The key numbers: Paris v. Monaco

Men's football•06 Mar 2026 12:00

Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco, which kicks off at 20:45 CET tonight (Matchday 25 of Ligue 1) at the Parc des Princes.

Monaco and Paris faced each other for the first time in the play-offs of the Championnat National (now Ligue 2) at the old Stade Louis II on 6th June 1971, when they played out a 2-2 draw.

Les Parisiens have kept nine clean sheets in their 11 league games at the Parc des Princes so far this season, a feat that they also achieved in 1993–1994. Meanwhile, the team’s all-time record in this respect is 14 clean sheets in 19 games, which was set during the 2013–2014 campaign.

Les Rouge et Bleu have also racked up 10 wins in those 11 league games, thereby equalling their exploits on home soil from the 1985–1986, 2015–2016 and 2021–2022 seasons. Only once, in 2018–2019, have they achieved the perfect record of 11 wins from their opening 11 top-flight matches at the Parc.

Edinson Cavani is Paris Saint-Germain’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).

Les Parisiens have scored 21 goals while conceding just one in their last six Ligue 1 matches at the Parc des Princes, giving them an average of 3.5 goals scored per game on home turf.

This will be the 36th competitive meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco since the latter’s return to Ligue 1 in 2013, making the principality club Paris’s most regular opponent in the last 13 years. In that time, Les Parisiens have picked up 19 wins, nine draws and seven losses.

39 men have played for both clubs: Jimmy Algerino, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Fodé Ballo-Touré, 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.

Tonight’s match will be the 55th competitive encounter between these two teams at the Parc des Princes, which will see Les Monégasques pull level with Bordeaux and Marseille when it comes to the number of visits that they have made to Paris’s home ground.

118

Across their 35 meetings since the start of the 2013–2014 season, Paris and Monaco have racked up a total of 118 goals, making for an average of 3.37 goals scored per game. Let’s hope for more of the same tonight!

119

Dating all the way back to 1970, this will be the 119th clash between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco, with Les Rouge et Bleu’s all-time record in this fixture standing at 38 wins, 31 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).

Yann Lachuer v. Monaco (1-0), 20/09/1998

Michel Kollarmichelkollar

The key numbers: Paris v. Monaco

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