The key numbers: Reims v. Paris
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Stade de Reims and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 21:00 CET tonight (Matchday 5 of Ligue 1) at the Stade Auguste Delaune.
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Reims defender Aïssa Mandi's pair of own goals on 5 April 2014 at the Parc des Princes (a 3-0 win for Paris) remains the only time an opposition player has scored two own goals for Paris in same match.
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This is the second time that Paris Saint-Germain have scored at least 3 goals in each of the opening 4 matches of a new league campaign, after the 2018-2019 season.
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Paris Saint-Germain have started the season with 4 consecutive wins. Les Rouge et Bleu have only done better on three occasions: in 2017-2018 (6 wins), in 2018-2019 (14 wins) and in 2021-2022 (8 wins).
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Les Rouge et Bleu n’ont pas encaissé de but à Reims lors des cinq derniers matches officiels du club en Champagne (3-0, le 22/01/2020 en Coupe de France, 2-0 le 27/09/2020 en championnat, 2-0 le 16/05/2021 en championnat, 0-0 le 08/10/2022 en championnat, 3-0 le 11/11/2023 en championnat).
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Les Rouge et Bleu have not conceded a goal away to Reims in the club's last five official visits to the Champagne region (3-0 on 22/01/2020 in the Coupe de France, 2-0 on 27/09/2020 in Ligue 1, 2-0 on 16/05/2021 in in Ligue 1, 0-0 on 08/10/2022 in in Ligue 1 and 3-0 on 11/11/2023 in in Ligue 1).
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Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappé Paris' are all-time top scorers against Reims, with seven goals scored. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and François M'Pelé are next with five goals.
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Paris Saint-Germain have now gone 9 competitive matches without defeat (6 wins and 3 draws) against Reims since 25 September 2019 (0-2 at the Parc des Princes in Ligue 1).
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18 players have worn the colours of both clubs: Manuel Abreu, Carlos Bianchi, Grégory Bourillon, Bernard Bureau, François Calderaro, Jean-François Charbonnier, Antoine Conte, Amara Diané, Hugo Ekitike, Antoine Garceran, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Dominique Lokoli, David Ngog, Richard Niederbacher, Alain Polaniok, Younousse Sankharé, Benjamin Stambouli and Siaka Tiéné.
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Paris remain on a run of 26 matches unbeaten away from home in the league (Marseille 3-0, Brest 2-1, Nice 2-0, Angers 2-1, Troyes 3-1, Auxerre 2-1, Strasbourg 1-1, Toulouse 1-1, Lyon 4-1, Clermont 0-0, Rennes 3-1, Brest 3-2, Reims 3-0, Le Havre 2-0, Lille 1-1, Lens 2-0, Strasbourg 2-1, Nantes 2-0, Monaco 0-0, Montpellier 6-2, Marseille 2-0, Lorient 4-1, Nice 2-1, Metz 2-0, Le Havre 4-1 and Lille 3-1). This is a record in France and in the club's history.
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Paris Saint-Germain and Reims have met 34 times in official matches, with Paris winning 16 times, drawing 10 and losing 8.
Lucas v Reims (3-0), 23/11/2013
