French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, August 13, 2022
Montpellier LLLLW 2
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Paris Saint-Germain WWWWW 5
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MON022
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Parc des Princes · 47,849 att.

Match Report

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Neymar scores twice as PSG thump Montpellier

Neymar scored twice as Paris St Germain thumped Montpellier 5-2 in Ligue 1 at the Parc des Princes on Saturday.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
11
6
Saves
2
41
Possession
59
7
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
10
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
371
Accurate Passes
562
425
Passes
611
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
4
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
21
27
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.7
Long Balls %
0.9
1
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
12
22
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
14
17
Effective Clearances
2
17
Clearances
2

Head to Head

PSG leads series 5-0

Lineups

PSG · 3-4-1-2

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 5MarquinhosCD
  3. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  4. 4Sergio RamosCD-R
  5. 17VitinhaCM-L
  6. 6Marco VerrattiCM-R
  7. 30Lionel MessiAM
  8. 25Nuno MendesLM
  9. 2Achraf HakimiRM
  10. 10NeymarCF-L
  11. 7Kylian MbappéCF-R

MON · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Jonas OmlinG
  2. 31Nicolas CozzaCD-L
  3. 77Falaye SackoCD-R
  4. 13Joris ChotardDM
  5. 17Théo Sainte-LuceLB
  6. 29Enzo TchatoRB
  7. 11Téji SavanierCM-L
  8. 12Jordan FerriCM-R
  9. 21Elye WahiLM
  10. 27Faitout MaouassaRM
  11. 99Wahbi KhazriF

Timeline

  1. 23' Penalty saved! Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  2. 39' Own Goal by Falaye Sacko, Montpellier. Paris Saint Germain 1, Montpellier 0.
  3. 43' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 51' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Montpellier 0. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 58' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Montpellier 1. Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 60' Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 63' Elye Wahi (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 66' Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Montpellier 1. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  10. 70' Substitution, Montpellier. Arnaud Souquet replaces Faitout Maouassa.
  11. 70' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Leandro Paredes replaces Vitinha.
  12. 78' Substitution, Montpellier. Valère Germain replaces Wahbi Khazri.
  13. 78' Substitution, Montpellier. Mamadou Sakho replaces Elye Wahi.
  14. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Renato Sanches replaces Marco Verratti.
  15. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Nordi Mukiele replaces Achraf Hakimi.
  16. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  17. 86' Substitution, Montpellier. Léo Leroy replaces Joris Chotard.
  18. 86' Substitution, Montpellier. Khalil Fayad replaces Téji Savanier.
  19. 87' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 5, Montpellier 1. Renato Sanches (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nuno Mendes with a cross.
  20. 90' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hugo Ekitike replaces Neymar.
  21. 90'+2' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 5, Montpellier 2. Enzo Tchato Mbiayi (Montpellier) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Khalil Fayad with a through ball.

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