The clasicos are committed matches, legendary goals, legendary players, little phrases and sometimes controversies. This long history is also reflected in figures and statistics. Here is a small selection to update you before the clash on Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.) between the teams of Luis Enrique and De Zerbi.
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Steve Mandanda is the player who has played the most clasicos. The French international goalkeeper faced PSG for more than a decade, embodying Marseille’s continuity in this rivalry. Marquinhos will play his 25th clasico this evening.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović is the top scorer in the history of the clasico, with 11 goals scored in 10 matches between 2012 and 2016. He is followed by Kylian Mbappé (9 goals) and Cavani (7). The most effective Marseillais is Hervé Florès, author of five goals in the middle between 1975 and 1981, one more than André-Pierre Gignac and André Ayew. PSG scored 177 goals against OM in all competitions, including 130 in Ligue 1 McDonald’s.
47,7 %
Paris Saint-Germain has won 47.7% of Clasicos in all competitions. PSG and OM have faced each other more than 111 times since 1971. Paris has a total of 52 victories, OM 35 and 24 draws.
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On February 8, 2023, Warren Zaire-Emery became the youngest player to participate in a clasico during a Coupe de France round of 16. He was 16 years and 337 days old.
10,8 millions
In 2006, the Coupe de France final established the best audience for a clasico: 10.76 million viewers tuned in to TF1 to watch the Parisians’ victory (2-1).
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The most prolific match between PSG and OM took place on April 7, 1979, with seven goals and a final victory for the Parisians. Marc Berdoll and Carlos Bianchi scored twice.
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17 cards, including 5 red, were distributed during PSG-OM on September 13, 2020, played in an extremely tense climate. A general brawl broke out at the end of the match and the referee sent off five players: the Parisians Neymar, Paredes, Kurzawa and the Marseillais Amavi and Benedetto. OM won 1-0 thanks to Florian Thauvin.
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The oldest scorer in a clasico in Ligue 1 is Lionel Messi, aged 35 years and 247 days on February 26, 2023, during PSG’s big victory (3-0) with a double from Kylian Mbappé.
4
The maximum goal difference between the two teams. If Paris has won 4 times with a 4-goal margin in all competitions, this has only happened once at OM and that dates back almost 40 years with a 4-0 victory on November 28, 1986.
16
Between April 2012 and October 2019, PSG went 16 matches without defeat against OM in Ligue 1. The record for OM is 13 matches between September 1990 and November 1998.
