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PSG 3-0 Saint-Etienne - Cavani scores twice
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Match Stats
Home TeamPSGAway TeamSaint-Étienne
- Possession
- Home61%
- Away39%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away2
- Corners
- Home8
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home20
- Away12
Line-ups
PSG
Formation 4-3-3
16Areola
12Meunier5Marquinhos3Kimpembe20Kurzawa
27Pastore8Motta25Rabiot
11Di María9Cavani10Neymar
- 16Areola
- 12MeunierBooked at 39mins
- 5Marquinhos
- 3KimpembeBooked at 45mins
- 20KurzawaSubstituted forBerchiche Izetaat 80'minutes
- 27PastoreSubstituted forLo Celsoat 84'minutes
- 8Motta
- 25Rabiot
- 11Di MaríaSubstituted forDraxlerat 83'minutes
- 9Cavani
- 10Neymar
Substitutes
- 1Trapp
- 2Thiago Silva
- 17Berchiche Izeta
- 18Lo Celso
- 23Draxler
- 24Nkunku
- 32Alves da Silva
Saint-Étienne
Formation 3-4-3
16Ruffier
29Pierre Gabriel24Perrin2Théophile-Catherine
15Janko13Maïga17Selnaes11Antunes da Silva
21Hamouma14Bamba7Dabo
- 16Ruffier
- 29Pierre Gabriel
- 24Perrin
- 2Théophile-CatherineBooked at 50mins
- 15JankoBooked at 19mins
- 13MaïgaSubstituted forPajotat 66'minutes
- 17Selnaes
- 11Antunes da SilvaSubstituted forLacroixat 72'minutes
- 21HamoumaSubstituted forTannaneat 78'minutesBooked at 87mins
- 14Bamba
- 7Dabo
Substitutes
- 4Lacroix
- 5Pajot
- 8Dioussé
- 9Diony
- 10Tannane
- 27Beric
- 30Moulin
- Referee:
- Clément Turpin
- Attendance:
- 46,957
Scores
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As It Stood
Filter by section. Currently selected: French Ligue 1
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PSG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 12 | ||
2 | Monaco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||
3 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
4 | Lyon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||
5 | Marseille | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
6 | Bordeaux | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
7 | Angers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
8 | Troyes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
9 | Montpellier | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
10 | Strasbourg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 | ||
11 | Nice | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
12 | Caen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
13 | Lille | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 | ||
14 | Guingamp | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 | ||
15 | Nantes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 | ||
16 | Toulouse | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 3 | ||
17 | Rennes | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 | ||
18 | Dijon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 | ||
19 | Metz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | ||
20 | Amiens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
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FULL-TIME
PSG 3-0 Saint-Etienne
It's all over and Paris St-Germain make it four wins out of four to stay top of Ligue 1. Saint-Etienne's perfect run comes to an end.
INJURY TIME
PSG 3-0 Saint-Etienne
Four minutes added on.
GOAL - PSG 3-0 Saint-Etienne
Edinson Cavani
Edinson Cavani has his second and PSG have their third. Substitute Julian Draxler crosses from the right and Cavani flicks it in with his heel from close range.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Almost a third as Giovani Lo Celso's 25-yard shot is tipped over the bar.
YELLOW CARD
PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne substitute Oussama Tannane goes into the book for fouling Neymar. This game has been long over as a contest.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Yuri Berchiche fires a cross-shot across goal from the left but it goes past everyone and wide. Neymar wanted the ball in the centre.
SUBSTITUTION
PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Javier Pastore wants a free-kick as he dances down the right and is pushed out of play. But a throw-in is given against him.
Now PSG make another switch, Julian Draxler replacing Angel di Maria on the wing. And a third change, Giovani Lo Celso replacing Pastore in midfield.
SUBSTITUTION
PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
PSG make their first change. Left-back Yuri Berchiche makes his debut following his summer move from Real Sociedad. Layvin Kurzawa comes off.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Poor by Angel di Maria. Javier Pastore plays a ball over the top and Di Maria has 50 yards to run in on goal under little pressure, he overruns it and it's out for a goal-kick. Had that been a quicker player like Neymar, that's probably 3-0.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
PSG keeper Alphonse Areola makes a good save from Jonathan Bamba to keep PSG 2-0 up, and moments later it's almost 3-0.
Loic Perin almost turns an Angel di Maria cross into his own net, with Stephane Ruffier having to make a good reaction save to stop him. Edinson Cavani lashes the rebound high and wide when he should have done better.
SUBSTITUTION
PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne make a change in defence. Gabriel Silva, a summer signing from Udinese, appears to be injured and is replaced by Leo Lacroix.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Neymar plays the ball down the left to Edinson Cavani, who tries to find Angel di Maria - getting his pass wrong. Anybody tried to come up with an MSN/BBC nickname for them yet.
NCM? No, that's not a thing. I'm sure somebody with more creativity can come up with something.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
The visitors come forward but PSG's Presnel Kimpembe steps in with a great challenge and runs the ball out of defence, spraying it out to the left wing. Fine play from the 22-year-old France Under-21 international.
HITS THE WOODWORK
PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Paris St-Germain have so many free-kick options, Angel di Maria and Neymar stand over the ball. Di Maria steps up, it's about 30 yards out, and his curler hits the post. So close. Almost a wonderful goal.
SUBSTITUTION
PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne make a change in midfield as Vincent Pajot replaces the lively Habib Maiga.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Bryan Dabo has a tame shot for Saint-Etienne, it's almost passed into the side-netting from 20 yards out. Was never going to go in.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Adrien Rabiot crosses the ball and Layvin Kurzawa heads well over the bar. That's actually only the fourth shot that Paris St-Germain have had.
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PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Neymar, with no real need to do it, flicks the ball up in the air and plays an overhead pass over the Saint-Etienne defence. Maverick. Show-off. I don't think it even found a team-mate.
GOAL - PSG 2-0 Saint-Etienne
Thiago Motta
A rare goal for Thiago Motta, his eighth in 151 Ligue 1 appearances. Neymar plays a free-kick into the box and it's chested down by Marquinhos to Motta to lash home from about eight yards out.
A goal made in Brazil (although Motta has played for Italy).
Game over?