French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, March 10, 2018
Metz LLLDD 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WWWWL 5
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Parc des Princes · 47,225 att.

Match Report

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Christopher Nkunku brace helps PSG sprint past last-placed Metz in Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain bounced back from their Champions League loss to Real Madrid by trouncing Ligue 1's bottom side Metz 5-0.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
3
42.2
Possession
57.8
6
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
348
Accurate Passes
516
417
Passes
572
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
35
29
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
3
13
Tackles
6
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
11
15
Clearances
11

Head to Head

PSG leads series 5-0

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 17Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 12Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 19Lassana DiarraCM
  7. 23Julian DraxlerLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 29Kylian MbappéF
  10. 24Christopher NkunkuLF
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaRF

METZ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Eiji KawashimaG
  2. 21Moussa NiakhatéCD-L
  3. 15Vahid SelimovicCD-R
  4. 28Jonathan RivierezLB
  5. 25Iván BalliuRB
  6. 5Gerónimo PobleteAM
  7. 3Fallou DiagneLM
  8. 24Renaud CohadeRM
  9. 9Nolan RouxF
  10. 10Danijel MilicevicAM-L
  11. 17Mathieu DosseviAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Metz 0. Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 20' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Metz 0. Christopher Nkunku (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
  3. 28' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Metz 0. Christopher Nkunku (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
  4. 40' Fallou Diagne (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Metz 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
  6. 64' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Marco Verratti.
  7. 64' Substitution, Metz. Emmanuel Rivière replaces Fallou Diagne.
  8. 71' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Timothy Weah replaces Ángel Di María.
  9. 71' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Julian Draxler.
  10. 82' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 5, Metz 0. Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso with a cross following a corner.
  11. 86' Substitution, Metz. Ibrahima Niane replaces Danijel Milicevic.

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