The key numbers: Lens-Paris
All the stats, stakes and history ahead of Sunday’s Coupe de France tie at Lens (kick-off 9pm).
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Since the start of the 2011-2012 season, Paris Saint-Germain have failed to score just once in 64 Coupe de France ties: against Nice (0-0, 5-6 on pens.) in the Last 16 of the competition on 31 January 2022.
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Paris Saint-Germain and Lens have played out a goalless draw just four times in 91 competitive meetings.
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There have been 10 matches between the Parisians and the Lensois in the Coupe de France across seven ties (3 two-legged ties). The Rouge-et Bleu’s record reads: 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. They have progressed on four of the seven occasions.
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The club’s all-time leading scorer against Lens is Mustapha Dahleb with 11 goals. He’s ahead of François M’Pelé (8), Dominique Rocheteau (7) and Safet Susic (5).
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Paris Saint-Germain have 15 Coupes de France in the trophy cabinet, a French record ahead of Marseille (10).
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Since 1970, Paris’ record in the Coupe de France Round of 64 is exceptional. They have gone through 47 times, and been knocked out on just five occasions. Paris Saint-Germain have not lost at this stage of the competition since 17 February 1990 vs. Valenciennes (0-1), almost 35 years ago.
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36 players have played for both teams: Alphonse Areola, Serge Aurier, Milan Bisevac, Jules Bocandé, François Brisson, Zoumana Camara, Clément Chantôme, Charles-Edouard Coridon, Eric Cubilier, Stéphane Dalmat, Frédéric Déhu, Jean Deloffre, Nicolas Douchez, Pierre-Alain Frau, Bernard Héréson, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Bonaventure Kalou, Bernard Lama, Loïck Landre, Nicolas Laspalles, Ronan Le Crom, Jérôme Leroy, Danijel Ljuboja, Patrice Marquet, Jean-Eudes Maurice, François M’Pelé, William N’Jo-Léa, Pascal Nouma, Alex Nyarko, Stéphane Pédron, José Pierre-Fanfan, Thierry Rabat, Bruno Rodriguez, Daniel Xuereb, Christian Zajaczkowski and Pascal Zaremba.
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The two teams have met 91 times in competitive games. The Parisians have 45 wins, 21 draws and 25 losses.
160
Lens have conceded 160 goals vs. Paris Saint-Germain. Only four clubs have conceded more: Lyon (175), Saint-Etienne (167), Nantes (162) and Marseille (161).
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Paris are going into their 257th Coupe de France tie. They have 184 wins, 30 draws and 42 defeats, a win ratio of 72%. N.B. a penalty shoot-out defeat is statistically counted as a draw.
Rai v Lens (2-1), 02/05/1998
