Paris Saint Germain (PSG) come into the match against Monaco having extended their lead to 10 points at the top of Ligue 1. The Champions are still yet to lose in the league and haven’t lost in all competitions since they played Bayern Munich in November. They dropped points in the league in their last home match against Reims.
Monaco sit 13 points behind PSG in third place in the league. They lost their last away game in the league to Montpellier but have won twice at home since then. They also finished their Champions League group stage with a heavy defeat to Inter, including an early red card for left-back Mawissa.
Head-to-Head Records (Last 10 all competitons)
PSG 1-0 Monaco
Monaco 2-4 PSG
Monaco 0-0 PSG
PSG 5-2 Monaco
Monaco 3-1 PSG
PSG 1-1 Monaco
Monaco 3-0 PSG
PSG 2-0 Monaco
Monaco 0-2 PSG
PSG 0-2 Monaco
PSG Five wins
Two Draws
Monaco Three wins
Matchup statistics
- The last meeting between the sides came in the French Super Cup, PSG won 1-0 with the goal coming in the final moments. Ousmane Dembele scored in the second minute of injury time. Philipp Kohn made nine saves in the match.
- In the last five matches between the sides there has been less than five cards given. The last red card between the teams was in 2020. At this stage, new Aston Villa signing Axel Disasi played for Monaco and Moise Kean played for PSG.
- Monaco have only beaten PSG away from home three times since 2005.
- Managers Adi Hütter and Luis Enrique have played against each other four times. Monaco manager Hütter has never won against Enrique, only drawing once. All have come when managers of Monaco and PSG.
Team Statistics
- PSG have scored the most goals (54) in the league and only Lens have conceded fewer than the leaders 19.
- PSG and Monaco are the first and second teams in the league for both big chances created and big chances missed. PSG have created 111 big chances, missing 70. Monaco have created 71 (only one more than PSG have missed), missing 47.
- Opta have given PSG a 99.64% probability of winning the league title at this stage with their 10 point lead.
- PSG have scored 22 goals in their last seven matches. A number of goals that it has taken Monaco 15 games to score.
Player Statistics
- In the game between Monaco and PSG earlier in the season, Maghnes Akliouche produced 1.40 expected assists. This is more than any individual in a match this season in Ligue 1.
- Khvicha Khvaratskelia has only played two Ligue 1 games, against Brest he missed three big chances.
- Off the back of a hattrick against Brest, Ousmane Dembele has reached 14 goals for the season. This currently has him as the Golden Boot leader.
- Joao Neves currently leads the league for assists with seven. Monaco’s Lamine Camara and Maghnes Akilouche are only two behind with five.
- Bradley Barcola (15) and Breel Embolo (13) are two of only six players who have missed 10 or more big chances this season. Barcola leads the league for big chances missed.
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (0.9) and Philipp Köhn (1.0) are two of the three best keepers in the league for goals conceded per game.