French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, February 26, 2017
Paris Saint-Germain WWWWD 5
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Marseille WLWLW 1
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OLM011
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Match Report

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Paris Saint-Germain ease past Marseille to go second in Ligue 1

Unai Emery's side climbed above Nice on goal difference and to within three points of leaders Monaco.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
8
50.4
Possession
49.6
20
SHOTS
12
13
ON GOAL
3
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
449
Accurate Passes
426
503
Passes
490
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
10
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
20
0.5
Cross %
0.2
34
Long Balls
43
20
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
18
24
Effective Clearances
16
24
Clearances
16

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

OLM · 4-3-3

  1. 16Yohann PeléG
  2. 6RolandoCD-L
  3. 24Rod FanniCD-R
  4. 21Patrice EvraLB
  5. 2Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 19William VainqueurCM
  7. 29Frank AnguissaLM
  8. 27Maxime LópezRM
  9. 14Clinton N'JieF
  10. 11Dimitri PayetLF
  11. 26Florian ThauvinRF

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 20Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 12Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 25Adrien RabiotCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 10Javier PastoreLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Marseille 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago Silva with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  2. 16' Goal! Marseille 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Javier Pastore with a through ball.
  3. 29' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 38' Patrice Evra (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Marseille. Henri Bedimo replaces Patrice Evra.
  6. 50' Goal! Marseille 0, Paris Saint Germain 3. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi.
  7. 52' Substitution, Marseille. Rémy Cabella replaces Clinton N'Jie.
  8. 55' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Javier Pastore.
  9. 61' Goal! Marseille 0, Paris Saint Germain 4. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Meunier with a cross.
  10. 67' Substitution, Marseille. Grégory Sertic replaces Florian Thauvin.
  11. 70' Goal! Marseille 1, Paris Saint Germain 4. Rod Fanni (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Maxime Lopez following a set piece situation.
  12. 72' Goal! Marseille 1, Paris Saint Germain 5. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
  13. 73' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María replaces Lucas Moura.
  14. 82' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces Edinson Cavani.
  15. 83' Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Rémy Cabella (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Ligue 1 News

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