French Ligue 1

FT Friday, October 21, 2022
Paris Saint-Germain WDDDW 3
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AC Ajaccio LWLWD 0
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe star as PSG beat Ajaccio 3-0 in Ligue 1

Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi combined in superb fashion to fire Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-0 win at AC Ajaccio in Ligue 1 on Friday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
65
Possession
35
11
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
607
Accurate Passes
276
670
Passes
344
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
38
Long Balls
46
26
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
19
21
Tackles
32
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
2
Interceptions
5
8
Effective Clearances
12
8
Clearances
12

Head to Head

PSG leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ACA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Benjamin LeroyG
  2. 21Cédric AvinelCD-L
  3. 25Oumar GonzalezCD-R
  4. 99Youssouf KonéLB
  5. 20Mohamed YoussoufRB
  6. 6Mathieu CoutadeurCM-L
  7. 8Vincent MarchettiCM-R
  8. 92Youcef BelaïliLM
  9. 14Cyrille BayalaRM
  10. 11Bevic Moussiti-OkoCF-L
  11. 7Mounaim El IdrissyCF-R

PSG · 4-3-1-2

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 5MarquinhosCD-L
  3. 26Nordi MukieleCD-R
  4. 14Juan BernatLB
  5. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  6. 7Kylian MbappéM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiCM
  8. 28Carlos SolerAM
  9. 18Renato SanchesLM
  10. 8Fabián RuizRM
  11. 30Lionel MessiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Goal! Ajaccio 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 57' Substitution, Ajaccio. Romain Hamouma replaces Bevic Moussiti-Oko.
  4. 57' Substitution, Ajaccio. Riad Nouri replaces Cyrille Bayala.
  5. 62' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Vitinha replaces Renato Sanches.
  6. 71' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Carlos Soler.
  7. 74' Substitution, Ajaccio. Mickaël Barreto replaces Mounaïm El Idrissy.
  8. 74' Substitution, Ajaccio. Ismaël Diallo replaces Youssouf Koné.
  9. 78' Goal! Ajaccio 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a through ball.
  10. 82' Goal! Ajaccio 0, Paris Saint Germain 3. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  11. 83' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hugo Ekitike replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  12. 83' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  13. 83' Substitution, Ajaccio. Thomas Mangani replaces Youcef Belaïli.
  14. 83' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. El Chadaille Bitshiabu replaces Marquinhos.

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