Return to Old Trafford for PSG this Wednesday evening (9 p.m.) for the 5 th and penultimate day of the Champions League group stage. Here are the main numbers to know before this match against Manchester United.
0. The number of goals scored in the Champions League by Kylian Mbappé in 2020. The striker has not scored in the competition since December 11, 2019 against Galatasaray. His counter therefore remains stuck at 13 goals with PSG in the competition, behind Di Maria (14) and Neymar (15).
3. Italian referee Daniele Orsato has already led PSG three times in European Cups, the last of which … in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich (1-0), in August.
4. This is only the fourth time that PSG have faced Manchester United in the European Cup. After the round of 16 of the 2018-2019 season where Paris won at Old Trafford (2-0) before sinking to the Parc (3-1), the two clubs met this season in the group’s first match . Manchester won again in Paris (2-1).
7. Seven players wore the colors of both clubs. Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera will return to their former club this evening. Ditto for Edinson Cavani who did the opposite route. In the more or less recent past Ray Wilkins, David Beckham, Gabriel Heinze, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have also played for both teams.
19. PSG are doing well outside in the Champions League group stage. Out of his 41 games played, he won 19 (for 14 defeats and 8 draws), for a record of 46.3% of success.
23. This match against Manchester will be PSG’s 23rd against an English club (6 wins, 8 draws, 8 losses) in all European competitions. Only Spanish clubs were more frequently faced opponents, with 32 games.
30. This is the number of consecutive matches in the group stage of the Champions League – including 15 away – where the Parisians have scored at least one goal. The last scoreless group match dates back to the 2015-2016 season: on November 3, 2015, on Matchday 4, PSG lost to Real Madrid (1-0).
30. If he plays this Wednesday evening, Kylian Mbappé will bring his total of Champions League games with Paris to 30. He will join former goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu in 14th place in the table dominated by Marco Verratti (61 games so far) and Thiago Silva (60).
100. Faced with the new team of Edinson Cavani, top scorer in the history of PSG with 200 goals, Kylian Mbappé again has the opportunity to bring his total to 100 goals with Paris. He has failed to achieve this in his last two games: against Leipzig (1-0) and Bordeaux (2-2).
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