Paris Saint-Germain vs Brest, 2020-21 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Pochettino gets first PSG win with Kean, Icardi strikes against Brest
Mauricio Pochettino claimed his first win with Paris Saint-Germain as the French champions beat Brest 3-0 at home on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Foul by Paul Lasne (Brest).
- 2': Foul by Romain Perraud (Brest).
- 2': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Romain Perraud (Brest).
- 2': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 3': Attempt saved. Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 4': Foul by Paul Lasne (Brest).
- 4': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 5': Attempt saved. Romain Faivre (Brest) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Franck Honorat.
- 5': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain).
- 5': Romain Faivre (Brest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (Brest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 13': Foul by Paul Lasne (Brest).
- 13': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 16': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Brendan Chardonnet.
- 16': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
- 16': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Brest 0. Moise Kean (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 20': Attempt missed. Moise Kean (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Colin Dagba with a cross.
- 22': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Romain Perraud.
- 23': Foul by Franck Honorat (Brest).
- 23': Mitchel Bakker (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Romain Perraud.
- 25': Attempt saved. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
- 27': Attempt saved. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Irvin Cardona (Brest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Honorat.
- 32': Foul by Franck Honorat (Brest).
- 32': Mitchel Bakker (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 33': Foul by Colin Dagba (Paris Saint Germain).
- 33': Romain Perraud (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Colin Dagba (Paris Saint Germain).
- 34': Romain Philippoteaux (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 36': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Franck Honorat.
- 41': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain).
- 41': Romain Faivre (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Attempt missed. Romain Faivre (Brest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 42': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (Brest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romain Faivre.
- 44': Foul by Brendan Chardonnet (Brest).
- 44': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Brest 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 1, Brest 0.
- 50': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
- 52': Foul by Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain).
- 52': Paul Lasne (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Attempt saved. Franck Honorat (Brest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brendan Chardonnet.
- 52': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
- 53': Attempt missed. Irvin Cardona (Brest) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Romain Faivre with a cross following a corner.
- 55': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Abdou Diallo.
- 55': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Idrissa Gueye because of an injury.
- 57': Attempt missed. Romain Faivre (Brest) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Brendan Chardonnet.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Romain Faivre (Brest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Romain Philippoteaux.
- 58': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 58': Attempt missed. Romain Perraud (Brest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Franck Honorat following a corner.
- 60': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 60': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Gautier Larsonneur.
- 61': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 61': Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
- 61': Jean-Kevin Duverne (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Hand ball by Paul Lasne (Brest).
- 63': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia.
- 65': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Layvin Kurzawa replaces Mitchel Bakker.
- 65': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Mauro Icardi replaces Moise Kean.
- 67': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 67': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Gautier Larsonneur.
- 67': Attempt missed. Abdou Diallo (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
- 68': Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain).
- 68': Franck Honorat (Brest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 69': Substitution, Brest. Gaëtan Charbonnier replaces Romain Philippoteaux.
- 71': Colin Dagba (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Foul by Romain Perraud (Brest).
- 75': Foul by Paul Lasne (Brest).
- 75': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Paul Lasne (Brest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Substitution, Brest. Jeremy Le Douaron replaces Franck Honorat.
- 77': Substitution, Brest. Cristian Battocchio replaces Paul Lasne.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
- 78': Attempt saved. Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia with a through ball.
- 78': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Gautier Larsonneur.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 79': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 80': Substitution, Brest. Steve Mounie replaces Haris Belkebla.
- 80': Abdou Diallo (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Steve Mounie (Brest).
- 81': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Brest 0. Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 83': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Brest 0. Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mauro Icardi.
- 84': Attempt missed. Steve Mounie (Brest) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Irvin Cardona.
- 85': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 86': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Colin Dagba.
- 86': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Ángel Di María.
- 87': Attempt missed. Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
- 89': Foul by Jeremy Le Douaron (Brest).
- 89': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Attempt saved. Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Romain Faivre (Brest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremy Le Douaron.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Brest 0.
- 0': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Brest 0.
Statistics
 BRE |
PSG |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 7 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 8 | Saves | 2 |
| 39.2 | Possession | 60.8 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 22 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 11 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 360 | Accurate Passes | 610 |
| 425 | Passes | 671 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 18 | Crosses | 22 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 36 | Long Balls | 39 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 18 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 25 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 16 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
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Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AJ Auxerre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Le Havre AC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Keylor Navas (GK) |
| 22 | Abdou Diallo |
| 5 | Marquinhos |
| 25 | Mitchel Bakker |
| 31 | Colin Dagba |
| 27 | Idrissa Gueye |
| 6 | Marco Verratti  |
| 21 | Ander Herrera |
| 18 | Moise Kean |
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 11 | Ángel Di María |
Brest (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gautier Larsonneur (GK) |
| 2 | Jean-Kévin Duverne |
| 5 | Brendan Chardonnet |
| 18 | Romain Perraud |
| 20 | Ronael Pierre-Gabriel |
| 8 | Paul Lasne |
| 7 | Haris Belkebla |
| 12 | Romain Philippoteaux |
| 9 | Franck Honorat |
| 21 | Romain Faivre |
| 14 | Irvin Cardona |
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