French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, March 7, 2015
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Paris Saint-Germain DDWDW 4
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PSG134
Parc des Princes · 46,279 att.

Match Report

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic leads PSG to top of Ligue 1 table with win

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored one goal and was involved in two more as Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for next week's Champions League game against Chelsea with a 4-1 win over Lens that moved them provisionally top of the French league on Saturday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
10
Saves
2
35.1
Possession
64.9
8
SHOTS
28
3
ON GOAL
14
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
262
Accurate Passes
569
334
Passes
627
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
9
11
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
29
17
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
19
Effective Tackles
15
20
Tackles
19
1.0
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
15
32
Clearances
15

Head to Head

PSG leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 32David LuizCD-L
  3. 6Zoumana CamaraCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 23Gregory van der WielRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 24Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 22Ezequiel LavezziLF
  11. 15Jean-Christophe BahebeckRF

RCL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Rudy RiouG
  2. 4Ahmed KantariCD-L
  3. 22Loïck LandreCD-R
  4. 24Ludovic BaalLB
  5. 25Jean-Philippe GbaminRB
  6. 6Jérôme Le MoigneCM
  7. 20Lalaïna NomenjanaharyLM
  8. 23Wylan CyprienRM
  9. 7Yoann TouzgharF
  10. 19Baptiste GuillaumeLF
  11. 11Pablo ChavarríaRF

Timeline

  1. 31' Ludovic Baal (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 43' Lalaïna Nomenjanahary (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 43' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lens 0. David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 60' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lens 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 65' Substitution, Lens. Adamo Coulibaly replaces Baptiste Guillaume.
  6. 66' Substitution, Lens. Benjamin Bourigeaud replaces Wylan Cyprien.
  7. 67' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Marco Verratti.
  8. 67' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani replaces Jean-Christophe Bahebeck.
  9. 68' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lens 1. Yoann Touzghar (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ludovic Baal with a cross.
  10. 72' Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Thiago Motta.
  12. 79' Substitution, Lens. Aristote Madiani replaces Lalaïna Nomenjanahary.
  13. 80' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 1. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Javier Pastore with a cross following a fast break.
  14. 82' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Lens 1. Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a through ball.
  15. 90'+2' David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.

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