PSG receives Metz this Wednesday evening (9 pm), in a late match of the 1st day of Ligue 1. A poster more modest than the clasico lost Sunday against OM (0-1) but under pressure, especially since the Parisians will be deprived of many players, once again.
The figures to remember before this meeting.
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PSG have never started a season with three consecutive defeats in Ligue 1. The capital club dusted off a 36-year-old record, when it fell against Nancy and Lille.
Paris had also experienced two inaugural defeats in 1976 and 1978.
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PSG also ardently wishes to put an urgent end to another series: that of three defeats in a row, in all competitions, launched against Bayern Munich (0-1) and continued against Lens (1-0) and Marseille ( 0-1).
PSG had not known such a series since 2011, against Nancy (0-1), Marseille (3-0) and Salzburg (2-0).
We have to go back to the 2005-2006 season to find traces of a series of four consecutive defeats, which PSG will seek to avoid.
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The 2011 losing streak is also the last in which PSG went three consecutive games without scoring.
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Metz seems the right opponent to bounce back, if we look at all the series in progress.
PSG remain on 6 consecutive victories at the Parc des Princes against the Lorrains, with at least 3 goals scored each time.
He has not lost for 14 years against the Garnets, at home or away, regardless of the competition (9 wins and a draw since).
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This is only the eleventh time since signing Kylian Mbappé at PSG that he will play in Ligue 1 without him or Neymar on the pitch.
Since the two stars wear the Parisian jersey, the club's record is 2.4 points per game when at least one of the two participates in the match (70 wins, 10 draws, 12 losses), against "only" 2 points per match when they are both absent (6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses).
In this configuration, PSG remains on a defeat against Lens (0-1) and a draw against Amiens (4-4).
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The two teams have the particularity of posting exactly the same results after two days: two defeats and no goal scored in L 1. The Lorrainers lost against Monaco and Lille (1-0 each time).
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