French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, April 30, 2017
Paris Saint-Germain WWWWW 1
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Nice DWWWD 3
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Allianz Riviera · 33,190 att.

Match Report

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Balotelli and Nice deal PSG's title charge a serious blow

The impressive Ricardo Pereira of Nice dealt Paris Saint-Germain a severe blow in their bid to win the Ligue 1 title at the Allianz Riviera.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
2
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
4
66.6
Possession
33.4
16
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
526
Accurate Passes
229
586
Passes
300
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
1
31
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
48
35
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
25
7
Clearances
25

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NICE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 31DanteCD-L
  3. 4Paul BaysseCD-R
  4. 29DalbertLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 5Younès BelhandaAM
  7. 6Jean Michaël SeriLM
  8. 26Vincent KozielloRM
  9. 9Mario BalotelliF
  10. 13Valentin EyssericAM-L
  11. 21Ricardo PereiraAM-R

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 19Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 23Julian DraxlerLF
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Dalbert (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Goal! Nice 1, Paris Saint Germain 0. Mario Balotelli (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  3. 41' Jean Michael Seri (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thomas Meunier replaces Maxwell because of an injury.
  5. 48' Goal! Nice 2, Paris Saint Germain 0. Ricardo Pereira (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Younès Belhanda.
  6. 52' Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 64' Goal! Nice 2, Paris Saint Germain 1. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thiago Silva following a corner.
  10. 65' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Serge Aurier.
  11. 75' Substitution, Nice. Anastasios Donis replaces Valentin Eysseric because of an injury.
  12. 78' Substitution, Nice. Mickael Le Bihan replaces Mario Balotelli.
  13. 78' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Lucas Moura replaces Julian Draxler.
  14. 84' Substitution, Nice. Mounir Obbadi replaces Vincent Koziello.
  15. 90' Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  16. 90'+2' Goal! Nice 3, Paris Saint Germain 1. Anastasios Donis (Nice) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  17. 90'+3' Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the red card.

Ligue 1 News

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