History, challenges and keys to the match! Find out everything you need to know before the start of the match of the 32nd day of Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Strasbourg, this Saturday April 10 at 5 p.m. at the Stade de la Meinau.
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A little history…
68th official meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and Strasbourg, and advantage to the Parisians with 36 wins, 18 draws and only 13 defeats.
If the capital club is intractable at the Parc des Princes (no defeat in 34 matches played), the record is more contrasted in Alsace with 10 wins, 10 draws and 13 defeats in 33 official matches.
Since Strasbourg’s return among the elite in 2017, the Rouge et Bleu have played 3 matches at the Stade de la Meinau for a record of one victory (2-4 on 12/13/2017, in the round of 16 of the League), a draw (1-1 on 12/05/2018, in Ligue 1) and a defeat (2-1 on 12/02/2017, in Ligue 1).
Paris Saint-Germain also remains on a series of invincibility of 7 official matches against Strasbourg (5 wins and 7 draws).
The most beautiful Parisian success in Alsace dates back to August 22, 1992, with a 4-0 victory in the league thanks to goals scored by Laurent Fournier, George Weah (a double for his first goals under the Paris Saint-Germain jersey) and François Calderaro .
25 players wore the shirts of both clubs: Albert Baning, Carlos Bianchi, François Brisson, José Cobos, Amara Diané, Franck Dja Djédjé, Youri Djorkaeff, Raymond Domenech, Pierre Ducrocq, Richard Dutruel, Vincent Fernandez, Kevin Gameiro, Xavier Gravelaine, Jean-Noël Huck, Danijel Ljuboja, Francis Llacer, Peguy Luyindula, Pascal Nouma, Jacki Novi, Godwin Okpara, Grégory Paisley, Francis Piasecki, Stéphane Pichot, Bruno Rodriguez and Toko.
Dominique Rocheteau is Paris Saint-Germain’s top scorer against Strasbourg, with 6 goals scored. He is ahead of Christian (5 goals), Edinson Cavani and George Weah (4 goals), then Angel Di Maria, Paul Le Guen and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (3 goals).
Only one Parisian goalscorer managed a quadruple against Strasbourg: the Brazilian Christian, during the 1999-2000 season (Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 victory at the Parc des Princes, on 01/26/2000).
Challenges…
After the superb 3-2 victory against Bayern in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, it’s back to the championship! The Parisians, left behind by Lille, who won 2-0 against Metz this Friday at the Stade Saint-Symphorien, no longer have the right to make mistakes, but they remain on an impressive series of away successes all competitions combined.
Indeed, the club of the capital travels well, with 8 victories in a row in official matches: in Marseille (0-2 on 02/07/2021, in Ligue 1), in Caen (0-1 on 02/10/2021 , in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France), in Barcelona (1-4 on 16/02/2021, in the round of 16 first leg of the UEFA Champions League), in Dijon (0-4 on 27/02/2021, in Ligue 1), in Bordeaux (0-1 on 03/03/2021, in Ligue 1), in Brest (0-3 on 06/03/2021, in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France), in Lyon (2 -4 on 03/21/2021, in Ligue 1), and in Munich (2-3, on 07/07/2021, in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League).
Paris Saint-Germain will also be able to count on its iron defense, which has already achieved 9 clean-sheets this season in Ligue 1 away from home, in 15 matches played.
The keys to the match …
98 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in official matches against Strasbourg, the 100 goals mark this afternoon at La Meinau? 15 clubs have already reached this symbolic figure: Lyon and Saint-Étienne (158 goals), Lens (146 goals), Marseille (145 goals), Nantes and Bordeaux (142 goals), Bastia (134 goals), Metz (133 goals) , Lille and Sochaux (127 goals), Monaco (120 goals), Toulouse (119 goals), Nice (118 goals) and Rennes (113 goals) and Montpellier (108 goals).
The Parisians will be able to count on Kylian Mbappé, scorer with 32 goals in 2020-2021 and already in the top 8 in the history of the Rouge et Bleu. The French international, who scored 14 goals in the last 11 official matches of the capital club (including 11 away in 6 official matches in all competitions!), Is getting closer to his personal best (39 goals in 2018- 2019). Only three Parisian scorers have done better over a season: Carlos Bianchi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani.
In Ligue 1, with 84 goals scored for the capital club, the world champion is only one goal away from Mustapha Dahleb (85 goals) and could enter the leading trio of the Red and Blue behind Edinson Cavani (138 goals) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (113 goals).
Angel Di Maria, decisive passer 100 times for Paris Saint-Germain in official matches, is now only 3 units from the club’s record, held by Safet Susic.
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