The series lasts, between Racing and Stade Français: it is the away team which has won it in the last five confrontations. And Stade Français has been looking for this victory in the derby, at Jean-Bouin, for several years… An update on the notable statistics of this derby in the Paris region.
It is one of the rare real derbies, an authentic rivalry in the French championship. Racing 92 travels to Jean-Bouin this Sunday evening (9 p.m.), for what constitutes the poster for this 10th day of Top 14. And the particularity of this opposition in recent years, more precisely during the last five confrontations, it's the away team that wins. Worse still, the Pink Soldiers have not won this derby at home since 2017! This places the stakes of this shock well. Especially since the men of Paul Gustard, promoted to head coach after the departure of Karim Ghezal a month ago, are in penultimate place after a failed first third of the championship (6 defeats for 3 victories).
At Racing, defense, at Stade Français, opportunism
It's quite simple, Racing 92 is ranked second in the championship in terms of defensive efficiency. And it is even the fourth in Europe, behind Glasgow, Lyon and Edinburgh. Henry Chavancy's teammates have a success rate of 89.2% in tackling.
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A curiosity, which also affects the defensive area, concerns the tackling heights. And the instructions seem clear: Stade Français and Racing 92 are the two teams (if we exclude Glasgow and Edinburgh) which tackle above the hips most often in Europe.
In touch, Stade Français is the third French team which steals the most opposing shots (20.5%). And the two rival teams are, with Clermont, those which perform the least in scrum (77%).
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According to legend, we don't do better than Stade Touloulain when it comes to scoring after turnovers? Still according to Opta, this is however far from being the case. The two teams in Europe most comfortable in these moments of uncertainty are Northampton (35.1% of tries come from there) and the Parisians (25.2%). The Racingmen have been warned.
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