The key numbers: Lyon v. Paris
The history, stats and stakes ahead of the Ligue 1 Matchday 23 trip to Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday (8:45pm).
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Paris Saint-Germain have lost just one of their last 51 Ligue 1 games: 3-1 vs. Toulouse on 12 May, 2024. They have recorded 37 wins and 13 draws in that time.
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Since Luis Enrique’s arrival, Paris have lost just two competitive games from 68 played against French opponents: vs. Toulouse and a 3-2 defeat to Nice on 15 September, 2023.
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These two teams have twice ended games in Lyon locked at 4-4: on 13 September 1974 and 25 February 2012. The Parisians have only had that scoreline three times in the club’s history (the other vs. Amiens on 15 February, 2020) in 1925 games.
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Paris Saint-Germain have won their last five meetings with Lyon. They won twice in Ligue 1 last season (4/1 in Lyon on 03/09/2023, 4-1 at the Parc des Princes on 21/04/2024), in the Coupe de France final in Lille (2-1, 25/05/2024) and in the first half of this season at the Parc des Princes (3-1, 15 December, 2024). That’s a club record after winning four in a row vs OL three times previously (1981-1983, 2015-2016 and 2016-2018).
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Paris have not lost in five visits to Lyon: winning1-0 on 22 September 2019 in Ligue 1, 5-1 on 4 March 2020 in the Coupe de France semi-final, 4-2 on 21 March 2021 in the league, drawing 1-1 on 9 January 2022, winning 1-0 on 18 September 2022 and 4-1 last season.
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The club’s all-time leading scorer against Lyon is Kylian Mbappé with12 goals. He’s ahead of Edinson Cavani (9), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (7) and Mustapha Dahleb (6).
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22 matches without defeat since the start of the league season is in the club’s all-time top three behind 2015-2016 (27 matches) and 1985-1986 (26 matches).
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28 players have played for both teams: Bradley Barcola, Hatem Ben Arfa, Milan Bisevac, Mathieu Bodmer, Luc Borrelli, Daniel Bravo, François Brisson, Jérémy Clement, Grégory Coupet, James Debbah, Vikash Dhorasoo, Jean Djorkaeff, Raymond Domenech, Fabrice Fiorèse, Pierre-Alain Frau, Laurent Fournier, Franck Gava, Ludovic Giuly, Pascal Havet, David Hellebuyck, Christophe Jallet, Gérard Lanthier, Patrice Loko, Peguy Luyindula, Florian Maurice, Bruno Ngotty, Jean-Luc Sassus and Daniel Xuereb. Lyon player Rémy Descamps was at the Paris youth academy, but never made a first-team appearance.
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The two teams have not played out a goalless draw in Ligue 1 since 24 April 2009, a run of 31 consecutive games.
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Paris have not lost in 35 away games in Ligue 1 (Marseille 3-0, Brest 2-1, Nice 2-0, Angers 2-1, Troyes 3-1, Auxerre 2-1, Strasbourg 1-1 in 2022-2023, 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 and Toulouse 1-0 in the current season). It’s a French record and only AC Milan have ever done better in one of Europe’s top five leagues, going 38 away matches unbeaten between 1991 and 1993.
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After Paris Saint-Germain, the doyen of Ligue 1 since 1974, Lyon has spent the longest time in Ligue 1 without getting relegated. OL have been present since 1989, 36 successive seasons.
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It’s the 37th competitive match between Paris and Lyon since 2011 with 24 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats for the Rouge et Bleu.
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It’s the 111th competitive meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon. Only Monaco have faced the capital club more (115). Paris’ record is 49 wins, 29 draws and 32 defeats.
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Paris have scored 175 goals against Lyon. That’s a club record, ahead of Saint-Etienne (167 goals).
David Ginola v Lyon (3-1), 18/09/1993
