French Ligue 1

Brest vs PSG 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 42': Franck Honorat
  • 85': Steve Mounié
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2 - 4
  • 23': Ander Herrera
  • 36': Kylian Mbappé
  • 73': Idrissa Gueye
  • 90': Ángel Di María

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.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Brest 1, Paris Saint Germain 2.
  • 52': Lilian Brassier (Brest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Marco Verratti.
  • 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.
  • 74': Substitution, Brest. Hugo Magnetti replaces Haris Belkebla.
  • 74': Substitution, Brest. Jérémy Le Douaron replaces Irvin Cardona.
  • 81': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  • 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.
  • 85': Substitution, Brest. Jean-Kévin Duverne replaces Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel.
  • 86': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga replaces Mauro Icardi because of an injury.
  • 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.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Francis-le Blé
Location: Brest, France
Attendance: 14,586

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 Angers 0 0 0
0 AJ Auxerre 0 0 0
0 Brest 0 0 0
0 Le Havre AC 0 0 0
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Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

BRE Brest (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
40 Marco Bizot (GK)
3 Lilian Brassier Yellow Card
5 Brendan Chardonnet
20 Jere Uronen
18 Ronael Pierre-Gabriel
21 Romain Faivre
28 Hianga'A M'Bock
7 Haris Belkebla
15 Steve Mounié
14 Irvin Cardona
9 Franck Honorat

PSG Paris Saint-Germain (4-1-2-1-2)

No. Name
1 Keylor Navas (GK)
3 Presnel Kimpembe
24 Thilo Kehrer
27 Idrissa Gueye
22 Abdou Diallo
2 Achraf Hakimi
18 Georginio Wijnaldum
6 Marco Verratti Yellow Card
21 Ander Herrera
7 Kylian Mbappé
9 Mauro Icardi

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