Cristiano Ronaldo's record equalled by Mbappe, and both overtake Messi
The Frenchman joined the Portuguese after his win over Olympique Marseille and left the Argentinian behind him
PSG's 2-0 win over Olympique de Marseille at the Velodrome put Kylian Mbappe on course to equal Cristiano Ronaldo's record for the longest unbeaten run in his career against a given team.
On this occasion, the French international went 16 games without defeat against the Marseille side, equalling Cristiano's tally against Espanyol. With the particularity that both players won 14 games and drew two.
Those numbers distance him, almost definitively, from the record held by Lionel Messi, who is unbeaten in just 13 games against Racing Santander, whom he beat 11 times and, like the Frenchman and the Portuguese, drew twice.
What Cristiano, Mbappe and Messi do have in common is that all three are unbeaten against four teams they have played more than 10 games against in their careers.
While CR7 remains unbeaten against Espanyol (14 wins and two draws), Newcastle (11 and 3), Bolton and Deportivo La Coruna (9 and 1), Mbappe has never lost against OM, the team he has faced the most in his career (14 wins and two draws), Montpellier (14 and 1), St.-Ettiene (9 and 3) and Brest (9 and 1).
The striking statistic between the three is that while Mbappe and Messi have the balance of more wins than defeats against all their rivals, something that Cristiano's does not have, who against Messi's Barcelona has a balance of more defeats (15) than wins (10).
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