French Ligue 1

FT Friday, August 20, 2021
Paris Saint-Germain WDLWW 4
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Brest LDLDD 2
1st2ndT
PSG224
BRE112
Stade Francis-Le Blé · 14,586 att.

Match Report

No Messi as Di Maria scores winning goal for PSG

— Paris Saint-Germain survived a scare on Friday without Neymar and Lionel Messi before beating Brest 4-2 and extending its winning start in the French league to three games.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
74.1
Possession
25.9
16
SHOTS
11
8
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
759
Accurate Passes
221
822
Passes
274
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.1
32
Long Balls
51
20
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
5
16
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.3
2
Interceptions
8
11
Effective Clearances
21
11
Clearances
21

Head to Head

PSG leads series 5-0

Lineups

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Marco BizotG
  2. 3Lilian BrassierCD-L
  3. 5Brendan ChardonnetCD-R
  4. 20Jere UronenLB
  5. 18Ronael Pierre-GabrielRB
  6. 21Romain FaivreAM
  7. 28Hianga'A M'BockLM
  8. 7Haris BelkeblaRM
  9. 15Steve MouniéF
  10. 14Irvin CardonaAM-L
  11. 9Franck HonoratAM-R

PSG · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 24Thilo KehrerCD-R
  4. 27Idrissa GueyeDM
  5. 22Abdou DialloLB
  6. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  7. 18Georginio WijnaldumAM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  9. 21Ander HerreraRM
  10. 7Kylian MbappéCF-L
  11. 9Mauro IcardiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Brest 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 36' Goal! Brest 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 42' Goal! Brest 1, Paris Saint Germain 2. Franck Honorat (Brest) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Romain Faivre following a fast break.
  4. 52' Lilian Brassier (Brest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Marco Verratti.
  8. 73' Goal! Brest 1, Paris Saint Germain 3. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ander Herrera following a corner.
  9. 74' Substitution, Brest. Hugo Magnetti replaces Haris Belkebla.
  10. 74' Substitution, Brest. Jérémy Le Douaron replaces Irvin Cardona.
  11. 81' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  12. 85' Goal! Brest 2, Paris Saint Germain 3. Steve Mounié (Brest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Romain Faivre.
  13. 85' Substitution, Brest. Jean-Kévin Duverne replaces Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel.
  14. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga replaces Mauro Icardi because of an injury.
  15. 90' Goal! Brest 2, Paris Saint Germain 4. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi with a through ball following a fast break.

Ligue 1 News

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