard Janvion, Christophe Landrin, Jean-Michel Larqué, Thierry Laurey, Francis Llacer, Blaise Matuidi, Roland Mitoraj, Bernard Pardo, Stéphane Pédron, Lionel Potillon, Cyril Pouget, Philippe Redon, Dominique Rocheteau, Daniel Sanchez, Liazid Sandjak, Jean-Luc Sassus, Jean-Philippe Séchet, Siaka Tiéné and Jean-Luc Vasseur.
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Paris are unbeaten in their last 37 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, 4-2 v. Angers, 0-0 v. Auxerre, 4-2 v. Monaco, 2-1 v. Lens, 5-2 v. Brest, 1-0 v. Toulouse, 3-2 v. Lyon and 4-1 v. Rennes in the current season). This is a record both in France and in the capital club’s history, while only AC Milan boast a longer unbeaten streak on the road in Europe’s top five leagues, having gone 38 away games unbeaten between 1991 and 1993. However, this streak could well be equalled tonight.
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Saint-Étienne have suffered 52 defeats at the hands of the capital club, with only one team holding a worse record than Les Verts in this respect: Nantes, who have lost 54 times to Les Rouge et Bleu.
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Paris and Sainté have faced each other in a total of 92 competitive fixtures, with the head-to-head record sitting firmly in Les Parisiens’ favour: 52 wins, 27 draws and 13 losses.
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Having conceded 169 goals in their meetings with Paris Saint-Germain, Saint-Étienne hold the second-worst defensive record of any team against the capital club, behind only Lyon (178 goals conceded).
Paul Le Guen v Saint-Etienne (3-1), 19/11/1994
