French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, August 26, 2023
Lens WWLLD 1
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Paris Saint-Germain LLWDD 3
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RCL011
PSG123
Parc des Princes · 47,864 att.

Match Report

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Mbappe scores twice to help PSG to first win of season

Kylian Mbappe scored twice to guide Paris Saint-Germain to a comprehensive 3-1 victory over Lens in their clash at Parc des Princes on Saturday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
8
5
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
33.7
Possession
66.3
12
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
675
358
Passes
733
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.3
27
Long Balls
36
12
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
7
29
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
4
7
Effective Clearances
11
7
Clearances
11

Head to Head

PSG leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

PSG · 4-4-2

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 37Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  6. 4Manuel UgarteCM-L
  7. 33Warren Zaïre-EmeryCM-R
  8. 17VitinhaLM
  9. 10Ousmane DembéléRM
  10. 7Kylian MbappéCF-L
  11. 11Marco AsensioCF-R

RCL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 30Brice SambaG
  2. 4Kevin DansoCD
  3. 14Facundo MedinaCD-L
  4. 24Jonathan GraditCD-R
  5. 18Andy DioufCM-L
  6. 6Salis Abdul SamedCM-R
  7. 3Deiver MachadoLM
  8. 29Przemyslaw FrankowskiRM
  9. 7Florian SotocaF
  10. 20Angelo FulginiCF-L
  11. 28Adrien ThomassonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Facundo Medina (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Florian Sotoca (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lens 0. Marco Asensio (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
  4. 45' Substitution, Lens. Stijn Spierings replaces Salis Abdul Samed because of an injury.
  5. 45' Substitution, Lens. Julien Le Cardinal replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
  6. 52' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lens 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lucas Hernández.
  7. 58' Substitution, Lens. Elye Wahi replaces Adrien Thomasson.
  8. 74' Substitution, Lens. Morgan Guilavogui replaces Angelo Fulgini.
  9. 79' Stijn Spierings (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 80' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Fabián Ruiz replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  11. 82' Deiver Machado (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 83' Substitution, Lens. David Pereira da Costa replaces Andy Diouf.
  13. 83' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Danilo Pereira replaces Lucas Hernández.
  14. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Carlos Soler replaces Warren Zaïre-Emery.
  15. 87' Jonathan Gradit (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  17. 90'+5' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 1. Morgan Guilavogui (Lens) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.

Ligue 1 News

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