Paris Saint-Germain vs Montpellier, 2021-22 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Messi watches on as PSG beat Montepellier ahead of Manchester City clash
With Lionel Messi watching from the stands, PSG beat Montpellier on goals from Idrissa Gueye and Julian Draxler.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Joris Chotard.
- 1': Attempt missed. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
- 3': Attempt missed. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Abdou Diallo.
- 4': Attempt missed. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 5': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
- 5': Attempt missed. Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is too high.
- 7': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Presnel Kimpembe.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Téji Savanier.
- 8': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Leandro Paredes.
- 12': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Junior Sambia.
- 13': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Achraf Hakimi tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside.
- 14': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Montpellier 0. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 16': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain).
- 16': Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Attempt saved. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 20': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain).
- 20': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Attempt missed. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 26': Substitution, Montpellier. Nicolas Cozza replaces Thuler because of an injury.
- 26': Foul by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
- 26': Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 27': Florent Mollet (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint Germain).
- 28': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Valère Germain.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Idrissa Gueye.
- 28': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Mihailo Ristic.
- 28': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jordan Ferri.
- 30': Foul by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
- 30': Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt saved. Junior Sambia (Montpellier) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
- 31': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Maxime Estève.
- 33': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Neymar tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 34': Foul by Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint Germain).
- 34': Junior Sambia (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 39': Foul by Abdou Diallo (Paris Saint Germain).
- 39': Junior Sambia (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Joris Chotard.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 42': Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
- 44': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Achraf Hakimi.
- 45': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Ander Herrera.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 45'+1': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jonas Omlin.
- 45'+1': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Montpellier 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 1, Montpellier 0.
- 49': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 49': Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Valère Germain (Montpellier).
- 51': Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier).
- 53': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Idrissa Gueye.
- 57': Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Téji Savanier (Montpellier).
- 57': Attempt saved. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 59': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jonas Omlin.
- 60': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Neymar tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 61': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain).
- 61': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mihailo Ristic.
- 61': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
- 66': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Leandro Paredes tries a through ball, but Neymar is caught offside.
- 67': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
- 72': Attempt missed. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ander Herrera with a through ball.
- 73': Attempt saved. Valère Germain (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florent Mollet with a cross.
- 77': Foul by Valère Germain (Montpellier).
- 77': Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Substitution, Montpellier. Léo Leroy replaces Jordan Ferri.
- 79': Substitution, Montpellier. Elye Wahi replaces Stephy Mavididi.
- 79': Substitution, Montpellier. Béni Makouana replaces Florent Mollet.
- 81': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Idrissa Gueye.
- 82': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 82': Attempt missed. Béni Makouana (Montpellier) header from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Téji Savanier with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Foul by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
- 83': Junior Sambia (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 83': Offside, Montpellier. Téji Savanier tries a through ball, but Elye Wahi is caught offside.
- 84': Foul by Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain).
- 84': Valère Germain (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Abdou Diallo.
- 87': Foul by Junior Sambia (Montpellier).
- 87': Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Mauro Icardi replaces Kylian Mbappé.
- 88': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Ángel Di María.
- 88': Substitution, Montpellier. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Joris Chotard.
- 89': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar.
- 90': Foul by Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 90': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Attempt missed. Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Rafinha replaces Ander Herrera.
- 90'+2': Foul by Béni Makouana (Montpellier).
- 90'+2': Georginio Wijnaldum (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Béni Makouana (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0.
- 0': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0.
Statistics
 MON |
PSG |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 10 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 5 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 46.5 | Possession | 53.5 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 377 | Accurate Passes | 465 |
| 440 | Passes | 521 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 21 | Crosses | 10 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 40 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 20 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 18 |
| 17 | Tackles | 25 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 11 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,408
Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,408
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) |
| 3 | Presnel Kimpembe |
| 5 | Marquinhos |
| 22 | Abdou Diallo |
| 2 | Achraf Hakimi |
| 8 | Leandro Paredes |
| 27 | Idrissa Gueye |
| 21 | Ander Herrera |
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 10 | Neymar |
| 11 | Ángel Di María |
Montpellier (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Omlin (GK) |
| 14 | Maxime Estève |
| 26 | Thuler |
| 7 | Mihailo Ristic |
| 6 | Junior Sambia |
| 11 | Téji Savanier |
| 13 | Joris Chotard |
| 12 | Jordan Ferri |
| 9 | Valère Germain |
| 10 | Stephy Mavididi |
| 25 | Florent Mollet |
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