The invention has as subject matter a plug-and-socket connector with a base strip for a printed circuit board connection and with a male connector, which male connector has at least one socket housing projecting on its insertion side which socket housing has a right-angle cross-sectional base form and longitudinal sides opposite one another on both sides and corresponding to this base form and has a front side located between them, in which insertion openings of plug receivers for contact elements are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the front side in a successive series, which plug receivers are parallel to each other, extend vertically to the front side and which plug receivers are permanently arranged on the base strip in an alignment corresponding to the insertion openings. At least one guide element is provided for connecting the base strip to the male connector, which guide element is provided in a mounted state of the male connector on the base strip between two insertion openings of the male connector and between two plug receivers of the base strip that correspond to the two insertion openings.