1 Parisian has scored a hat-trick in Metz: the Brazilian Christian in a 3-0 win on 12 December 1999.
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Paris have lost just three times in their last 49 away games, winning 35 times.
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Paris have won on their last seven trips to Lorraine for a league game. It’s just two short of the club record, which is an ongoing run of 9 successive wins in Brest since 2011.
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Kylian Mbappé is the club’s all-time leading scorer against Metz with 9 goals. He’s ahead of François M’Pelé (7), Mustapha Dahleb and Dominique Rocheteau (6), and Safet Susic (5). Mustapha Dahleb scored all of his goals at Stade Saint-Symphorien.
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Paris Saint-Germain have won their last 15 competitive meetings with Metz since a goalless draw in Lorraine on 18 August 2007. It’s the third-longest run in the club’s history after Angers (18 wins since 2015) and Nantes (17 wins, 2007-2019).
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22 players have played for both teams: Albert Baning, Denis Bauda, Milan Bisevac, Jules Bocandé, François Calderaro, Eric Cubilier, Mevlüt Erding, Thomas Kokkinis, Bernard Lama, Lionel Letizi, Claude Lowitz, Patrick Mboma, Bartholomew Ogbeche, Grégory Paisley, Francis Piasecki, Alain Polaniok, Cyril Pouget, Philippe Redon, Romain Rocchi, Bruno Rodriguez, Jean-Philippe Séchet and Benjamin Stambouli. Fodé Ballo-Touré, who came through the Paris youth academy, never made a first-team appearance for the club.
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With 50 defeats against Paris, Metz are only behind Nantes (55), Saint-Etienne (53), Marseille (52) and Lyon (51) among the sides most beaten by the Rouge-et-Bleu.
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This is the duo’s 84th competitive meeting. Paris’ record reads 50 wins, 15 draws, 18 defeats.
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Paris have scored 148 goals against Metz. Only six teams have ever conceded more: Lyon (181), Saint-Etienne (175), Lens (165), Marseille & Nantes (164), Lille (157). Bordeaux have also conceded 148 times vs. the Red-and-Blues.
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Fabian Ruiz could make his 150th competitive appearance for the club.
