A few hours before the final, here are some figures, sometimes anecdotal but which illustrate the Lyon habit of this kind of appointment. A deficit that Parisians will be keen to fill tonight, and win the second title in their history after a first Coupe de France won in 2010.


1 - This is the first Coupe de France final to be played in Brittany, with a match to be played at the Stade de la Rabine in Vannes. A stadium that can accommodate up to 9,500 spectators, including a standing part, and which had hosted last year, the final of the Military World Cup, won by France.


A first that will make happy in both teams with including Griedge Mbock, Camille Abily or Eugenie Le Sommer, all three of the region from the side of the Lyon players. Patrice Lair is also at home with this final played in Brittany, he is from the Côtes d'Armor.


2 - As the number of Parisian players who were already part of the team of Paris Saint-Germain during the first victory of the club in the Coupe de France. It was in 2010, Sabrina Delannoy and Laure Boulleau were on the ground and were able to raise the Cup after the victory in Paris (5-0) against Montpellier.


3 - This is the third final of the Coupe de France between Paris and Olympique Lyonnais, after those of 2008 and 2014, each time won by the OL. In 2008, the match was played at the Stade de France in the curtain of a friendly match of the French men's team against Colombia. Lyon then won 3-0 and it was Shirley Cruz who opened the scoring in this match.


In 2014, it was at the MMA Arena Le Mans that Lyon had won (2-0), thanks to goals from Lara Dickenmann and Corine Petit. Lyon and Paris also met in 2010 at the semi-finals stage. This is the only time that Paris has taken the best on OL, the Parisian players had then qualified for shoot-offs before winning in the final


4 - The two recordwomen in the number of goals in the final of the Coupe de France will not be on the field tonight in Vannes, since it is Lotta Schelin and Sandrine Bretigny who scored four goals each at this stage of the season. the competition. Elodie Thomis could join them tonight since she scored three goals, scored with Montpellier in the victories of the Herault girls in 2006 and 2007.


5/6/7/8 - Olympique Lyonnais has won the last five editions of the Coupe de France, and has six titles in the competition to which must be added the two won at the time of FC Lyon (2003-2004) . In case of victory tonight, Lyon would achieve its seventh double Cup-Championship, the sixth in a row.


Also note that Lyon has won eight of the fifteen trophies of the Coupe de France distributed since 2001 and the creation of the Challenge de France (now Coupe de France). Even in the event of defeat tonight, Lyon would count to half of the Coupe de France while having been present in thirteen of the sixteen finals of the competition.


9 - Among the players who will be present on the lawn or on the edge of the field, they are nine to have already scored at least one goal in the final of the Coupe de France. Seven from Lyon and two from Paris. Moreover, the two Parisian players to have scored in the final did it with another club that the PSG: Shirley Cruz with Lyon (against the PSG) and Marie-Laure Delie with Montpellier.


On the side of OL players, this is the case of Elodie Thomis who scored these goals with Montpellier. Lyonnais strikers who are not only offensive players, since Corine Petit, Griedge Mbock and Wendie Renard have distinguished themselves in the same way as Eugénie Le Sommer, Camille Abily or Ada Hegerberg.


The final will be played this Friday at 9pm in Vannes (Stade de la Rabine). Match broadcast on France 4 and Eurosport.