The key numbers: Paris v. Botafogo
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Paris Saint-Germain and Botafogo, which kicks off at 03:00 CET on Friday (Matchday 2 of the FIFA Club World Cup group stage) at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles.
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These two teams have previously met each other in two friendlies: a 3-1 win for Botafogo in the Tournoi de Genève on 6th August 1984 and an 8-6 win for Paris in the Tournoi Indoor de Paris-Bercy on 19th January 1988.
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Six players have plied their trade for both teams: Abel Braga, Christian, Everton, Reinaldo, Souza and Valdo.
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Les Parisiens have played a total of 19 friendlies against seven different Brazilian clubs: Botafogo (two matches), Corinthians (one match), Flamengo (four matches), Fluminense (five matches), Atlético Mineiro (one match), Santa Cruz (two matches) and Vasco da Gama (four matches).
25
Paris Saint-Germain haven’t faced a Brazilian side since the aforementioned friendly against Corinthians 25 years ago, which ended in a 2-2 draw at the Parc des Princes on 22nd July 2000. Six months earlier, SCCP had won what was then known as the FIFA Club World Championship by beating Vasco da Gama 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in the final in Rio de Janeiro
44
Thanks to their 4-0 victory over Atlético de Madrid, Les Parisiens have now racked up 44 wins in 2024–2025, meaning that the capital club’s record of 47 wins in the 2015–2016 season could well be beaten during this year’s Club World Cup.
60
This will be Paris’s 60th match of the 2024–2025 season, thereby equalling the number of games that they played during the 2010–2011 campaign as well as coming to within touching distance of their total from 1994–1995 (61 matches).
105
Paris Saint-Germain have scored 105 goals across all competitions in 2025 so far, which is more than what any other team in Europe’s top five leagues has managed during the same period.
156
As for the 2024–2025 season itself, Les Parisiens are currently on 156 goals scored and have only done better than this in one previous campaign: 2017–2018, when they netted a total of 171 goals.
224
Botafogo will become the 224th different team that Paris Saint-Germain will have faced competitively since 1970, thereby following in the footsteps of Aston Villa and Inter Milan.
