The key numbers: Lyon v. Paris

Men's football•09 Nov 2025 12:00

Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 20:45 CET tonight (Matchday 12 of Ligue 1) at the Groupama Stadium.

On two occasions – 13th September 1974 and 25th February 2012 – Paris Saint-Germain have earned an incredible 4-4 draw away to Lyon. In fact, in the 1,948 matches that Les Parisiens have played in the French top flight since 1970, they have only registered this scoreline three times, including an eight-goal thriller away to Amiens SC on 15th February 2020.

Paris may well clinch a sixth straight competitive win over OL tonight, having beaten them 4-1 away on 3rd September 2023, 4-1 at home on 21st April 2024, 3-1 at home on 15th December 2024 and 3-2 away on 23rd February 2025 in the league as well as defeating them 2-1 in the Coupe de France final at the Stade Pierre Mauroy on 25th May 2024.

Les Rouge et Bleu are unbeaten in their last seven trips to Lyon, which have respectively ended in a 1-0 win on 22nd September 2019, a 5-1 win on 4th March 2020, a 4-2 win on 21st March 2021, a 1-1 draw on 9th January 2022, a 1-0 win on 18th September 2022, a 4-1 win on 3rd September 2023 and a 3-2 win on 23rd February 2025.

Paris’s top scorer against Lyon is Kylian Mbappé, whose 12 goals put him ahead of Edinson Cavani (nine goals scored), Zlatan Ibrahimović (seven goals scored) and Mustapha Dahleb (six goals scored).

28 men have played for both clubs: Bradley Barcola, Hatem Ben Arfa, Milan Biševac, 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. Although OL goalkeeper Rémy Descamps came through Paris Saint-Germain’s academy, he never made an appearance for the capital club’s first team.

These two teams haven’t drawn 0-0 with each other since 24th April 2009, making for a run of 32 games in which at least one goal was scored.

After Les Parisiens, who have been in Ligue 1 since 1974, Les Gones have enjoyed the second-longest uninterrupted presence in the French top flight of any team, with 37 straight seasons under their belt since 1989.

This will be the 37th competitive meeting between Paris and Lyon since 2011, making it the capital club’s most played fixture of the QSI era. In that time, Les Rouge et Bleu have racked up 24 wins, five draws and seven losses against OL.

100

If he plays against Lyon, Lee Kang-in will be making his 100th competitive appearance for Paris Saint-Germain.

112

Across the entire history of both teams, meanwhile, tonight’s game will be the 112th encounter between the two, with only AS Monaco having faced Paris more often (115 times). Les Parisiens enjoy the upper hand in this respect, too, with 50 wins, 29 draws and 32 losses to their name.

178

With a total of 178 goals scored, Paris have scored more times against Lyon than they have against any other team, with AS Saint-Étienne the closest competitor in this respect (175 goals conceded against Paris).

Guillaume Hoarau v. Lyon (4-4), 25/02/2012

Michel Kollarmichelkollar