French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, August 21, 2016
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Parc des Princes · 46,011 att.

Match Report

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Lucas Moura, Layvin Kurzawa lead PSG to comfortable defeat of Metz

Paris St Germain made it two wins from two as they continued a successful start to their title defence by beating newly-promoted Metz 3-0.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
15
5
Saves
6
33.5
Possession
66.5
11
SHOTS
28
6
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
233
Accurate Passes
535
310
Passes
606
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
11
15
Crosses
34
0.1
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
33
27
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
8
15
Effective Tackles
20
19
Tackles
27
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
12
25
Clearances
16

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 32David LuizCD-R
  4. 20Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 19Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 10Javier PastoreRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 11Ángel Di MaríaLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Marco VerrattiSUB
  2. 16Alphonse AreolaSUB
  3. 17MaxwellSUB
  4. 21Hatem Ben ArfaSUB
  5. 12Thomas MeunierSUB
  6. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  7. 23Grzegorz KrychowiakSUB

METZ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas DidillonG
  2. 6Simon FaletteCD-L
  3. 5Guido MilánCD-R
  4. 13Franck SignorinoLB
  5. 3Jonathan RivierezRB
  6. 24Renaud CohadeAM
  7. 14Georges MandjeckLM
  8. 10Cheick DoukouréRM
  9. 9Mevlut ErdinçF
  10. 11Opa NguetteAM-L
  11. 8Yann JouffreAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Gauthier HeinSUB
  2. 21Vahid SelimovicSUB
  3. 25Iván BalliuSUB
  4. 26Ismaïla SarrSUB
  5. 17Habib DialloSUB
  6. 19Florent MolletSUB
  7. 30David OberhauserSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Serge Aurier (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Metz 0. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Serge Aurier.
  3. 54' Georges Mandjeck (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Marco Verratti replaces Lucas Moura.
  5. 67' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Metz 0. Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
  6. 70' Substitution, Metz. Ismaila Sarr replaces Opa Nguette.
  7. 71' Substitution, Metz. Habib Diallo replaces Cheick Doukoure.
  8. 72' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  9. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces Javier Pastore.
  10. 81' Substitution, Metz. Florent Mollet replaces Yann Jouffre.
  11. 90'+4' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Metz 0. Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María following a corner.

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