French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, December 16, 2017
Paris Saint-Germain WLLWW 4
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Stade Rennais WWWDW 1
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REN011
Roazhon Park · 29,194 att.

Match Report

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Neymar returns to lead PSG to comfortable victory at Rennes

Neymar scored twice as 10-man Paris Saint-Germain asserted their dominance over reigning Ligue 1 champions Monaco with a 4-1 victory at Rennes.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
6
70.4
Possession
29.6
21
SHOTS
14
10
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
614
Accurate Passes
220
676
Passes
275
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
38
Long Balls
39
26
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
31
12
Clearances
31

Head to Head

PSG leads series 5-0

Lineups

REN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 40Tomas KoubekG
  2. 5Joris GnagnonCD-L
  3. 4MexerCD-R
  4. 29Romain DanzéDM
  5. 15Ramy BensebainiLB
  6. 27Hamari TraoréRB
  7. 12James Léa SilikiCM-L
  8. 21Benjamin AndréCM-R
  9. 18Morgan AmalfitanoLM
  10. 14Benjamin BourigeaudRM
  11. 9Firmin Mubele NdomeF

Substitutes

  1. 23Adrien HunouSUB
  2. 1Abdoulaye DialloSUB
  3. 19Jordan TellSUB
  4. 2Mehdi ZeffaneSUB
  5. 8Wahbi KhazriSUB
  6. 26Jérémy GelinSUB
  7. 17Faitout MaouassaSUB

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 17Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 32Dani AlvesRB
  6. 18Giovani Lo CelsoCM
  7. 23Julian DraxlerLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 10NeymarLF
  11. 29Kylian MbappéRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Thiago MottaSUB
  2. 11Ángel Di MaríaSUB
  3. 12Thomas MeunierSUB
  4. 33Stanley N'SokiSUB
  5. 1Kevin TrappSUB
  6. 27Javier PastoreSUB
  7. 24Christopher NkunkuSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Rennes 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappe.
  2. 17' Goal! Rennes 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar.
  3. 32' Hamari Traoré (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Goal! Rennes 1, Paris Saint Germain 2. Firmin Ndombe Mubele (Rennes) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  6. 54' Benjamin André (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 54' Substitution, Rennes. Wahbi Khazri replaces Firmin Ndombe Mubele.
  8. 55' Substitution, Rennes. Adrien Hunou replaces Romain Danze.
  9. 63' Second yellow card to Benjamin André (Rennes) for a bad foul.
  10. 66' Substitution, Rennes. Jeremy Gelin replaces Morgan Amalfitano.
  11. 73' Giovani Lo Celso (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 74' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thiago Motta replaces Julian Draxler.
  13. 75' Goal! Rennes 1, Paris Saint Germain 3. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar with a through ball.
  14. 76' Goal! Rennes 1, Paris Saint Germain 4. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappe.
  15. 78' Wahbi Khazri (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
  17. 89' Second yellow card to Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) for a bad foul.
  18. 90' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Wahbi Khazri (Rennes) right footed shot is too high. Wahbi Khazri should be disappointed.

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