French Ligue 1

PSG vs Lyon 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 66': Neymar (P)
  • 90'+3': Mauro Icardi
FT
2 - 1
  • 54': Lucas Paquetá

Lionel Messi substituted on PSG home debut in late win over Lyon

Lionel Messi was substituted late on during his home debut for Paris Saint-Germain in a late 2-1 win over Lyon.

Match Commentary

  • 6': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 0, Lyon 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 0, Lyon 0.
  • 54': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 0, Lyon 1. Lucas Paquetá (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karl Toko Ekambi.
  • 65': Substitution, Lyon. Sinaly Diomandé replaces Jérôme Boateng.
  • 65': Substitution, Lyon. Houssem Aouar replaces Karl Toko Ekambi because of an injury.
  • 66': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lyon 1. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 67': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Achraf Hakimi replaces Lionel Messi.
  • 79': Substitution, Lyon. Rayan Cherki replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 80': Anthony Lopes (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
  • 82': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Mauro Icardi replaces Ángel Di María.
  • 86': Substitution, Lyon. Habib Keita replaces Lucas Paquetá because of an injury.
  • 86': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Ander Herrera.
  • 89': Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lyon 1. Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a cross.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Lyon 1.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,611

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+55 Paris Saint-Germain 33 81 2
+25 Marseille 33 62 9
+26 AS Monaco 33 61 8
+19 Nice 33 57 8
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Statistics

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19 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 10
3 Saves 4
45.6 Possession 54.4
12 SHOTS 14
5 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
382 Accurate Passes 465
438 Passes 513
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 3
10 Crosses 21
0.2 Cross % 0.1
55 Long Balls 28
35 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 10
17 Tackles 17
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 8
23 Effective Clearances 9
23 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

PSG Paris Saint-Germain (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
50 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
3 Presnel Kimpembe
5 Marquinhos Yellow Card
25 Nuno Mendes Yellow Card
24 Thilo Kehrer
30 Lionel Messi
27 Idrissa Gueye
21 Ander Herrera
7 Kylian Mbappé
10 Neymar
11 Ángel Di María Yellow Card

LYON Lyon (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Anthony Lopes (GK) Yellow Card
5 Jason Denayer
27 Jérôme Boateng
3 Emerson
17 Malo Gusto
10 Lucas Paquetá
39 Bruno Guimarães
25 Maxence Caqueret
20 Islam Slimani
7 Karl Toko Ekambi
29 Xherdan Shaqiri

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