French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, September 23, 2018
Paris Saint-Germain WWWWL 3
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Stade Rennais WDWLW 1
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REN101
Roazhon Park · 29,205 att.

Match Report

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PSG comeback to beat Rennes and move clear at top of Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat Rennes 3-1 and open up a five-point lead at the top of Ligue 1.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
1
61.3
Possession
38.7
15
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
472
Accurate Passes
275
536
Passes
329
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
34
Long Balls
51
21
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
11
11
Tackles
16
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
14
18
Effective Clearances
22
18
Clearances
22

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-1

Lineups

REN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Tomas KoubekG
  2. 4MexerCD-L
  3. 3Damien Da SilvaCD-R
  4. 15Ramy BensebainiLB
  5. 27Hamari TraoréRB
  6. 8Clément GrenierAM
  7. 14Benjamin BourigeaudLM
  8. 21Benjamin AndréRM
  9. 11M'Baye NiangF
  10. 12James Léa SilikiAM-L
  11. 7Ismaïla SarrAM-R

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 14Juan BernatLB
  5. 12Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 25Adrien RabiotCM
  7. 11Ángel Di MaríaLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 10NeymarLF
  11. 23Julian DraxlerRF

Timeline

  1. 11' Own Goal by Adrien Rabiot, Paris Saint Germain. Rennes 1, Paris Saint Germain 0.
  2. 18' Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 19' Ramy Bensebaini (Rennes) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Goal! Rennes 1, Paris Saint Germain 1. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
  5. 61' Goal! Rennes 1, Paris Saint Germain 2. Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar.
  6. 62' Substitution, Rennes. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces James Lea Siliki.
  7. 63' Juan Bernat (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Substitution, Rennes. Jordan Siebatcheu replaces Benjamin Bourigeaud.
  9. 76' Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 78' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting replaces Marco Verratti.
  11. 81' Substitution, Rennes. Romain Del Castillo replaces M'Baye Niang.
  12. 83' Goal! Rennes 1, Paris Saint Germain 3. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
  13. 87' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thilo Kehrer replaces Thomas Meunier.
  14. 90' Hamari Traoré (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Christopher Nkunku replaces Neymar.

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