French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, February 23, 2019
Nimes WLDWW 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WWWWW 3
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Parc des Princes · 47,377 att.

Match Report

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Mbappe reaches Ligue 1 half century as PSG brush Nimes aside

Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player in 45 years to reach 50 Ligue 1 goals as Paris St Germain beat visiting Nimes 3-0 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
3
29.3
Possession
70.7
8
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
172
Accurate Passes
574
255
Passes
649
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
45
17
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
14
16
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
18
Interceptions
7
23
Effective Clearances
15
23
Clearances
15

Head to Head

PSG leads series 2-0

Lineups

PSG · 3-4-3

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 14Juan BernatCD-L
  4. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  5. 6Marco VerrattiCM-L
  6. 8Leandro ParedesCM-R
  7. 20Layvin KurzawaLM
  8. 13Dani AlvesRM
  9. 7Kylian MbappéF
  10. 17Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingCF-L
  11. 24Christopher NkunkuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Colin DagbaSUB
  2. 23Julian DraxlerSUB
  3. 34Stanley N'SokiSUB
  4. 27Moussa DiabySUB
  5. 1Gianluigi BuffonSUB

NIM · 4-1-4-1

  1. 30Paul BernardoniG
  2. 5Loïck LandreCD-L
  3. 23Anthony BrianconCD-R
  4. 11Téji SavanierDM
  5. 12Faitout MaouassaLB
  6. 29Sofiane AlakouchRB
  7. 6Jordan FerriCM-L
  8. 18Theo VallsCM-R
  9. 14Antonin BobichonLM
  10. 20Renaud RipartRM
  11. 10Denis BouangaF

Substitutes

  1. 19Umut BozokSUB
  2. 15Gaëtan PaquiezSUB
  3. 25Baptiste GuillaumeSUB
  4. 7Rachid AliouiSUB
  5. 27Hervé LybohySUB
  6. 22Sada ThioubSUB
  7. 1Baptiste ValetteSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nîmes 0. Christopher Nkunku (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
  3. 45'+1' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  4. 45'+2' Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 65' Substitution, Nîmes. Sada Thioub replaces Antonin Bobichon.
  6. 69' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Nîmes 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Bernat.
  7. 72' Juan Bernat (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Colin Dagba replaces Dani Alves.
  9. 76' Substitution, Nîmes. Baptiste Guillaume replaces Renaud Ripart.
  10. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Moussa Diaby replaces Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
  11. 81' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Stanley N'Soki replaces Marco Verratti.
  12. 89' Substitution, Nîmes. Umut Bozok replaces Theo Valls.
  13. 89' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Nîmes 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku following a fast break.

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