The key numbers: Paris-Brest
All the stats, stakes and history ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League play-off second leg against Stade Brestois 29 at the Parc des Princes (9pm).
1
It’s Paris’ first all-French European knockout tie and the second ever in the Champions League after Lyon and Bordeaux met in the 2009-10 quarter-finals.
2
Since Luis Enrique’s arrival, Paris have lost just two competitive games against French opposition in 68 encounters: vs. Nice (2-3, 15 September 2023) and vs. Toulouse (1-3, 12 May 2024).
4
Paris have won their last four European games: Salzburg (3-0), Manchester City (4-2), Stuttgart (4-1) and Brest (3-0). It’s the club’s best run since 2017-2018 when they recorded five consecutive wins: vs. Celtic Glasgow (5-0 and 7-1), Bayern Munich (3-0) and Anderlecht (4-0 and 5-0).
15
Ousmane Dembélé is the first Paris Saint-Germain play to score 15 goals in the first 12 games of a calendar year, even if he hasn’t played the full 90 minutes each time. The previous record was held by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with 14 goals in his first 12 matches of 2014.
18
Paris are unbeaten in 18 competitive games (14 wins, 4 draws) since the Champions League game with Bayern Munich (0-1, 26 November 2024). The club record is 37 matches from a defeat to Marseille (0-1) on 15 August 1993 to that against Nantes (0-3) on 5 April 1994.
24
24 players have played for both clubs: Claude Barrabé, Daniel Bernard, Jean-Pierre Bosser, Bernard Bureau, Gilles Cardinet, Joël Cloarec, Patrick Colleter, Franck Dja Djédjé, Bandiougou Fadiga, Louis Floch, David Ginola, Vincent Guérin, Lionel Justier, Ahmed Kantari, Bernard Lama, Paul Le Guen, Yvon Leroux, Claude Makélélé, Tripy Makonda, Bernard Mendy, Granddi Ngoyi, William N’Jo Léa, Bernard Pardo, Jocelyn Rico.
31
The Rouge et Bleu have gone 31 competitive games without defeat (23 wins, 8 draws) against Brest since losing in Brittany on 26 January 1985 (1-3). It’s a club record ahead of their ongoing unbeaten streak vs. Angers (30 matches).
47
The 47 competitive games between Paris and Brest have led to 30 wins, 13 draws and four defeats for the capital club.
52
Stade Brestois 29 are the club’s 52nd UEFA Champions League opponent and the 92nd in all European competitions.
100
With 100 matches under his belt, Marquinhos has played more European games than any other player in Paris Saint-Germain history.
165
This will be Paris’ 165th UEFA Champions League game. Their record is 87 wins, 30 draws and 47 defeats.
285
It is the club’s 285th European game with 148 wins, 63 draws and 73 defeats so far. N.B. these stats include both the European Supercup and the Intertoto Cup.
