Paris Saint-Germain vs Saint-Étienne, 2018-19 French Ligue 1, Regular Season

· French Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain

22': Julian Draxler
51': Edinson Cavani (P)
76': Ángel Di María
84': Moussa Diaby

FT
4 - 0

Saint-Étienne

Paris Saint-Germain teen Moussa Diaby seals runaway win against St Etienne

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Paris Saint Germain's teenage winger Moussa Diaby scored his first goal for the club to complete a 4-0 rout of St Etienne at the Parc des Princes.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Attempt saved. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
2': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier.
3': Attempt missed. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Verratti following a corner.
5': Attempt saved. Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ole Selnaes.
6': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
10': Foul by Lois Diony (St Etienne).
10': Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain).
12': Yann M'Vila (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Attempt missed. Lois Diony (St Etienne) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yannis Salibur with a cross.
15': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Loic Perrin.
16': Dangerous play by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
16': Timothée Kolodziejczak (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Yannis Salibur (St Etienne).
17': Lass Diarra (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Attempt blocked. Yannis Salibur (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yann M'Vila.
18': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
19': Attempt missed. Loic Perrin (St Etienne) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri with a cross following a corner.
21': Foul by Lass Diarra (Paris Saint Germain).
21': Yannis Salibur (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Attempt missed. Yann M'Vila (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
22': Foul by Lois Diony (St Etienne).
22': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, St Etienne 0. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
24': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
24': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Neven Subotic.
25': Attempt missed. Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
27': Foul by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
27': Lois Diony (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Foul by Loic Perrin (St Etienne).
28': Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain).
29': Yannis Salibur (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30': Foul by Loic Perrin (St Etienne).
30': Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Attempt saved. Yannis Salibur (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yann M'Vila.
35': Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kévin Monnet-Paquet.
35': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
36': Attempt missed. Neven Subotic (St Etienne) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri with a cross following a corner.
36': Attempt missed. Gabriel Silva (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Neven Subotic.
37': Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) has gone down, but that's a dive.
38': Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
41': Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
41': Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, St Etienne 0.
45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 1, St Etienne 0.
45': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Moussa Diaby replaces Lass Diarra.
47': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Timothée Kolodziejczak.
49': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
49': Penalty Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani draws a foul in the penalty area.
49': Penalty conceded by Loic Perrin (St Etienne) after a foul in the penalty area.
51': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, St Etienne 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
52': Foul by Moussa Diaby (Paris Saint Germain).
52': Yannis Salibur (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
54': Substitution, St Etienne. Romain Hamouma replaces Kévin Monnet-Paquet.
55': Foul by Lois Diony (St Etienne).
55': Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Attempt missed. Moussa Diaby (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Thomas Meunier with a cross.
56': Foul by Lois Diony (St Etienne).
56': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57': Foul by Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain).
57': Gabriel Silva (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Romain Hamouma (St Etienne).
60': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Gabriel Silva.
61': Foul by Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain).
61': Romain Hamouma (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
63': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne).
63': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
63': Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler tries a through ball, but Juan Bernat is caught offside.
68': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Christopher Nkunku replaces Marco Verratti.
69': Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Foul by Lois Diony (St Etienne).
72': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
72': Delay in match Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain) because of an injury.
73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
74': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne).
74': Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
76': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, St Etienne 0. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top right corner.
79': Attempt saved. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
80': Foul by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
80': Romain Hamouma (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
80': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thilo Kehrer replaces Thiago Silva because of an injury.
81': Substitution, St Etienne. Robert Beric replaces Yannis Salibur.
81': Substitution, St Etienne. Assane Dioussé replaces Lois Diony.
82': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
83': Foul by Robert Beric (St Etienne).
83': Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
84': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, St Etienne 0. Moussa Diaby (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
86': Foul by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
86': Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87': Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
87': Attempt missed. Robert Beric (St Etienne) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
90'+2': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Timothée Kolodziejczak.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Moussa Diaby (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.
90'+3': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier.
90'+3': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Thomas Meunier.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, St Etienne 0.
90'+4': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, St Etienne 0.

Statistics

ASSE		PSG
13	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	2
35.8	Possession	64.2
11	SHOTS	16
2	ON GOAL	9
0.2	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
292	Accurate Passes	597
357	Passes	668
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
6	Accurate Crosses	2
23	Crosses	16
0.3	Cross %	0.1
55	Long Balls	34
27	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
3	Blocked Shots	2
8	Effective Tackles	5
12	Tackles	9
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
15	Interceptions	9
17	Effective Clearances	9
17	Clearances	9

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 46,549

Ligue 1 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Marseille	1	+4	3
2	Lens	1	+3	3
3	Lille	1	+2	3
4	Lyon	1	+2	3

Full Table

Line-Ups

Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Alphonse Areola (GK)
3	Presnel Kimpembe
2	Thiago Silva
14	Juan Bernat
12	Thomas Meunier
19	Lassana Diarra
25	Adrien Rabiot
6	Marco Verratti
9	Edinson Cavani
23	Julian Draxler
11	Ángel Di María

Paris Saint-Germain Substitutes:

Gianluigi Buffon, Moussa Diaby, Stanley N'Soki, Marquinhos, Thilo Kehrer, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Christopher Nkunku.

Saint-Étienne (3-4-3)

No.	Name
16	Stéphane Ruffier (GK)
28	Neven Subotic
5	Timothée Kolodziejczak
24	Loïc Perrin
6	Yann M'vila
17	Ole Selnaes
11	Gabriel Silva
22	Kévin Monnet-Paquet
9	Loïs Diony
10	Wahbi Khazri
19	Yanis Salibur

Saint-Étienne Substitutes:

William Saliba, Robert Beric, Arnaud Nordin, Assane Dioussé, Mickael Panos, Romain Hamouma, Jessy Moulin.

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