French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, March 4, 2017
AS Nancy Lorraine LLLLD 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WWDWW 1
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Parc des Princes · 47,032 att.

Match Report

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Edinson Cavani penalty fires Paris Saint-Germain past Nancy

Paris Saint-Germain needed a late penalty from top scorer Edinson Cavani to scrape home against struggling Nancy 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
13
6
Saves
3
29.4
Possession
70.6
10
SHOTS
24
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
178
Accurate Passes
514
255
Passes
592
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
13
6
Crosses
35
0.5
Cross %
0.4
65
Long Balls
44
23
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
6
14
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
46
Effective Clearances
17
46
Clearances
17

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-2

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 20Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 19Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 4Grzegorz KrychowiakCM
  7. 10Javier PastoreLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 15Gonçalo GuedesLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Julian DraxlerSUB
  2. 21Hatem Ben ArfaSUB
  3. 16Alphonse AreolaSUB
  4. 17MaxwellSUB
  5. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  6. 18Giovani Lo CelsoSUB
  7. 12Thomas MeunierSUB

ASNL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Sergey ChernikG
  2. 24Erick CabacoCD-L
  3. 4Modou DiagneCD-R
  4. 26Vincent MuratoriLB
  5. 14Joeffrey CuffautRB
  6. 18Diallo GuidilleyeCM
  7. 17Faitout MaouassaLM
  8. 6Youssef Aït BennasserRM
  9. 23Anthony KouraF
  10. 19Loic PuyoLF
  11. 10Issiar DiaRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Abdou Karim CoulibalySUB
  2. 16Guy N'DySUB
  3. 15Youssouf HadjiSUB
  4. 13Serge N'GuessanSUB
  5. 27Alexis BusinSUB
  6. 20Michael Basser ChretienSUB
  7. 25Benoît PedrettiSUB

Timeline

  1. 37' Faitout Maouassa (Nancy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+2' Issiar Dia (Nancy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  4. 46' Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Anthony Koura (Nancy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Lucas Moura.
  8. 69' Substitution, Nancy. Alexis Busin replaces Anthony Koura.
  9. 77' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  10. 80' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nancy 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 82' Substitution, Nancy. Benoit Pedretti replaces Youssef Ait Bennasser.
  12. 88' Substitution, Nancy. Youssouf Hadji replaces Issiar Dia.

Ligue 1 News

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