The "pact of twelve" is dead.
Long live the "pact of nine"!
In mid-February, PSG lost at the Parc des Princes against AS Monaco (2-0).
Behind, the players and the staff agreed on a clear mission: to win the last twelve games of the season to secure the title in Ligue 1. But this goal is already buried after the new defeat this Sunday against Nantes (2-1), still at the Parc des Princes.
There are now nine games left for Mauricio Pochettino's team.
By winning them all, PSG is certain to win a 10th French league title, thanks to an already very favorable goal difference against Lille, despite being three points behind in the standings, or Lyon, which also has 60 points.
However, this is not the time for optimism on the Parisian side.
The proof in three figures.
7
PSG version QSI (Qatar Sports Investments) has never conceded so many defeats in the league.
This was already the case with six units.
To find traces of such a total, we must go back to the 2010-2011 season, preceding the arrival of the Qatari shareholder.
Paris then lost 8 times in Ligue 1 and finished at the foot of the podium.
Another point: no team has been crowned champion of France with seven defeats since Olympique Lyonnais in 2007-2008!
If the Pochettino players manage to be titled, they will turn the tide of history a bit.
Its two main rivals, Lille and Lyon, have lost only 2 and 3 times this season.
That's good: PSG will go to the Rhône next Sunday and will host the Northerners on April 3.
77
Paris has 60 points after 29 days.
Last year, with a season stopped on the 27th day, Mbappé and his teammates had 8 more points.
Two years ago ?
17 more points!
To find traces of such a low total of points, we have to go back to the 2014-2015 season, the scene of a bitter struggle with Lyon, Marseille and Monaco: Paris then had 58 points in 29 days.
Above all, this means that PSG can claim a total of 77 points maximum at the end of the 38 days (27 points still to be taken).
The last French champion with so few points is called ... Lille, in 2010-2011.
Trained by Rudi Garcia, led by Eden Hazard, the Mastiffs were sacred with 76 points.
2.17
To win, you have to score.
And Paris is suffering on the offensive plan this season with 2.17 goals on average per game.
Figures comparable to the 2014-2015 season when Laurent Blanc's team averaged 2.18 goals after 38 days.
That season, Paris just concluded its exercise with 9 successes in a row ...
Of all its titles under the QSI era, Paris has scored fewer goals on average only once: in 2012-2013, during the first title.
The players coached by Carlo Ancelotti ended the season with 1.8 goals on average.
