The key stats: Lyon-Paris
History, stakes and keys to the match. Find out all the key statistics ahead of Matchday 4 of Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais at 8.45pm on Sunday 3 September at Groupama Stadium.
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On 13 September 1974 and 25 February 2012, the two teams finished a match at the Gerland with the incredible score of 4-4 and 8 goals scored. This is a very rare scoreline for Parisians in the top flight since 1970: just three times (with Amiens, on 15/02/2020) in 1,872 matches played.
Kylian Mbappé scored a quadruple against Lyon (5-0, 7 October 2018). It was the 7th and most recent quadruple to date in the history of Paris Saint-Germain in the top flight.
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Paris Saint-Germain are on a five-match unbeaten run at Lyon, winning 1-0 on 22 September 2019 in Ligue 1, 5-1 on 4 March 2020 in the Coupe de France semi-final, 4-2 on 21 March 2021 in the league, drawing 1-1 in the league on 9 January 2022 and winning 1-0 last season on 18 September 2022.
The top scorer for Paris against Lyon is Kylian Mbappé, with 10 goals. He is ahead of Edinson Cavani (9 goals), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (7 goals) and Mustapha Dahleb (6 goals).
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27 players have worn the shirts of both clubs: Hatem Ben Arfa, Milan Bisevac, Mathieu Bodmer, Luc Borrelli, Daniel Bravo, François Brisson, Jérémy Clément, Grégory Coupet, James Debbah, Vikash Dhorasoo, Jean Djorkaeff, Raymond Domenech, Fabrice Fiorèse, Pierre-Alain Frau, Laurent Fournier, Franck Gava, Ludovic Giuly, Pascal Havet, David Hellebuyck, Christophe Jallet, Gérard Lanthier, Patrice Loko, Peguy Luyindula, Florian Maurice, Bruno Ngotty, Jean-Luc Sassus and Daniel Xuereb.
After Paris Saint-Germain, the longest-standing team in Ligue 1 since 1974, Lyon are the longest-standing club in the league's elite: since 1989, a run of 35 seasons at the highest level.
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This is the 107th match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon, with 2 clubs having played more: Bordeaux and Monaco (110 matches). The record is in Paris' favour, with 45 wins, 29 draws and 32 defeats.
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Paris have scored 162 goals against Lyon. Les Gones are second only to Saint-Etienne (167 goals).
