The key numbers: Montpellier-Paris
All the stats, stakes and some history ahead of Sunday’s Ligue 1 game at the Stade de la Mosson (8:45pm CEST).
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It is at the Stade de la Mosson that the Parisians scored five goals away from home for the first time in the club’s top-flight history. It was on 13 April 1982 with five different scorers – Sarr Boubacar, Dominique Rocheteau, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Ivica Surjak and Eric Renaut – in a 5-2 win.
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Montpellier are among Kylian Mbappé’s top five favourite opponents. He has scored 10 goals against them, and they only come after Dijon and Lyon (12), and Lille and Monaco (11).
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Paris Saint-Germain have won their last nine Ligue 1 games against Montpellier, scoring 32 times and conceding just five. Only five teams have lost 10 consecutive matches against the Parisians in Ligue 1: Angers (14 matches since 2015), Nantes (14 matches from 2003 to 2019), Metz (13 matches since 2008), Brest (12 matches from 2011 to 2024) and Lorient (10 matches from 2013 to 2021).
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Mbappé’s 10 goals make him the club’s all-time leading scorer against Montpellier, followed by Neymar (6), Angel Di Maria (5), Raí and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (4).
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Paris are unbeaten in 19 league matches away from home (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). That’s a club record, ahead of the 18-game unbeaten away run they enjoyed between 2015 and 2016.
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The club are unbeaten in 21 league games. That puts the run in the club’s all-time top-four unbeaten streaks in a single season behind the 27 matches of 1993/94 and 2015/16, and the 26 of 1985/86.
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Paris Saint-Germain are unbeaten in 23 competitive games this season (16 wins) since losing 2-1 at AC Milan on 7 November. It’s the fourth-best run in the club’s history, beaten only by the 37 games of 1993/94, the 26 of 1985/86, and the 24 of 2015/16. If Paris do not lose in Montpellier, the 2023/24 team will equal the record set in the QSI era.
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24 players have played for both teams: Christian André, William Ayache, Claude Barrabé, Bruno Carotti, Aliou Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Xavier Gravelaine, Vincent Guérin, Jonathan Ikoné, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Francis Llacer, Patrice Loko, Claude Lowitz, Nordi Mukiele, Nicolas Ouédec, Christian Perez, Patrice Py, Laurent Robert, Mamadou Sakho, Stéphane Sessegnon, Benjamin Stambouli, Siaka Tiéné and Daniel Xuereb.
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It’s Paris Saint-Germain’s 37th visit to La Mosson. The Rouge-et-Bleu have 12 wins, 13 draws, and 11 losses. They have won on their last four visits: 3-1 on 7 December 2019 and 5 December 2020, 4-0 on 14 May 2022, and 3-1 on 1 February 2023.
74
Paris have played 74 competitive games against Montpellier. Their record so far is 35 wins, 22 draws, 17 defeats.
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Danilo Pereira could play his 150th official match with Paris Saint-Germain against Montpellier.
Javier Pastore v. Montpellier (3-0), 24/09/2011
