The key numbers: Brest v. Paris
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Stade Brestois 29 and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 17:00 CET today (Matchday 20 of Ligue 1) at the Stade Francis Le Blé.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the only Parisian to have scored a hat-trick against Brest. He did so during the 5-2 Coupe de France win in the Round of 64 tie on 8 January, 2014.
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Paris Saint-Germain have lost just once in their last 48 Ligue 1 matches: the 3-1 loss to Toulouse on 12 May 2024. They have won 34 games in that series and drawn 13 times. Since Luis Enrique’s arrival, Paris have lost just twice in 62 matches against French opponents with the other defeat coming against Nice (3-2, 15/09/23).
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Ousmane Dembélé has scored at least one goal in his first five matches of 2025: Monaco (1), Saint-Etienne (2), Manchester City (1), Reims (1) and Stuttgart (3), which is a club record. With eight goals in five outings, he equals Christian’s total of 2000. The Paris Saint-Germain record is nine goals in the first five games of a calendar year, set by Neymar in 2018, which included him netting four against Dijon.
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Paris have won their last seven trips to Brest in the league. That’s a club record along with the on-going streaks at Angers (since 2017) and Metz (since 2014).
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Paris are on a run of nine victories in a row at the Stade Francis Le Blé in all competitions (2 Coupe de France wins). That’s a club record, ahead the streak set at Lorient (8 wins between 2011 and 2020).
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Kylian Mbappé is the club’s leading scorer against Brest with nine goals. He’s ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic (6), Dominique Rocheteau (4) and Safet Susic (3).
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24 players have played for both teams: Claude Barrabé, Daniel Bernard, Jean-Pierre Bosser, Bernard Bureau, Gilles Cardinet, Joël Cloarec, Patrick Colleter, Franck Dja Djédjé, Bandiougou Fadiga, Louis Floch, David Ginola, Vincent Guérin, Lionel Justier, Ahmed Kantari, Bernard Lama, Paul Le Guen, Yvon Leroux, Claude Makélélé, Tripy Makonda, Bernard Mendy, Granddi Ngoyi, William N’Jo Léa, Bernard Pardo, Jocelyn Rico.
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Paris are unbeaten in 26 league games against Brest (18 wins, 8 draws) since losing 1-3 on 26 January, 1985. That is also a club record, matching their run vs. Angers (26 matches, 19 wins and 7 draws).
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The Rouge et Bleu are unbeaten in their last 29 competitive games against Brest (21 wins, 8 draws) since that 1985 defeat. They could now equal the club record which stands at 30 matches against Angers.
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Paris Saint-Germain are unbeaten in their last 33 Ligue 1 away games (Marseille 3-0, Brest 2-1, Nice 2-0, Angers 2-1, Troyes 3-1, Auxerre 2-1, Strasbourg 1-1 in 2022-2023, 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 in 2023-2024, Le Havre 4-1, Lille 3-1, Reims 1-1, Nice 1-1, Marseille 3-0, Angers 4-2, Auxerre 0-0, Monaco 4-2 and Lens 2-1 this season). It’s a French record and only AC Milan has ever done better across Europe’s top five leagues, going 38 Serie A away games unbeaten between 1991 and 1993.
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Of the 45 competitive meetings between the pair, Paris have won 28, drawn 13 and lost just four.
Warren Zaîre-Emery v Brest (3-2), 29/10/2023
