French Ligue 1

FT Friday, November 21, 2014
Paris Saint-Germain WWWWW 3
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Metz DLDWL 2
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PSG213
METZ022
Stade Saint-Symphorien · 25,012 att.

Match Report

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Ezequiel Lavezzi hits late winner to send PSG top of Ligue 1

Ezequiel Lavezzi fired Paris Saint-Germain to the top of the French league on Friday by scoring the winner in the 3-2 victory over promoted Metz.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
7
70.6
Possession
29.4
14
SHOTS
14
9
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
598
Accurate Passes
194
685
Passes
278
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
70
37
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
16
14
Tackles
19
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
25
23
Clearances
25

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

METZ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Johann CarrassoG
  2. 18Jeremy ChoplinCD-L
  3. 5Guido MilánCD-R
  4. 24Gaëtan BussmannLB
  5. 15Romain MétanireRB
  6. 13Florent MaloudaAM
  7. 25Guirane N'DawLM
  8. 21Ahmed KashiRM
  9. 20Modibo MaïgaF
  10. 22Kevin LejeuneAM-L
  11. 10Bouna SarrAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Juan FalconSUB
  2. 29Sergei KrivetsSUB
  3. 4Sylvain MarchalSUB
  4. 16Anthony Mfa MezuiSUB
  5. 23Yeni N'GbakotoSUB
  6. 27José PalominoSUB
  7. 7Romain RocchiSUB

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 23Gregory van der WielRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 4Yohan CabayeRM
  9. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 22Ezequiel LavezziLF
  11. 27Javier PastoreRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Edinson CavaniSUB
  2. 16Mike MaignanSUB
  3. 33Jean-Kévin AugustinSUB
  4. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  5. 6Zoumana CamaraSUB
  6. 20Clément ChantômeSUB
  7. 21Lucas DigneSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Metz 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 16' Own Goal by Gaëtan Bussmann, Metz. Metz 0, Paris Saint Germain 2.
  3. 21' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Clément Chantôme replaces Yohan Cabaye because of an injury.
  4. 29' Jérémy Choplin (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Thiago Motta.
  6. 45' Substitution, Metz. Yeni N'Gbakoto replaces Bouna Sarr.
  7. 45' Substitution, Metz. Sergei Krivets replaces Florent Malouda.
  8. 49' Goal! Metz 1, Paris Saint Germain 2. Modibo Maiga (Metz) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  9. 53' Goal! Metz 2, Paris Saint Germain 2. Modibo Maiga (Metz) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  10. 60' Modibo Maiga (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Guido Milan (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 74' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  13. 75' Guirane N'Daw (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 79' Substitution, Metz. José Luis Palomino replaces Gaëtan Bussmann because of an injury.
  15. 83' Goal! Metz 2, Paris Saint Germain 3. Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  16. 87' Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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