The key numbers: Nantes v. Paris
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between FC Nantes and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 20:45 CET tonight (Matchday 29 of Ligue 1) at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
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Paris Saint-Germain have lost just three of their last 35 matches against Nantes since October 2004 (29 wins and 3 draws for the Parisians).
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Paris are on a run of seven away wins in the league, their best run since the 2016-2017 season (eight consecutive wins).
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Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Kylian Mbappé are Paris' all-time top scorers against Nantes, with nine goals apiece. They are ahead of Pedro Miguel Pauleta (six goals) and Dominique Rocheteau (five).
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10 consecutive wins for Paris in Ligue 1! The capital club have only done better in a single season on one occasion - back in season 2018-2019 (14 wins).
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Paris Saint-Germain's 29-game unbeaten run in the league is the best in the club's history. The Ligue 1 record is held by FC Nantes, who went 32 games without defeat in 1994-1995.
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30 players have worn the shirts of both clubs: Jérôme Alonzo, Sylvain Armand, Claude Arribas, Jean-Hugues Ateba, Jean-Kévin Augustin, William Ayache, Michel Bibard, Lorik Cana, Bruno Carotti, Dominique Casagrande, Benoît Cauet, Eric Cubilier, Willy Grondin, Vahid Halilhodzic, Randal Kolo Muani, Antoine Kombouaré, Mickaël Landreau, Nicolas Laspalles, Paul Le Guen, Yvon le Roux, Patrice Loko, Claude Lowitz, Claude Makélélé, Granddi N'Goyi, Nicolas Ouédec, Fabrice Pancrate, Fabrice Poullain, Alioune Touré and Mario Yepes.
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Paris have scored at least one goal against Nantes in their last 32 official matches against the Canaries, dating back to the 0-0 draw at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Ligue 1 on 25 February 2006. That's a record in the history of the capital club.
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Paris are on a run of 38 matches unbeaten away from home in the league (Marseille 3-0, Brest 2-1, Nice 2-0, Angers 2-1, Troyes 3-1, Auxerre 2-1, Strasbourg 1-1 in 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, Auxerre 0-0, Monaco 4-2, Lens 2-1, Brest 5-2, Toulouse 1-0, Lyon 3-2, Rennes 4-1 and Saint-Etienne 6-1 since the start of the current season). It's a record in France and in the club's history, with only AC Milan the only other club among Europe's top five leagues to have done so well away from home, with 38 matches between 1991 and 1993. This record could well be broken at Nantes.
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With 54 defeats to Paris, Nantes is the club that has suffered the most at the hands of Les Rouge et Bleu, ahead of Saint-Etienne (53 defeats) and Marseille (52 matches).
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Paris and Nantes will meet for the 109th time since 1970 (54 wins, 24 draws and 30 defeats for Paris). Only three clubs have played against the Parisians more often: Monaco (115 matches), Lyon (112 matches), Bordeaux (110 matches). The Canaries will level with Marseille (109 matches).
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Nantes have conceded 162 goals against Les Rouge et Bleu, putting them in the top five in the capital club's history behind Lyon (178 goals), Saint-Etienne (175 goals), Marseille (164 goals) and Lens (163 goals).
Ronaldinho v Nantes (2-1), 25/11/2001
