French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, January 18, 2015
Evian Thonon Gaillard LLWLD 2
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Paris Saint-Germain WDWLW 4
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EVN112
PSG224
Parc des Princes · 45,561 att.

Match Report

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Paris Saint-Germain made to work for three points against Evian

David Luiz and Marco Veratti scored their first goals for Paris Saint-Germain as the Ligue 1 champions beat struggling Evian 4-2.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
31.7
Possession
68.3
6
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
240
Accurate Passes
653
326
Passes
724
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
76
15
Accurate Long Balls
61
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
17
18
Tackles
19
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
28
16
Clearances
28

Head to Head

PSG leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 32David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 23Gregory van der WielRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 24Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 27Javier PastoreLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 5MarquinhosSUB
  2. 4Yohan CabayeSUB
  3. 9Edinson CavaniSUB
  4. 21Lucas DigneSUB
  5. 22Ezequiel LavezziSUB
  6. 1Nicolas DouchezSUB
  7. 25Adrien RabiotSUB

EVN · 4-4-2

  1. 40Benjamin LeroyG
  2. 24Olivier SorlinCD-L
  3. 22Cédric CambonCD-R
  4. 19Youssouf SabalyLB
  5. 2Kassim AbdallahRB
  6. 7Adrien ThomassonCM-L
  7. 8Yeltsin TejedaCM-R
  8. 14Cédric BarbosaLM
  9. 18Daniel WassRM
  10. 27Clarck NsikuluCF-L
  11. 10Nicolas BenezetCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Jordan BoySUB
  2. 26Jesper JuelsgardSUB
  3. 11Fabien CamusSUB
  4. 20Modou SougouSUB
  5. 23Nickie NielsenSUB
  6. 30Jesper HansenSUB
  7. 12David RamírezSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 0, Evian Thonon Gaillard 1. Cédric Barbosa (Evian Thonon Gaillard) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson with a headed pass.
  2. 30' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Evian Thonon Gaillard 1. David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Thiago Motta with a cross following a corner.
  3. 38' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Evian Thonon Gaillard 1. Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  4. 57' Substitution, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Modou Sougou replaces Nicolas Benezet.
  5. 60' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Own Goal by Gregory Van der Wiel, Paris Saint Germain. Paris Saint Germain 2, Evian Thonon Gaillard 2.
  8. 69' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani replaces Blaise Matuidi.
  9. 74' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Evian Thonon Gaillard 2. Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Moura.
  10. 77' Adrien Thomasson (Evian Thonon Gaillard) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 78' Substitution, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Fabien Camus replaces Cédric Barbosa.
  12. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ezequiel Lavezzi replaces Lucas Moura.
  13. 80' Substitution, Evian Thonon Gaillard. David Ramírez replaces Kassim Abdallah.
  14. 81' David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 85' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Javier Pastore.
  16. 89' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Evian Thonon Gaillard 2. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic following a fast break.

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