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After significant summer investment, Paris Saint-Germain currently hold a comfortable lead at the top of Ligue 1 and have already secured their passage to the last 16 of the Champions League. Domestically, in particular, their start to the season has suggested that this is likely to be a record-breaking campaign for the Parisian side.
Neymar, Cavani and Mbappe are firing on all cylinders and they are ably backed up by the likes of Julian Draxler, Angel Di Maria, Dani Alves, Rabiot, Marco Verratti etc. They look all set to make a statement in Europe this season.
Here are 5 records PSG might break this season:
#5 Ligue 1's Points Record
PSG have accumulated 38 points from 12 wins and two draws in Ligue 1 and they remain undefeated this season.
That works out to an average of 2.71 points per match. Given that they have already played the rest of the current top five, recording four wins and one draw, it seems safe to assume that they will continue to pick up points at a similar or even better rate going forward.
If they are to do so, PSG would finish the campaign with a total of somewhere around 103 points. That would comfortably beat the current Ligue 1 record, set by PSG themselves with their 96-point haul in the 2015-16 season.
Also read: Is 2017 the year of Paris Saint-Germain?
#4 Ligue 1's Wins Record
Paris Saint-Germain also currently hold the Ligue 1 record for wins in a season. That was also set during the 2015-16 season when they recorded 30 wins from 38 matches.
At the time, it seemed unlikely that record - which represents 79% efficiency - would be surpassed. But PSG might just be able to do just that this time around.
Unai Emery’s side has so far recorded 12 wins from 14 matches - an efficiency rate of 86%. If that rate is extrapolated over the course of an entire campaign, it would result in 33 victories, three more than their own current record.
Also read: Ligue 1 2017/18: Grading Paris Saint-Germain's summer transfer window
#3 Ligue 1's Goals Record
The 2015-16 campaign in which Paris Saint-Germain set Ligue 1’s points and wins records saw them score plenty of goals (102 in fact) but was also built upon what were the best defensive numbers in the history of Ligue 1, with just 19 goals conceded in 38 matches.
This year’s team doesn’t quite have that same balance and solidity but features such an array of attacking talent, highlighted by the front three of Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani and Neymar, that they look on course to just about topple Ligue 1’s long-standing goals record.
Another Paris side, Racing Club de Paris, set the record back in the 1959-60 season, scoring 118 goals yet only finishing third in the table behind Nimes and champions Stade de Reims.
This season, PSG have scored 45 times in 14 matches. If they continue to score at that rate (3.21 goals per match), they would reach a total of 122 goals by the end of the season and therefore set a new record.
#2 Become Ligue 1's First Unbeaten Champions
Paris Saint-Germain have looked so superior to their domestic opponents so far this season that it might just be possible for them to become the first unbeaten champions in the history of Ligue 1. Even in matches where their collective play has not been entirely convincing, their sheer firepower has been enough to see them through.
As noted previously, they have already played the rest of the top five, recording four wins and one draw in the process. They came away from Marseille with a 2-2 draw, while their visit to reigning champions Monaco resulted in a 2-1 victory. On paper, their trip to Olympique Lyonnais in late January represents their toughest remaining domestic fixture.
Avoid defeat there and they will have every chance of earning the title once given to Arsenal: The Invincibles.
#1 Go Further Than They've Ever Gone in the Champions League
PSG’s best-ever performance in the Champions League remains their run to the semi-finals in the 1994-95 season, in which a team featuring Paul Le Guen, Rai and George Weah topped a group featuring Bayern Munich and then eliminated Barcelona before falling to reigning champions Milan in the last four.
Despite the money that has been poured into the club in recent years, they have failed to make it past the quarter-final stage in any of the last five seasons. Indeed, last season’s campaign ended at the last-16 stage after Barcelona produced an incredible comeback to overturn PSG’s 4-0 first-leg advantage and advance in their stead.
Maybe things will be different this time around. As long as they avoid a heavy defeat on the final matchday, they will again top a group featuring Bayern Munich. While some question marks remain over the balance of the side, their forwards are among the best in Europe. After many years of underperforming, perhaps this will be the year they finally go all the way.
