The key numbers: Paris v. Manchester City

Match previews

The history, stakes and stats behind Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League Matchday 7 encounter between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City.

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Paris Saint-Germain are on a run of 4 consecutive wins since the start of 2025 (Monaco 1-0 in the Trophée des Champions on 05/01/2025 Saint-Etienne 2-1 in Ligue 1 on 12/01/2025, Espaly 4-2 on 15/01/2025 in the Coupe de France Round of 32 and Lens 2-1 last Saturday in the league). Paris have done better on only three occasions: in 2012 and 2017 (5 wins) and in 2016 for the club record, 11 wins to start the calendar year.
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Six players have featured for both clubs: Nicolas Anelka, Ali Benarbia, Djamel Belmadi, Sylvain Distin, Alioune Touré and George Weah.
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Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City have met seven times previously: 3 December 2008 in Manchester (0-0) in the UEFA Cup group stage, then six times in the UEFA Champions League: quarter-final stage (2-2 on 06/04/2016 and 0-1 on 12/04/2016), in the semi-finals (1-2 on 28/04/2021 and 0-2 on 04/05/2021) and in the group stage (2-0 on 28/09/2021 and 1-2 on 24/11/2021). The Red-and-Blues’ record reads: 1 win, 2 draws, 4 defeats.
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Manchester City are in the top five of the most frequently faced European opponents behind FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich (14 matches), and Chelsea and Real Madrid (8 matches).
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Paris Saint-Germain have played 14 times in Parc des Princes against English opponents : 5 wins, 5 draws, 4 defeats.
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It will be the Parisians’ 31st match against English opponents in European competition: Arsenal (5 matches), Chelsea (8 matches), Liverpool (4 matches), Manchester City (7 matches), Manchester United (4 matches) and Newcastle (2 matches), with a record of 8 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats.
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With 42 goals, Kylian Mbappé is the club’s all-time leading scorer in European competition ahead of Edinson Cavani (30).
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Marquinhos has played 97 times for Paris Saint-Germain in European competition, the most in the club’s history.
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This will be Paris Saint-Germain’s 162nd Champions League/European Cup game. They have 84 wins, 30 draws and 47 defeats so far.
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It is the club’s 282nd European competition game with a record so far that reads 145 wins, 63 draws and 73 defeats. N.B. statistics include the European Super Cup and the Intertoto Cup
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Paris have scored 499 goals in European competition. N.B. statistics include the European Super Cup and the Intertoto Cup but not the goals after a forfeited match.
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Lionel Messi v Manchester City (2-0), 28/09/2021

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