French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, November 27, 2016
Paris Saint-Germain WWWWD 2
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Lyon WDWWW 1
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LYON011
Groupama Stadium · 55,107 att.

Match Report

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Edinson Cavani's brace allows PSG to close the gap on leaders Nice

Edinson Cavani scored a brace as Paris St Germain capitalised on Ligue 1 leaders Nice's slip earlier in the day with a 2-1 win at Lyon.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
8
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
55.4
Possession
44.6
11
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
525
Accurate Passes
408
587
Passes
470
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
5
31
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.2
29
Long Balls
27
20
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
25
17
Clearances
25

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-1

Lineups

LYON · 4-3-3

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 5Mouctar DiakhabyCD-L
  3. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-R
  4. 15Jérémy MorelLB
  5. 20RafaelRB
  6. 21Maxime GonalonsCM
  7. 8Corentin TolissoLM
  8. 12Jordan FerriRM
  9. 10Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 31Maciej RybusLF
  11. 11Rachid GhezzalRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Mathieu GorgelinSUB
  2. 29Lucas TousartSUB
  3. 14Sergi DarderSUB
  4. 18Nabil FekirSUB
  5. 7Clément GrenierSUB
  6. 3Nicolas NkoulouSUB
  7. 28Mathieu ValbuenaSUB

PSG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 19Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 21Hatem Ben ArfaAM
  7. 8Thiago MottaLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 14Blaise MatuidiAM-L
  11. 7Lucas MouraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Jean-Kévin AugustinSUB
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeSUB
  3. 22JeséSUB
  4. 24Christopher NkunkuSUB
  5. 12Thomas MeunierSUB
  6. 1Kevin TrappSUB
  7. 4Grzegorz KrychowiakSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Hatem Ben Arfa (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Lyon 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 43' Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+2' Jordan Ferri (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Lyon. Mathieu Valbuena replaces Maciej Rybus.
  6. 45' Substitution, Lyon. Nabil Fekir replaces Jordan Ferri.
  7. 48' Goal! Lyon 1, Paris Saint Germain 1. Mathieu Valbuena (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  8. 65' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thomas Meunier replaces Hatem Ben Arfa.
  9. 75' Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Substitution, Lyon. Lucas Tousart replaces Rachid Ghezzal.
  11. 81' Goal! Lyon 1, Paris Saint Germain 2. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Thomas Meunier with a cross following a fast break.
  12. 83' Serge Aurier (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Grzegorz Krychowiak replaces Lucas Moura.
  14. 86' Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 89' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Jean-Kevin Augustin replaces Edinson Cavani.

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