French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, May 1, 2021
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Paris Saint-Germain LWWWL 2
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Match Report

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PSG beat Lens to keep title hopes alive

Paris Saint-Germain went top of Ligue 1, at least provisionally, after Neymar scored and set up another goal in a 2-1 home win against Lens.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
40.8
Possession
59.2
15
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
345
Accurate Passes
538
398
Passes
595
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.4
42
Long Balls
37
27
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
10
12
Effective Clearances
8
12
Clearances
8

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PSG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 22Abdou DialloLB
  5. 31Colin DagbaRB
  6. 10NeymarAM
  7. 27Idrissa GueyeLM
  8. 15Danilo PereiraRM
  9. 9Mauro IcardiF
  10. 23Julian DraxlerAM-L
  11. 19Pablo SarabiaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Mitchel BakkerSUB
  2. 18Moise KeanSUB
  3. 12RafinhaSUB
  4. 20Layvin KurzawaSUB
  5. 16Sergio RicoSUB
  6. 6Marco VerrattiSUB
  7. 21Ander HerreraSUB
  8. 11Ángel Di MaríaSUB
  9. 4Thilo KehrerSUB

RCL · 5-3-2

  1. 1Wuilker FaríñezG
  2. 15Steven FortesCD
  3. 14Facundo MedinaCD-L
  4. 24Jonathan GraditCD-R
  5. 13Clement MichelinLB
  6. 11Jonathan ClaussRB
  7. 28Cheick DoucouréCM
  8. 8Seko FofanaCM-L
  9. 18Yannick CahuzacCM-R
  10. 9Ignatius GanagoCF-L
  11. 29Arnaud KalimuendoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Florian SotocaSUB
  2. 20Cheick TraoréSUB
  3. 33David Da CostaSUB
  4. 23Simon BanzaSUB
  5. 40Yannick PandorSUB
  6. 19Ismael BouraSUB
  7. 10Gaël KakutaSUB
  8. 22Tony MauricioSUB
  9. 25Corentin JeanSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thilo Kehrer replaces Colin Dagba because of an injury.
  2. 33' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lens 0. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
  3. 59' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lens 0. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar with a cross following a corner.
  4. 60' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Marco Verratti replaces Idrissa Gueye.
  5. 60' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  6. 61' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lens 1. Ignatius Ganago (Lens) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arnaud Kalimuendo.
  7. 66' Facundo Medina (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Lens. Gaël Kakuta replaces Yannick Cahuzac.
  9. 69' Substitution, Lens. Simon Banza replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
  10. 69' Substitution, Lens. Florian Sotoca replaces Ignatius Ganago.
  11. 75' Florian Sotoca (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 76' Substitution, Lens. Tony Mauricio replaces Cheick Oumar Doucoure because of an injury.
  13. 78' Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Substitution, Lens. Corentin Jean replaces Clement Michelin.
  15. 89' Thilo Kehrer (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+2' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Rafinha replaces Neymar because of an injury.
  18. 90'+2' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Moise Kean replaces Julian Draxler.
  19. 90'+5' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.

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