The key numbers: Paris-Nice
All the stats and stakes ahead of Wednesday’s Coupe de France quarter-final at home to OGC Nice (9:10pm CET).
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Since the start of the 2011/12 season, Paris Saint-Germain have failed to score in just one of 61 Coupe de France ties: the 0-0 draw in the Round of 16 on 31 January 2022 against Nice, who won 6-5 on penalties.
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The only time the Parc des Princes floodlights have failed came in a league game against Nice on 18 January 1986. For 15 minutes, half the stadium was in darkness. The referee continued the game, and Paris finally ran out 3-2 winners after the lights came back on near the end of the match.
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Only Patrice Loko, in a 5-0 win over Nice at the Parc des Princes on 27 April 1997, has managed to score four times in a single game against Les Aiglons.
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Kylian Mbappé has scored at least once in the first three rounds of the Coupe de France this season (Round 64 to Last 16). If he scores against Nice, he’ll draw level with Pedro Miguel Pauleta, who achieved the feat of netting in four rounds in 2003/04, and would close on the club record held by Pablo Sarabia, who struck in five successive rounds (through to the semi-finals) in 2019/2020.
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Paris have gone through in their last seven Coupe de France quarter-finals since the 2014/15 season.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the club’s all-time leading scorer against Nice with 11 goals in competitive games. Next come Edinson Cavani and François M’Pelé (6), followed by Patrice Loko and Kylian Mbappé (5).
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Paris Saint-Germain are unbeaten in 16 competitive games at the Parc des Princes (12 wins) since losing to Nice (2-3) in the duo’s league game on 15 September 2023.
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Paris are unbeaten in their last 22 competitive outings (15 wins) since a loss to AC Milan (2-1) on 7 November last year.
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This is the club’s 29th Coupe de France quarter-final since 1970 – so far, we’ve progressed on all but seven occasions.
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With 33 goals, Mbappé is the club’s all-time leading scorer in the Coupe de France. He’s ahead of François M’Pelé (28), Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (16), Safet Susic (15), Mustapha Dahleb (14) and Dominique Rocheteau (13).
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There have been 40 competitive meetings between Paris Saint-Germain and Nice at the Parc des Princes. The club’s record reads 18 wins, 13 draws, nine defeats so far.
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41 players have featured for both teams: Fabrice Abriel, Jean-Pierre Adams, Jérôme Alonzo, William Ayache, Dominique Baratelli, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jules Bocandé, Mathieu Bodmer, Jean-Pierre Bosser, Daniel Bravo, Marcin Bulka, José Cobos, Eric Cubilier, Mustapha Dahleb, James Debbah, Guy Delhumeau, Jean Deloffre, Kaba Diawara, Didier Digard, Franck Dja Djédjé, Jean-François Douis, Pierre Dréossi, David Hellebuyck, Jean-Noël Huck, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Léandri, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Lionel Letizi, Danijel Ljuboja, Larrys Mabiala, Stanley Nsoki, Grégory Paisley, Fabrice Poullain, Jocelyn Rico, Daniel Sanchez, Liazid Sandjak, Marco Simone, Nambatingue Toko, Sammy Traoré, Franck Vandecasteele and Zlatko Vujovic.
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It will be the duo’s 83rd competitive meeting. The Rouge et Bleu have 34 wins, 24 draws and 24 defeats so far.
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This will be Paris Saint-Germain’s 254th Coupe de France tie. Their record so far reads 181 wins, 30 draws, and 42 defeats, a win ratio of 71%. N.B. a penalty shoot-out defeat is statistically considered as a draw
Jean-François Charbonnier v Nice (3-2), 18/01/1986
