The key numbers: Marseille v. Paris
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 20:45 CET tonight (Matchday 9 of Ligue 1) at the Orange Vélodrome.
5
The Parisian defence has now kept five consecutive clean sheets at Marseille in the league. The last Marseille player to get one past Paris at the Vélodrome was Florian Thauvin, back on 22 October 2017 (final score 2-2). This is a record for Paris, on a par with Nancy (5 matches between 1986 and 1999).
11
Paris Saint-Germain have now gone 11 league games without defeat at Marseille (8 wins, 3 draws) since losing 3-0 in Ligue 1 on 27 November 2011.
11
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Paris' all-time top scorer against OM, with a total of 11 goals. The Swedish striker is ahead of Kylian Mbappé (9 goals), Edinson Cavani (7 goals) and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (6 goals).
22
Marquinhos will be playing against Marseille for the 22nd time - a record for Paris with a record of 16 wins, three draws and just one defeat.
28
Paris are on a run of 28 matches without defeat 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, Le Havre 4-1, Lille 3-1, Reims 1-1 and Nice 1-1). That's a record in the club's history and for any French club.
32
This will be the 32nd official match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille since 2011, and the capital club boast an exceptional record of 24 wins, four draws and just three defeats in that time.
50
Paris Saint-Germain have won 50 official matches against Marseille.
51
51 players - a record for the Rouge et Bleu - have worn the shirts of both clubs: Fabrice Abriel, Jérôme Alonzo, André Luiz Moreira, Jocelyn Angloma, William Ayache, Djamel Belmadi, Hatem Ben Arfa, Daniel Bravo, Sarr Boubacar, François Brisson, Zoumana Camara, Lorik Cana, Benoit Cauet, Edouard Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Lassana Diarra, Stéphane Dalmat, Marcel De Falco, Frédéric Déhu, Jean-Pierre Destrumelle, Kaba Diawara, Jean Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Fabrice Fiorèse, Laurent Fournier, Bruno Germain, Xavier Gravelaine, Gabriel Heinze, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Yvon Le Roux, Jérôme Leroy, Claude Lowitz, Peter Luccin, Peguy Luyindula, Claude Makélélé, Florian Maurice, Modeste M'Bami, Fabrice Moreau, Michel N'Gom, Bruno Ngotty, Pascal Nouma, Jacki Novi, Ilija Pantelic, Bernard Pardo, Cyril Pouget, Adrien Rabiot, Alain Roche, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, George Weah and Daniel Xuereb.
108
Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille will be meeting for the 108th time in official matches, with only three clubs having faced PSG on more occasions: Monaco (112 matches), Bordeaux (110 matches) and Lyon (109 matches). Paris have won 50, drawn 23 and lost 34 against OM.
158
Paris have scored 158 goals in official matches against Marseille. Only four clubs have conceded more times against the Parisians: Lyon (172 goals), Saint-Étienne (167 goals), Nantes (161 goals) and Lens (159 goals).
Edinson Cavani v Marseille (2-2), 22/10/2017
