The key numbers: Paris-Barcelona
All the key stats, stakes and history at your fingertips ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg.
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Paris Saint-Germain have faced Barcelona in six competitive games at the Parc des Princes. Their record reads three wins, two draws and a loss so far.
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Kylian Mbappé has scored at least one goal in all his last 10 Champions League matches at the Parc des Princes he played when in the starting IX
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Paris-Barcelona, Act 14 in European competition, with four wins, four draws, and five defeats to date. The Catalans are going to become the club’s most-faced opponent in continental competition ahead of Bayern Munich (13 matches), Real Madrid (12 matches), Juventus Turin (10 matches, including the UEFA Super Cup), Chelsea and Benfica (8 matches).
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Paris Saint-Germain are heading into their 14th European competition quarter-final. They’ve progressed on seven occasions so far.
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15 players have played for both clubs: Cristobal, Daniel Alves, Frédéric Déhu, Ousmane Dembélé, Lucas Digne, Richard Dutruel, Ludovic Giuly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Maxwell, Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr, Rafinha, Ronaldinho, Juan Pablo Sorin and Thiago Motta. N.B. Mikel Arteta, Mauro Icardi, Kays Ruiz-Atil, Arnau Tenas and Xavi Simons never played a competitive first-team game for Barcelona.
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Paris are going to play their 18th game against Barcelona (13 competitive games, four friendlies), making the Catalans the most-faced non-French opponent ahead of Benfica (17 matches).
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Paris Saint-Germain are unbeaten in 19 competitive games at the Parc des Princes (14 wins), since losing 3-2 to Nice in Ligue 1 on 15 September, 2023.
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Paris are on a run of 27 games unbeaten in all competitions (19 wins, 8 draws) since losing 2-1 to AC Milan on 7 November last year. It’s the club’s second-best run in a single season since the 37 matches of the 1993/94 campaign.
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Paris Saint-Germain have faced Spanish clubs 38 times in competitive games: Barcelona (13), Real Madrid (12), Deportivo La Coruña (4), Sevilla FC (2), Athletic Bilbao (2), Valencia CF (2), Racing Santander (1) and Real Sociedad (2). Their record is 16 wins, 9 draws, 13 defeats.
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With 40 goals, Kylian Mbappé is the club’s all-time leading scorer in European competition ahead of Edinson Cavani (30 goals).
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With 87 matches played, Marquinhos leads the club’s all-time list for appearances in European competition.
152
This will be Paris’ 152nd UEFA Champions League/European Cup. They have 81 wins, 29 draws and 41 defeats so far.
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Paris are going to play their 264th European game. They have 137 wins, 59 draws and 67 losses to date. N.B. including the UEFA Super Cup, but not the Intertoto Cup
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Marquinhos has made 435 appearances for the club, and could beat the all-time appearance record he currently shares with Jean-Marc Pilorget (435 matches between 1975 and 1989).
Vincent Guérin v FC Barcelona (2-1), 15/03/1995
