The key numbers: Paris v. Lille
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Paris Saint-Germain and LOSC Lille, which kicks off at 21:05 CET tonight (Matchday 24 of Ligue 1) at the Parc des Princes.
1
Paris Saint-Germain won the National title (now known as Ligue 2), which was the first of the 52 trophies in their collection, after beating Lille 4-2 at the Stade Jean Bouin on 12th June 1971.
2
Paris have lost just two of the 71 competitive fixtures that they have played against French teams since Luis Enrique took over as the club’s first-team head coach: 3-2 against Nice on 15th September 2023 and 3-1 against Toulouse on 12th May 2024, both in the league.
5
Five of Paris’s six fastest-ever goals in the French top flight were scored against Lille by the following players: Kylian Mbappé (00:08 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy on 21st August 2022), Maxwell (00:26 at the Parc des Princes on 25th April 2015), Zlatan Ibrahimović (00:27 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy on 2nd September 2012), Nordine Kourichi (an own goal at 00:45 at the Parc des Princes on 22nd October 1983) and Safet Sušić (00:48 at the Parc des Princes on 20th October 1990).
9
Les Rouge et Bleu are currently on a nine-game winning run in competitive fixtures but haven’t strung together ten wins in a row since the 2015–2016 season, when they racked up a series of 16 straight victories.
11
Kylian Mbappé is Paris’s top scorer against Lille, with his 11 goals putting him ahead of Dominique Rocheteau (eight goals), Safet Sušić (seven goals), Neymar Jr (six goals), Edinson Cavani (five goals), Lucas (also five goals) and the trio of Jean-Claude Bras, Ángel Di María and Pauleta (four goals each).
21
Paris are unbeaten in their last 21 competitive fixtures, having recorded 17 wins and four draws since losing 1-0 to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League on 26th November 2024. The team’s longest-ever unbeaten streak stands at 37 matches and was achieved between a 1-0 defeat to Marseille on 15th August 1993 and a 3-0 loss to Nantes on 5th April 1994.
25
Paris have put 25 goals past Lille in the last seven league meetings between the two clubs, giving the capital club an average of more than three goals per game.
30
30 players have plied their trade for both teams: Jocelyn Angloma, Hatem Ben Arfa, Mathieu Bodmer, François Brisson, Bernard Bureau, Yohan Cabaye, Aliou Cissé, Lucas Digne, Oumar Dieng, Pierre Dréossi, Pierre-Alain Frau, Idrissa Gueye, Jonathan Ikoné, Mickaël Landreau, Bernard Lama, Christophe Landrin, Ethan Mbappé, Thomas Meunier, Edvin Murati, Pascal Nouma, Bernard Pardo, Christian Perez, Stéphane Pichot, Jacky Planchard, Thierry Rabat, David Rozehnal, Younousse Sankharé, Renato Sanches, Amara Simba and Timothy Weah.
50
This will be the 50th match between Paris and Lille at the Parc des Princes, where Les Rouge et Bleu’s record against LOSC currently stands at 29 wins, 14 draws and six losses. Only four other clubs have visited the Parc at least 50 times: Bordeaux (55 matches), Nantes (54 matches), Marseille (53 matches) and Monaco (also 50 matches).
104
This will also be the 104th competitive fixture between the two sides at any venue, with the head-to-head record again sitting in Paris’s favour: 45 wins, 26 draws and 32 losses. In fact, Lille became the sixth club to rack up 100 games against Les Rouge et Bleu, following in the footsteps of Monaco (115 matches), Lyon (111 matches), Bordeaux (110 matches), Marseille (107 matches) and Nantes (also 107 matches).
152
Les Parisiens have notched up a total of 152 goals against Lille but have only reached the 150-goal milestone against five other teams: Lyon (178 goals), Saint-Étienne (169 goals), Lens (163 goals), Nantes (162 goals) and Marseille (161 goals).
Maxwell v Lille (6-1), 25/04/2015
