French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, August 5, 2017
SC Amiens WWWWW 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WWLLW 2
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AMI000
PSG112
Parc des Princes · 46,989 att.

Match Report

PSG show off Neymar, then beat Amiens in opener without him

Neymar stole the show without even playing as Paris Saint-Germain began their Ligue 1 campaign with a 2-0 victory over Amiens.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
1
32.2
Possession
67.8
7
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
254
Accurate Passes
655
338
Passes
730
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
35
21
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
8
25
Clearances
8

Head to Head

PSG leads series 1-0

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 20Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 32Dani AlvesRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 27Javier PastoreLF
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Yuri BerchicheSUB
  2. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  3. 24Christopher NkunkuSUB
  4. 15Gonçalo GuedesSUB
  5. 1Kevin TrappSUB
  6. 18Giovani Lo CelsoSUB
  7. 3Presnel KimpembeSUB

AMI · 5-4-1

  1. 1Régis GurtnerG
  2. 24Mathieu BodmerCD
  3. 3Khaled AdénonCD-L
  4. 2Prince GouanoCD-R
  5. 25Issa CissokhoLB
  6. 19Oualid El HajjamRB
  7. 6Thomas MonconduitCM-L
  8. 22Tanguy NdombeleCM-R
  9. 7Harisson Manzala TusumgamaLM
  10. 8Guessouma FofanaRM
  11. 29Seybou KoitaF

Substitutes

  1. 26Guy N'GossoSUB
  2. 11Jean-Luc DompéSUB
  3. 21Charly CharrierSUB
  4. 9Brighton LabeauSUB
  5. 16Jean-Christophe BouetSUB
  6. 23Julien IelschSUB
  7. 10Emmanuel BourgaudSUB

Timeline

  1. 42' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Amiens 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dani Alves with a cross.
  2. 45' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Presnel Kimpembe replaces Thiago Silva because of an injury.
  3. 57' Substitution, Amiens. Charly Charrier replaces Tanguy NDombele.
  4. 67' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Thiago Motta.
  5. 69' Substitution, Amiens. Emmanuel Bourgaud replaces Harrison Manzala.
  6. 69' Guessouma Fofana (Amiens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 77' Substitution, Amiens. Brighton Labeau replaces Bachibou Koita.
  8. 80' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Amiens 0. Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
  9. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Edinson Cavani.

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