The key numbers: Lille v. Paris
Check out the key numbers before kick-off in the Ligue 1 Matchday 3 encounter between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade Pierre Mauroy, on Sunday 1 September at 20:45.
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Paris Saint-Germain won the National (formerly Ligue 2), the first of the 51 official trophies in the club's history, after defeating Lille (4-2 at Stade Jean Bouin on 12 June 1971).
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With their 7-1 victory on 21 August 2022 in Lille, Paris achieved the club's second-best away performance in the league, following the 9-0 win at Troyes on 13 March 2016, and tied with the 6-0 victory at Caen on 16 September 2016.
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Five of the six fastest goals scored by Paris in the top flight were against Lille: Kylian Mbappé in Lille (8th second, 21 August 2022), Maxwell at the Parc des Princes (26th second, 25 April 2015), Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the North (27th second, 2 September 2012), Nordine Kourichi, own goal (45th second, 22 October 1983) and Safet Susic (48th second, 20 October 1990), with the last two goals being scored at Parc des Princes.
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With his goal scored just 8 seconds into the match at Lille on 21 August 2022, Kylian Mbappé set the record for the fastest goal in the club's history in competitive matches. The previous Les Rouge et Bleu record dated back to 1993, when Paul Le Guen scored against APOEL Nicosia (13 seconds, on 28 September).
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Kylian Mbappé is the club’s top scorer against Lille, with 11 goals. He has only scored more goals in competitive matches against Dijon and Lyon (12 goals each). He surpasses Dominique Rocheteau (8 goals), Safet Susic (7 goals), Neymar (6 goals), Edinson Cavani, Lucas (5 goals) and then Jean-Claude Bras, Angel Di Maria and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (4 goals each).
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This will be the 14th competitive game for Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade Pierre Mauroy, which was inaugurated on 17 August 2012. PSG has an outstanding record at the ground: 9 wins, 3 draws and only 1 defeat.
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Paris Saint-Germain have scored 21 goals against Lille in the last 6 league matches between the two clubs, averaging more than 3 goals per match.
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Paris head into this match on the back of a 25-match unbeaten run 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, 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 and Le Havre 4-1). That’s a record in France and in the history of the club.
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30 players have played for both teams: Jocelyn Angloma, Hatem Ben Arfa, Mathieu Bodmer, François Brisson, Bernard Bureau, Yohan Cabaye, Aliou Cissé, Lucas Digne, Oumar Dieng, Pierre Dréossi, Pierre-Alain Frau, Idrissa Gueye, Jonathan Ikoné, Mickaël Landreau, Bernard Lama, Christophe Landrin, Ethan Mbappé, Thomas Meunier, Edvin Murati, Pascal Nouma, Bernard Pardo, Christian Perez, Stéphane Pichot, Jacky Planchard, Thierry Rabat, David Rozehnal, Younousse Sankharé, Renato Sanches, Amara Simba and Timothy Weah.
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This match will mark the 103rd competitive encounter between the two teams across all competitions. Paris holds the advantage with 44 wins, 26 draws and 32 losses. Lille became the 6th club to reach the symbolic milestone of 100 matches against Les Rouge et Bleu, following Monaco (112 matches), Bordeaux (110 matches), Lyon (109 matches), Marseille and Nantes (107 matches).
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Les Parisiens have scored 149 goals against Lille. Only five clubs have reached the milestone of 150 goals: Lyon (172 goals), Saint-Etienne (167 goals), Nantes (161 goals), Lens (159 goals) and Marseille (158 goals).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic v. Lille (2-1), 12/09/2012
