The key numbers: Paris-Nice

Men's football•01 Nov 2025 12:00

All the stats, stakes and history ahead of Saturday’s Ligue 1 game against Nice at the Parc des Princes.

A single Paris Saint-Germain player has scored four times in a game against Nice: Patrice Loko, on 27 April 1997 at the Parc des Princes in a 5-0 win.

It was during a game with Nice that the Parc des Princes floodlights went out for the only time. On 18 January 1985, the stadium went dark for 15 minutes and the referee decided to continue playing. Paris won 3-2 with the lights coming back on shortly before the end of the game.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the club’s all-time leading scorer against Nice with 11. He’s ahead of Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappé, François M’Pelé (6) and Patrice Loko (5).

41 players have played for both teams: Fabrice Abriel, Jean-Pierre Adams, Jérôme Alonzo, William Ayache, Dominique Baratelli, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jules Bocandé, Mathieu Bodmer, Jean-Pierre Bosser, Daniel Bravo, Marcin Bulka, José Cobos, Eric Cubilier, Mustapha Dahleb, James Debbah, Guy Delhumeau, Jean Deloffre, Kaba Diawara, Didier Digard, Franck Dja Djédjé, Jean-François Douis, Pierre Dréossi, David Hellebuyck, Jean-Noël Huck, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Léandri, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Lionel Letizi, Danijel Ljuboja, Larrys Mabiala, Stanley Nsoki, Grégory Paisley, Fabrice Poullain, Jocelyn Rico, Daniel Sanchez, Liazid Sandjak, Marco Simone, Nambatingue Toko, Sammy Traoré, Franck Vandecasteele and Zlatko Vujovic.

There have been 42 competitive meetings between the pair at the Parc des Princes with the Red-and-Blue’s record 19 wins, 13 draws, 10 defeats.

Lucas Hernandez could make his 50th Ligue 1 appearance.

Parisians and Niçois are going to meet for the 86th time in a competitive game. The Parisians have 36 wins, 24 draws and 25 defeats so far.

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Gonçalo Ramos could make his 100th competitive appearance for Paris.

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131 goals scored for Paris against Nice, putting the Côte d’Azur side close to the Club’s all-time top 10: Lyon (178 goals), Saint-Etienne (175), Lens (165), Marseille and Nantes (164), Lille (157), Bordeaux and Metz (148), Monaco (140), Toulouse (138) and Bastia (134).

Edinson Cavani v. Nice (3-1), 27/10/2017

Michel Kollarmichelkollar

The key numbers: Paris-Nice

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