Thomas Tuchel insisted before PSG-Lyon on a Champions League level match, against an opponent who is still trying to prove to him that he is of the same rank as him.
An ambition little confirmed by the Lyon ranking of last season, stopped in March (7th) but which is verified in the relatively complex opposition opposed during the meetings between the two teams.
The numbers to remember before the match on Sunday evening (9 p.m., Téléfoot) where the leader's chair is at stake.
9.
Since the arrival of Qatar in 2011, Lyon have deprived PSG of victory 9 times.
The two teams have crossed paths 26 times, in all competitions, for the most recurring poster since the acquisition of QSI.
OL have managed to win 5 times, a record tied with Rennes.
But the Lyonnais are doing better, in total, with 4 more draws (including one that followed by a loss on penalties in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue, last July).
13. The
other side of the coin for OL, Jean-Michel Aulas' club has often been run over at Parc des Princes.
He won the Coupe de France in 2012 (1-3), but has not won in Paris in the league since 2007. Thirteen long years of Parisian domination punctuated by 10 wins and 2 draws.
The last two ended with the scores of 4-2 and 5-0, with a quadrupled by Mbappé in 2018-2019.
10.
If he takes part in the meeting, which is not certain due to a blow to the hip received on Wednesday, Marquinhos will equal Blaise Matuidi with 295 appearances for the Paris jersey.
He would then join, tied, the top 10 most capped players at PSG.
He would have “only” 140 official matches to play to equal Jean-Marc Pilorget the record holder in 435 appearances.
5.
Neymar won his five games against Lyon, in all competitions, while scoring 3 goals and 1 assist.
The last of these successes was concluded on penalties, last July in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue (0-0, 6-5 tab).
Lyon is, with Rennes and Bordeaux, the clubs most faced by Neymar (5 official matches).
Little curiosity, the French club that the Brazilian has faced the most remains at least until Sunday evening ... PSG, with 6 confrontations during his time in Barcelona (4 wins, 2 losses).
10.
Lyon are the fittest team in Ligue 1 if we stick to their unbeaten streak of 10 games (6 wins and 4 draws).
But, even with its defeat in Monaco, PSG retains a higher performance, with 25 points acquired over this period, against 22 for Garcia's men.
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6.
If PSG are particularly attentive to the presence or not of Memphis Depay, the player in form on the Lyon side is Karl Toko-Ekambi.
The former Paris FC striker is quite simply involved in OL's last six goals: 3 goals and 3 assists.
In his last six appearances, he has 6 goals and 3 assists.