The key numbers: Monaco v. Paris

Men's football•17 Feb 2026 12:00

Check out the key numbers ahead of the first leg of the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco, which kicks off at 21:00 CET tonight at the Stade Louis II.

Paris Saint-Germain will be facing a fellow French side in the UEFA Champions League for the second time this evening, following last season’s double header against Brest at the same stage of the competition, which the capital club won 10-0 on aggregate (3-0 in the first leg in Brittany and 7-0 in the second leg at the Parc des Princes).

If Les Parisiens were to beat Monaco over these two legs, they would make it through to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League for the 14th consecutive time. This feat has only ever been achieved by Bayern Munich, although Real Madrid could also replicate it this season by getting past Benfica.

Edinson Cavani is Paris’s top scorer against Monaco, with his 15 goals putting him ahead of Kylian Mbappé (11 goals scored) as well as Carlos Bianchi, Ángel Di María and Neymar Jr (six goals scored each).

This will be the 34th competitive meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco since the latter’s return to Ligue 1 in 2013, which will see the principality club dethrone Lyon as Paris’s most regular opponent in the last 13 years. In this time, Les Parisiens have picked up 18 wins, eight draws and seven losses against ASM.

38 men have played for both clubs: Jimmy Algerino, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Ali Benarbia, Daniel Bernard, Daniel Bravo, Édouard Cissé, Alain Couriol, Éric Cubilier, Omar Da Fonseca, James Debbah, Abdou Diallo, Youri Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Louis Floch, Marcelo Gallardo, Franck Gava, Xavier Gravelaine, Bernard Guignedoux, Ludovic Giuly, Thilo Kehrer, Layvin Kurzawa, Yvon Leroux, Mickaël Madar, Kylian Mbappé, Jérémy Ménez, Nenê, Alex Nyarko, Christian Perez, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Fabrice Poullain, Jacques Rémond, Bruno Rodriguez, Jean-Paul Rostagni, Jérôme Rothen, Amara Simba, Marco Simone, George Weah and Arthur Zagré.

If he plays tonight, Achraf Hakimi will be making his 50th UEFA Champions League appearance for Paris.

Les Monégasques are set to become the 58th different team that Paris Saint-Germain will have faced in the UEFA Champions League, following in the footsteps of Sporting CP in this respect.

Monaco will also become the 97th different team that Paris will have taken on across all European competitions.

113

With 113 UEFA Champions League matches under his belt, Marquinhos is Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time top appearance maker in European competitions.

117

Dating all the way back to 1970, this will be the 117th encounter between these two teams, with Les Rouge et Bleu’s all-time record against ASM currently standing at 37 wins, 30 draws and 49 losses. In fact, no other club has come up against Paris more often than this, including Lyon and Marseille (112 matches each) as well as Bordeaux and Nantes (110 matches each).

181

This will be Les Parisiens’ 181st game in the UEFA Champions League / European Cup, where they boast a record of 97 wins, 32 draws and 51 losses.

301

Across all European competitions, Les Rouge et Bleu have played a total of 301 matches, with their record this time standing at 159 wins, 66 draws and 76 losses. Note: these figures take into account both the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Michel Kollarmichelkollar

The key numbers: Monaco v. Paris

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