French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, April 18, 2015
Paris Saint-Germain WWWWL 3
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Nice LLWDW 1
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NICE101
Allianz Riviera · 25,145 att.

Match Report

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Brace from Javier Pastore carries short-handed PSG to win over Nice

Paris Saint-Germain showed they can cope with injuries and without top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic as they won 3-1 at Nice on Saturday to pressure Lyon in the close-fought Ligue 1 title race.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
5
59.7
Possession
40.3
15
SHOTS
17
8
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
431
Accurate Passes
256
524
Passes
347
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
8
24
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
66
26
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
21
Effective Tackles
18
31
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
14
17
Clearances
14

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-1

Lineups

NICE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Simon PouplinG
  2. 24Mathieu BodmerCD-L
  3. 25Romain GenevoisCD-R
  4. 19Jordan AmaviLB
  5. 15Grégoire PuelRB
  6. 3Carlos EduardoAM
  7. 33Albert RafetraniainaLM
  8. 22Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 14Alassane PléaF
  10. 10Valentin EyssericAM-L
  11. 34Saïd BenrahmaAM-R

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 32David LuizCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 21Lucas DigneLB
  5. 19Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 4Yohan CabayeCM
  7. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 27Javier PastoreRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 22Ezequiel LavezziLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Timeline

  1. 32' Javier Pastore (Paris Saint-Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Goal! Nice 0, Paris Saint-Germain 1. Javier Pastore (Paris Saint-Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Moura with a through ball.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Nice 1, Paris Saint-Germain 1. Mathieu Bodmer (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Said Benrahma following a set piece situation.
  4. 57' Substitution, Nice. Didier Digard replaces Albert Rafetraniaina.
  5. 60' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Yohan Cabaye.
  6. 62' Substitution, Nice. Niklas Hult replaces Said Benrahma.
  7. 63' Goal! Nice 1, Paris Saint-Germain 2. Javier Pastore (Paris Saint-Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 69' Goal! Nice 1, Paris Saint-Germain 3. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  9. 70' Substitution, Nice. Alexy Bosetti replaces Alassane Pléa.
  10. 73' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck replaces Lucas Moura.
  11. 75' Jordan Amavi (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 76' Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 84' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Maxwell replaces Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Ligue 1 News

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