The key numbers: Dunkerque v. Paris
Check out the key numbers ahead of the Coupe de France semi-final between Paris Saint-Germain and USL Dunkerque, which kicks off at 21:10 CET tonight at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq.
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In the 68 Coupe de France matches that they have played since the start of the 2011–2012 season, Paris have failed to score on just one occasion: a 0-0 draw with Nice (followed by a 6-5 defeat on penalties) in the last 16 on 31st January 2022.
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Les Parisiens’ only previous meeting with Dunkerque in the Coupe de France was at the last-64 stage on 3rd February 1974, when they ran out 1-0 winners at a neutral venue in Amiens thanks to a penalty scored by Rouge et Bleu captain Jean-Pierre Dogliani.
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Paris have lost just two of the 75 competitive fixtures that they have played against French clubs since Luis Enrique’s arrival: 3-2 to Nice on 15th September 2023 and 3-1 to Toulouse on 12th May 2024, both in the league.
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Tonight, Paris will be playing their third Coupe de France match at the Stade Pierre Mauroy against a team other than Lille, having already gone there and earned wins over Wasquehal (1-0 in the last 64 on 3rd January 2016) and Lyon (2-1 in the final on 25th May last year).
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Five players have plied their trade for both teams: Gilles Brisson, Pierre-Antoine Dossevi, Alec Georgen, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan and David Rinçon. Note: Nehemiah Fernandez, who came through Paris’s academy, never made a competitive appearance for the club’s first team.
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Gonçalo Ramos has scored five goals in the Coupe de France this season, making him Les Rouge et Bleu’s top scorer in the 2024–2025 edition of the competition. Just five Paris players have reached a higher total across a single campaign in the cup since 1990, when its two-legged ties were scrapped: Guillaume Hoarau (seven goals in 2010–2011), Zlatan Ibrahimović (seven goals in 2015–2016), Ángel Di María (seven goals in 2017–2018), Pablo Sarabia (seven goals in 2019–2020) and Kylian Mbappé (seven goals in 2020–2021 and eight goals in 2023–2024).
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Paris have won each of the 17 Coupe de France semi-finals that they have played since the 1985–1986 season, when they were knocked out by Bordeaux.
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Tonight’s game will be Les Parisiens’ 23rd Coupe de France semi-final since 1970, with the club’s overall record at this stage of the competition standing at 20 wins and two losses.
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Paris Saint-Germain haven’t been beaten by a lower-league team in the Coupe de France since losing 3-1 to then National side Rodez AF in the last 16 on 4th March 2009. That’s a run of 33 matches without falling victim to a “cupset” (against Aubervilliers, Évian, Vesoul, Quevilly, Agen, Martigues, Le Mans, Angers, Locminé, Sablé, Arras, Brest, Auxerre, Wasquehal, Niort, Avranches, Sochaux, Les Herbiers, Pontivy, Villefranche, Linas-Montlhéry, Lorient, Pau, Caen, Entente Feignies-Aulnoye, Vannes, Châteauroux, Pays de Cassel, Revel, Orléans, Espaly, Le Mans again and Stade Briochin).
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Kylian Mbappé is Paris’s top scorer in the Coupe de France, with his 35 goals putting him ahead of François M’Pelé (28 goals scored), Edinson Cavani (16 goals scored), the aforementioned Ibrahimović (also 16 goals scored), Pauleta (also 16 goals scored), Safet Sušić (15 goals scored), Mustapha Dahleb (14 goals scored) and Dominique Rocheteau (13 goals scored).
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This will be Paris’s 261st match in the Coupe de France, where their all-time record stands at 187 wins, 31 draws and 42 losses, making for a win percentage of 72%. Note: a loss on penalties is statistically considered as a draw.
