French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, April 22, 2017
Montpellier LLLWW 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WWWWW 2
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PSG112
Parc des Princes · 45,778 att.

Match Report

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Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani lift PSG above Monaco

Paris Saint-Germain moved above Monaco to the top of Ligue 1 as goals from Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria secured a 2-0 home win over Montpellier.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
7
Saves
4
30.8
Possession
69.2
14
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
264
Accurate Passes
697
338
Passes
776
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
15
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
31
21
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
8
21
Clearances
8

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

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

MON · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Laurent PionnierG
  2. 4HiltonCD
  3. 12Lukás PokornyCD-L
  4. 23Nordi MukieleCD-R
  5. 28Stéphane SessegnonCM-L
  6. 7Paul LasneCM-R
  7. 13Ellyes SkhiriAM
  8. 24Jérôme RoussillonLM
  9. 18Isaac MbenzaRM
  10. 15Steve MouniéF
  11. 10Ryad BoudebouzRCF

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Montpellier 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi with a cross.
  2. 48' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
  3. 59' Substitution, Montpellier. Jonathan Ikone replaces Steve Mounie.
  4. 59' Substitution, Montpellier. Keagan Dolly replaces Paul Lasne.
  5. 68' Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 81' Substitution, Montpellier. Souleymane Camara replaces Isaac Mbenza.
  7. 81' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Javier Pastore because of an injury.
  8. 84' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Lucas Moura replaces Ángel Di María.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Marco Verratti.

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