French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, September 20, 2020
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Nice DWWWL 0
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Match Report

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Mbappe shines as PSG hit top gear in Nice

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
3
50
Possession
50
14
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
497
Accurate Passes
502
539
Passes
551
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
5
26
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
48
Long Balls
45
38
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.8
Long Balls %
0.7
5
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
3
14
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
6
Interceptions
5
8
Effective Clearances
15
8
Clearances
15

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 4DanteCD-L
  3. 24Andy PelmardCD-R
  4. 23Jordan LotombaLB
  5. 20Youcef AtalRB
  6. 6Morgan SchneiderlinCM
  7. 8Pierre Lees-MelouLM
  8. 19Khéphren ThuramRM
  9. 11Amine GouiriF
  10. 13Hassane KamaraLF
  11. 22Rony LopesRF

Substitutes

  1. 34Eddy SylvestreSUB
  2. 27Alexis TrouilletSUB
  3. 30Yoan CardinaleSUB
  4. 35Evann GuessandSUB
  5. 14Dan NdoyeSUB
  6. 37Theo Pionnier BertrandSUB
  7. 33Flavius DaniliucSUB
  8. 7Myziane MaolidaSUB
  9. 36Salim Ben SeghirSUB

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 25Mitchel BakkerLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 6Marco VerrattiCM
  7. 23Julian DraxlerLM
  8. 27Idrissa GueyeRM
  9. 9Mauro IcardiF
  10. 7Kylian MbappéLF
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaRF

Substitutes

  1. 33Bandiougou FadigaSUB
  2. 16Sergio RicoSUB
  3. 21Ander HerreraSUB
  4. 36Kays Ruiz-AtilSUB
  5. 30Marcin BulkaSUB
  6. 31Colin DagbaSUB
  7. 19Pablo SarabiaSUB
  8. 38Maxen KapoSUB
  9. 29Arnaud KalimuendoSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera replaces Idrissa Gueye because of an injury.
  2. 38' Goal! Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 43' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 58' Substitution, Nice. Eddy Sylvestre replaces Kephren Thuram.
  6. 58' Substitution, Nice. Dan Ndoye replaces Jordan Lotomba.
  7. 65' Substitution, Nice. Flavius Daniliuc replaces Youcef Atal because of an injury.
  8. 66' Goal! Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 3. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a set piece situation.
  9. 73' Substitution, Nice. Evann Guessand replaces Rony Lopes.
  10. 79' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Bandiougou Fadiga replaces Ángel Di María.
  11. 79' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  12. 82' Mitchel Bakker (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Colin Dagba replaces Presnel Kimpembe.
  14. 88' Morgan Schneiderlin (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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