French Ligue 1

FT Friday, October 27, 2017
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Paris Saint-Germain WWWWD 3
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Parc des Princes · 47,224 att.

Match Report

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Edinson Cavani helps PSG cruise by Nice without Neymar

Edinson Cavani starred in Neymar's absence, scoring twice and setting up a third as Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a 3-0 win over Nice on Friday night

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
33.8
Possession
66.2
9
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
350
Accurate Passes
751
415
Passes
826
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
40
Long Balls
63
22
Accurate Long Balls
51
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
9
15
Clearances
9

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 17Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 32Dani AlvesRB
  6. 25Adrien RabiotCM
  7. 23Julian DraxlerLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 29Kylian MbappéLF
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Giovani Lo CelsoSUB
  2. 5MarquinhosSUB
  3. 12Thomas MeunierSUB
  4. 1Kevin TrappSUB
  5. 27Javier PastoreSUB
  6. 7Lucas MouraSUB
  7. 24Christopher NkunkuSUB

NICE · 3-5-1-1

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 31DanteCD
  3. 20Maxime Le MarchandCD-L
  4. 4MarlonCD-R
  5. 8Pierre Lees-MelouCM-L
  6. 22Arnaud LusambaCM-R
  7. 21Nampalys MendyAM
  8. 15Patrick BurnerLM
  9. 24Christophe JalletRM
  10. 9Mario BalotelliF
  11. 10Wesley SneijderRCF

Substitutes

  1. 2Arnaud SouquetSUB
  2. 18Rémi WalterSUB
  3. 5Adrien TamèzeSUB
  4. 30Yoan CardinaleSUB
  5. 7Allan Saint-MaximinSUB
  6. 14Alassane PléaSUB
  7. 26Vincent KozielloSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nice 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) header from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 31' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Nice 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a through ball.
  3. 52' Own Goal by Dante, Nice. Paris Saint Germain 3, Nice 0.
  4. 66' Substitution, Nice. Adrien Tameze replaces Nampalys Mendy.
  5. 66' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  6. 72' Substitution, Nice. Alassane Pléa replaces Mario Balotelli.
  7. 78' Substitution, Nice. Allan Saint-Maximin replaces Pierre Lees-Melou.
  8. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Kylian Mbappe.
  9. 85' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Lucas Moura replaces Edinson Cavani.

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