All you need to know: Paris Saint-Germain - Stade Rennais

A LITTLE HISTORY...

It's the 78th competitive game between the two sides. Paris Saint-Germain's record reads 40 wins, 17 draws and 20 losses (N.B. this total is only against SRFC's first team with PSG having played their reserve side in the 1972/73).

The capital club won 3-0 against Rennes at the Parc des Princes (3-0, 7 November 2020), Rennes are the only side to have won three times in the capital in Ligue 1 since 2011 (1-2 on 17/11/2012, 1-2 on 07/05/2014, 0-2 on 12/05/2018).

The Parisians suffered their only league loss to Rennes when they were beaten 2-0 at Roazhon Park on 3 October. 

It was also against Rennes that Paris Saint-Germain won their first point of the QSI era, drawing 1-1 in Brittany on 13 August 2011. 

Thirty players have played for both teams: Jocelyn Angloma, Sylvain Armand, Claude Arribas, Hatem Ben Arfa, Daniel Bernard, Grégory Bourillon, Louis Cardiet, César, Clément Chantôme, Édouard Cissé, Stéphane Dalmat, Kaba Diawara, Nicolas Douchez, Mevlüt Erding, Louis Floch, Franck Gava, Yannick Guillochon, Bernard Lama, Gérard Lanthier, Jérôme Leroy, Stéphane Mahé, François M’Pelé, Guy Nosibor, Grégory Paisley, Albert Poli, Philippe Redon, Christophe Revault, Jocelyn Rico, Bruno Roux and Jean-Luc Vasseur. Formerly at the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy, Rennes forward Metehan Güçlü (on loan at FC Emmen this season) is yet to play for the Rennes first team.

Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria are Paris Saint-Germain's top scorers against Rennes with seven goals. Neymar Jr and Dominique Rocheteau (6) come next followed by Kylian Mbappé (5), Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Nenê & Zlatan Ibrahimovic (4).

THE STAKES...

Paris Saint-Germain are on a 14-game unbeaten run in Ligue 1 (9 wins, 5 draws).

The club has lost just one match after 23 league games, the third-best performance at this stage of a L1 season since 1985/86 & 2015/16 (0 defeats) and equalling those of 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2018/19.

The Rouge et Bleu have 56 points after 23 matches, the best return since Nîmes (57 points, re-calculated with 3 points for a win) in 1961/62.

It's the club's fifth-best performance in the last 60 years behind those of 2015/16 (63 points), 2018/19 (62 points), 2017/18 (59 points) and 2019/20 (58 points).

KEYS TO THE MATCH..

Paris Saint-Germain are the only team yet to lose at home in Ligue 1 this season (10 wins, 1 draw). The Parisians have gone a whole top-flight season unbeaten at the Parc des Princes five times already: 1985/86, 1993/94, 2014/15, 2016/17 and 2018/19.

The Rouge et Bleu have kept clean sheets in their last four home league games (Nice, Monaco, Brest & Reims).

Angel Di Maria loves playing Rennes with seven competitive goals against them, ahead of Dijon and Monaco (6), then Angers, Marseille and Montpellier (5).