French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, August 11, 2019
Nimes LWWDL 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WDLWW 3
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Parc des Princes · 47,151 att.

Match Report

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Anti-Neymar banners flown as PSG ease to win

PSG's star-studded attack brushed off the absence of Neymar to cruise to victory over Nimes in their Ligue 1 opener on Sunday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
17
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
25.3
Possession
74.7
5
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
189
Accurate Passes
709
246
Passes
769
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
38
25
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
5
Interceptions
6
19
Effective Clearances
9
19
Clearances
9

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-0

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 22Abdou DialloCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 14Juan BernatLB
  5. 4Thilo KehrerRB
  6. 5MarquinhosCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 23Julian DraxlerRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 7Kylian MbappéLF
  11. 19Pablo SarabiaRF

Substitutes

  1. 31Colin DagbaSUB
  2. 8Leandro ParedesSUB
  3. 11Ángel Di MaríaSUB
  4. 17Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingSUB
  5. 20Layvin KurzawaSUB
  6. 12Thomas MeunierSUB
  7. 30Marcin BulkaSUB

NIM · 4-5-1

  1. 30Paul BernardoniG
  2. 4Pablo MartinezCD-L
  3. 23Anthony BrianconCD-R
  4. 26Florian MiguelLB
  5. 29Sofiane AlakouchRB
  6. 18Theo VallsCM-L
  7. 15Gaëtan PaquiezCM-R
  8. 14Antonin BobichonAM
  9. 7Romain PhilippoteauxLM
  10. 10Zinedine FerhatRM
  11. 20Renaud RipartF

Substitutes

  1. 3Théo Sainte-LuceSUB
  2. 19Lucas BuadesSUB
  3. 27Kévin DenkeySUB
  4. 16Lucas DiasSUB
  5. 8Pierrick ValdiviaSUB
  6. 5Loïck LandreSUB
  7. 17Haris DuljevicSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' VAR Decision: Penalty Paris Saint Germain.
  2. 24' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nîmes 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 45'+1' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Nîmes 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Juan Bernat.
  5. 61' Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  7. 69' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Nîmes 0. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  8. 73' Substitution, Nîmes. Haris Duljevic replaces Romain Philippoteaux.
  9. 75' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thomas Meunier replaces Thilo Kehrer because of an injury.
  10. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Leandro Paredes replaces Thiago Silva.
  11. 80' Substitution, Nîmes. Pierrick Valdivia replaces Gaetan Paquiez.
  12. 89' Substitution, Nîmes. Theo Sainte Luce replaces Theo Valls.

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