French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saint-Étienne WWLDW 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WWDWD 5
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Parc des Princes · 46,088 att.

Match Report

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat trick inspires PSG to St Etienne victory

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
7
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
34.3
Possession
65.7
8
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
296
Accurate Passes
648
364
Passes
709
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
49
Long Balls
54
25
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
4
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
13
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
13
18
Clearances
13

Head to Head

PSG leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

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

Substitutes

  1. 1Nicolas DouchezSUB
  2. 6Zoumana CamaraSUB
  3. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  4. 15Jean-Christophe BahebeckSUB
  5. 21Lucas DigneSUB
  6. 20Clément ChantômeSUB
  7. 19Sèrge AurierSUB

ASSE · 5-3-2

  1. 16Stéphane RuffierG
  2. 26Moustapha SallCD
  3. 19Florentin PogbaCD-L
  4. 2Kévin Théophile-CatherineCD-R
  5. 27Franck TabanouLB
  6. 22Kévin Monnet-PaquetRB
  7. 6Jérémy ClémentCM
  8. 10Renaud CohadeCM-L
  9. 18Fabien LemoineCM-R
  10. 13Ricky van WolfswinkelCF-L
  11. 9Mevlut ErdinçCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Max GradelSUB
  2. 20Jonathan BrisonSUB
  3. 28Ismael DiomandéSUB
  4. 21Romain HamoumaSUB
  5. 30Jessy MoulinSUB
  6. 8Benjamin CorgnetSUB
  7. 31Jonathan BambaSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Own Goal by Stéphane Ruffier, St Etienne. Paris Saint Germain 1, St Etienne 0.
  2. 41' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, St Etienne 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxwell with a cross.
  3. 55' Substitution, St Etienne. Max Gradel replaces Mevlut Erding.
  4. 55' Substitution, St Etienne. Benjamin Corgnet replaces Fabien Lemoine.
  5. 62' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, St Etienne 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  6. 63' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, St Etienne 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Maxwell.
  7. 72' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 5, St Etienne 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
  8. 73' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  9. 73' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck replaces David Luiz.
  10. 74' Substitution, St Etienne. Ismael Diomande replaces Ricky van Wolfswinkel.
  11. 88' Ismael Diomande (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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