French Ligue 1

FT Friday, August 21, 2015
Paris Saint-Germain LWWWW 1
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Montpellier WLLLL 0
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Stade de la Mosson · 27,163 att.

Match Report

Blaise Matuidi scores as PSG win third straight game to open Ligue 1 season

Blaise Matuidi scored his second goal of the season as Paris Saint-Germain made it three league wins out of three, 1-0 against Montpellier.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
64.1
Possession
35.9
9
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
609
Accurate Passes
306
682
Passes
377
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
55
33
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
19
Effective Tackles
19
23
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
7
7
Clearances
9

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Jonathan LigaliG
  2. 3Daniel CongréCD-L
  3. 4HiltonCD-R
  4. 24Jérôme RoussillonLB
  5. 14Bryan DaboRB
  6. 10Ryad BoudebouzAM
  7. 15Ramy BensebainiLM
  8. 8Jonas MartinRM
  9. 28Djamel BakarF
  10. 7Anthony MounierAM-L
  11. 17Paul LasneAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Kévin BerigaudSUB
  2. 21William RémySUB
  3. 6Joris MarveauxSUB
  4. 31Quentin CornetteSUB
  5. 25Mathieu DeplangeSUB
  6. 1Laurent PionnierSUB
  7. 19Souleymane CamaraSUB

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Kevin TrappG
  2. 32David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 19Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 27Javier PastoreRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 22Ezequiel LavezziLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 29Jean-Kévin AugustinSUB
  2. 5MarquinhosSUB
  3. 30Salvatore SiriguSUB
  4. 25Adrien RabiotSUB
  5. 4Benjamin StambouliSUB
  6. 3Presnel KimpembeSUB
  7. 31Youssouf SabalySUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Javier Pastore because of an injury.
  2. 45'+1' Ramy Bensebaini (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 49' Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 55' Ryad Boudebouz (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Goal! Montpellier 0, Paris Saint-Germain 1. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxwell.
  6. 68' Substitution, Montpellier. Souleymane Camara replaces Ramy Bensebaini.
  7. 69' Substitution, Montpellier. Joris Marveaux replaces Paul Lasne.
  8. 69' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Jean-Kevin Augustin replaces Ezequiel Lavezzi.
  9. 73' Substitution, Montpellier. Mathieu Deplagne replaces Jérôme Roussillon.
  10. 74' Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 81' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Benjamin Stambouli replaces Lucas Moura.

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