French Ligue 1

FT Friday, August 25, 2017
Saint-Étienne LLWWW 0
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Paris Saint-Germain LWWWW 3
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Parc des Princes · 46,957 att.

Match Report

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Neymar contributes to two goals, Cavani scores brace as PSG stay perfect

Neymar had a hand in two goals as Paris St Germain continued their 100 percent start to the new Ligue 1 campaign with a comfortable 3-0 home win.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
20
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
2
38.8
Possession
61.2
12
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
323
Accurate Passes
546
378
Passes
601
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
39
18
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
5
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
11
24
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
9
18
Clearances
9

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 20Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 12Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 27Javier PastoreRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 10NeymarLF
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaRF

ASSE · 3-4-3

  1. 16Stéphane RuffierG
  2. 24Loïc PerrinCD
  3. 2Kévin Théophile-CatherineCD-L
  4. 29Ronael Pierre-GabrielCD-R
  5. 17Ole SelnaesCM-L
  6. 13Habib MaïgaCM-R
  7. 11Gabriel SilvaLM
  8. 15Saidy JankoRM
  9. 14Jonathan BambaF
  10. 7Bryan DaboCF-L
  11. 21Romain HamoumaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Saidy Janko (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, St Etienne 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 39' Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Kévin Théophile-Catherine (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 51' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, St Etienne 0. Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marquinhos following a set piece situation.
  7. 66' Substitution, St Etienne. Vincent Pajot replaces Habib Maiga.
  8. 72' Substitution, St Etienne. Leo Lacroix replaces Gabriel Silva because of an injury.
  9. 78' Substitution, St Etienne. Oussama Tannane replaces Romain Hamouma.
  10. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Yuri replaces Layvin Kurzawa.
  11. 83' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Ángel Di María.
  12. 84' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Javier Pastore.
  13. 87' Oussama Tannane (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, St Etienne 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Meunier with a cross.

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