The key numbers: Paris v. Montpellier
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier HSC, which kicks off at 20:45 CET tonight (Matchday 2 of Ligue 1) at the Parc des Princes.
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Montpellier have scored just three goals in their last 12 Ligue 1 games at the Parc des Princes, compared to Paris’s total of 35 goals.
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The record for the fastest goal ever scored in the first game of a league season at the Parc des Princes is held jointly by Carlos Bianchi and Mauro Icardi, who both scored after just three minutes of play (the former doing so against Reims on 9th August 1977 and the latter doing so against Strasbourg on 14th August 2021).
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Paris Saint-Germain are on a ten-game winning streak against Montpellier in Ligue 1, with 38 goals scored and just seven conceded in that time. Only five other teams have lost to Les Parisiens at least ten times in a row in the league: Angers (14 straight losses since 2015), Nantes (14 straight losses from 2013 to 2019), Metz (14 straight losses since 2008), Brest (12 straight losses from 2011 to 2024) and Lorient (ten straight losses from 2013 to 2021).
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With 13 goals to his name, Kylian Mbappé is Paris’s top scorer against Montpellier, ahead of Neymar (six goals), Angel Di María (five goals), Raí (four goals) and Pauleta (also four goals).
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Paris have scored at least twice in each of their last 14 competitive meetings with Montpellier, dating all the way back to a 0-0 draw at La Mosson in the 2017–2018 season.
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Paris are also unbeaten in their last 14 Ligue 1 matches against Montpellier at the Parc des Princes, recording ten wins and four draws as well as scoring 39 goals and conceding just seven ever since a 3-1 win for MHSC on 15th May 2010.
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24 players have plied their trade for both clubs: Christian André, William Ayache, Claude Barrabé, Bruno Carotti, Aliou Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Xavier Gravelaine, Vincent Guérin, Jonathan Ikoné, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Francis Llacer, Patrice Loko, Claude Lowitz, Nordi Mukiele, Nicolas Ouédec, Christian Perez, Patrice Py, Laurent Robert, Mamadou Sakho, Stéphane Sessegnon, Benjamin Stambouli, Siaka Tiéné and Daniel Xuereb.
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Paris Saint-Germain have scored 30 goals over the course of their last seven league encounters with Montpellier at the Parc des Princes, making for an average of more than four goals per game.
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Paris have also netted 51 times in their last 14 competitive fixtures either at home or away to Montpellier, this time giving us an average of 3.64 goals per game.
75
Paris have played 75 competitive fixtures against Montpellier, with the capital club’s record standing at 36 wins, 22 draws and 17 defeats.
510
After Willian Pacho, Ibrahim Mbaye and João Neves each made an appearance away to Le Havre last Friday, 510 players have now played for Les Rouge et Bleu’s first team since the club’s creation back in 1970.
Rai v Montpellier (1-0), 11/09/1993
