French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, August 16, 2015
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Paris Saint-Germain WLWWW 2
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Parc des Princes · 46,524 att.

Match Report

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Matuidi, Silva help PSG cruise by Ajaccio, ascend to top of Ligue 1 table

Ligue 1 champions Paris St. Germain struck twice early on to see off promoted Gazelec Ajaccio 2-0 on Sunday evening at the Parc des Princes.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
29.9
Possession
70.1
8
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
244
Accurate Passes
708
330
Passes
768
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
8
Crosses
29
0.1
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
28
25
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
14
18
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
10
15
Clearances
13

Head to Head

PSG leads series 1-0

Lineups

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. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 7Lucas MouraLF
  11. 29Jean-Kévin AugustinRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Ezequiel LavezziSUB
  2. 27Javier PastoreSUB
  3. 23Gregory van der WielSUB
  4. 31Youssouf SabalySUB
  5. 4Benjamin StambouliSUB
  6. 30Salvatore SiriguSUB
  7. 3Presnel KimpembeSUB

GFC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Clément MauryG
  2. 21Pablo MartinezCD-L
  3. 4Rodéric FilippiCD-R
  4. 3Issiaga SyllaLB
  5. 29Alexandre CoeffRB
  6. 18Amos YougaCM-L
  7. 8Jérôme Le MoigneCM-R
  8. 23Damjan DjokovicLM
  9. 6David DucourtiouxRM
  10. 19Jacques ZouaCF-L
  11. 28Grégory PujolCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Louis PoggiSUB
  2. 33Come CasanovaSUB
  3. 24John TshibumbuSUB
  4. 30Jules GodaSUB
  5. 10Mohamed LarbiSUB
  6. 9Khalid BoutaïbSUB
  7. 7Kévin MayiSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Paris Saint-Germain 1, GFC Ajaccio 0. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
  2. 21' Goal! Paris Saint-Germain 2, GFC Ajaccio 0. Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thiago Motta with a cross following a corner.
  3. 56' Jerome Le Moigne (GFC Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 62' Jacques Zoua (GFC Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Substitution, GFC Ajaccio. John Tshibumbu Lungeny replaces Grégory Pujol.
  6. 69' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Jean-Kevin Augustin.
  7. 70' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Ezequiel Lavezzi replaces Blaise Matuidi.
  8. 74' Serge Aurier (Paris Saint-Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Substitution, GFC Ajaccio. Kévin Mayi replaces Damjan Djokovic.
  10. 76' Substitution, Paris Saint-Germain. Benjamin Stambouli replaces Thiago Motta.
  11. 84' Roderic Filippi (GFC Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, GFC Ajaccio. Khalid Boutaib replaces Jacques Zoua.

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