French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, May 14, 2017
Paris Saint-Germain WWWLW 5
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Saint-Étienne DLDWD 0
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Stade Geoffroy-Guichard · 34,352 att.

Match Report

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Cavani's brace helps PSG punish St Etienne as Ligue 1 title becomes unlikely

Edinson Cavani added two more goals to his season's haul as PSG cruised to a 5-0 win at St Etienne, but the Ligue 1 title is effectively out of reach.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
6
72.9
Possession
27.1
21
SHOTS
9
11
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
722
Accurate Passes
237
778
Passes
289
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
39
45
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.8
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
26
11
Clearances
26

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ASSE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Stéphane RuffierG
  2. 24Loïc PerrinCD-L
  3. 2Kévin Théophile-CatherineCD-R
  4. 19Florentin PogbaLB
  5. 25Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 11Henri SaivetAM
  7. 17Ole SelnaesLM
  8. 14Jordan VeretoutRM
  9. 27Robert BericF
  10. 22Kévin Monnet-PaquetAM-L
  11. 21Romain HamoumaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Jessy MoulinSUB
  2. 33Ronael Pierre-GabrielSUB
  3. 18Fabien LemoineSUB
  4. 23Alexander SöderlundSUB
  5. 8Benjamin CorgnetSUB
  6. 4Léo LacroixSUB
  7. 6Jérémy ClémentSUB

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 12Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 25Adrien RabiotCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 23Julian DraxlerLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Sèrge AurierSUB
  2. 33Gaëtan RobailSUB
  3. 24Christopher NkunkuSUB
  4. 15Gonçalo GuedesSUB
  5. 5MarquinhosSUB
  6. 18Giovani Lo CelsoSUB
  7. 16Alphonse AreolaSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Maxwell with a cross.
  2. 27' Henri Saivet (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Marquinhos replaces Thiago Silva.
  5. 56' Substitution, St Etienne. Benjamin Corgnet replaces Henri Saivet.
  6. 69' Substitution, St Etienne. Alexander Søderlund replaces Robert Beric.
  7. 72' Goal! St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 3. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  8. 78' Goal! St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 4. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  9. 79' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Lucas Moura.
  10. 79' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Marco Verratti.
  11. 80' Substitution, St Etienne. Ronael Pierre Gabriel replaces Kevin Malcuit.
  12. 85' Giovani Lo Celso (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90' Goal! St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 5. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso with a through ball.

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