Key numbers: Paris-Chelsea

Men's football•13 Jul 2025 12:00

History, stakes and keys to the match! Find out the key figures before the kick-off of the Club World Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea on Sunday 13th July at 9pm at the Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford.

There have been 2 friendly matches between the two teams, both in the United States: on 22nd July, already in New York at the Yankee Stadium (1-1) and on 25th July 2015 in Charlotte as part of the ICC (1-1, 5-6 pens.).

If Paris beat Chelsea in the final of the Club World Cup, they will have achieved the exceptional feat of winning all 5 competitions in which they have participated in 2024-2025, after Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Trophée des Champions and the UEFA Champions League.

This evening, Chelsea could become the 5th English club to be beaten by the Parisians in 2025, after Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal. That would be a European record, currently held by Juventus Turin (4 Spanish clubs beaten in 2003) and Real Madrid (4 German clubs beaten in 2024).

It's 7 clean sheets for the Parisians in their last 8 official matches (Reims 3-0 in the Coupe de France final, Inter Milan 5-0 in the UEFA Champions League final, Atlético de Madrid 4-0, Seattle Sounders 2-0, Inter Miami 4-0, Bayern Munich 2-0 and Real Madrid 4-0 at the Club World Cup). Paris Saint-Germain had not done better in a single season since 2010-2011, when they went seven games without conceding a single goal (Arles-Avignon 4-0, Sevilla 1-0, Rennes 0-0, Lens 2-0, Lviv 2-0, Nice 0-0 and Toulouse 2-0).

Paris Saint-Germain face Chelsea for the 9th time in official matches, with a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats for the Rouge and Bleu.

11 players have worn the colours of both teams: Alex, Nicolas Anelka, David Luiz, Enrique De Lucas, Lassana Diarra, Mateja Kezman, Claude Makélélé, Christopher Nkunku, Thiago Silva, George Weah and Ray Wilkins.

It's 35 goals in all competitions this season for Ousmane Dembélé, only four Parisian strikers have done better in the history of the Rouge et Bleu, in chronological order: Carlos Bianchi (39 goals in 1977-1978), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (41 goals in 2013-2014 and 50 goals in 2015-2016), Edinson Cavani (49 goals in 2016-2017 and 40 goals in 2017-2018) and Kylian Mbappé (39 goals in 2018-2019 and 2021-2022, 42 goals in 2020-2021, 41 goals in 2022-2023 and 44 goals in 2023-2024).

It’s the 36th final for the Parisians since the club was founded (21 Coupe de Frances, 10 League Cups, 2 European Cup Winners' Cups and 2 Champions League finals), Paris Saint-Germain, who are on a run of 4 consecutive wins, have won 27 times and lost only 8.

This evening, the Parisians will play their 38th match against an English club - Arsenal (7 matches), Aston Villa (1 match), Chelsea (8 matches), Liverpool (6 matches), Manchester City (8 matches), Manchester United (4 matches), Newcastle (2 matches) and Aston Villa (1 match) - with a record of 13 wins, 9 draws and 15 defeats.

48 wins for Parisians in 2024-2025, The club record (47 wins in 2015-2016) was broken after the match against Real Madrid (4-0) in the semi-final of the 2025 Club World Cup.

Bradley Barcola has played 63 matches for Paris in 2024-2025, a new record in the club's history. Two other Paris Saint-Germain players have also reached the symbolic milestone of 60 matches played in a season: Fabian Ruiz and Désiré Doué.

Paris will play their 65th match during the 2024-2025 season, with the Rouge et Bleu breaking their record set in 1994-1995 (61 matches).

168

The Parisians have scored 168 goals in the 2024-2025 season, they have only managed to score more on one occasion in 2017-2018 (171 goals in total).

Nenê v Chelsea (1-1), 22/07/2012

Michel Kollarmichelkollar