French Ligue 1

PSG vs Angers 2022-23 Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain
  • 5': Hugo Ekitike
  • 72': Lionel Messi
FT
2 - 0
Angers

    Lionel Messi scores in return as Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers

    Lionel Messi scored in his return for PSG after his triumphant World Cup winning campaign with Argentina in a Ligue 1 win over Angers.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 5': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Angers 0. Hugo Ekitike (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nordi Mukiele with a cross.
    • 53': Pierrick Capelle (Angers) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 61': Substitution, Angers. Amine Salama replaces Adrien Hunou.
    • 62': Substitution, Angers. Farid El Melali replaces Pierrick Capelle.
    • 62': Substitution, Angers. Sofiane Boufal replaces Himad Abdelli.
    • 72': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Angers 0. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nordi Mukiele.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
    • 79': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Fabián Ruiz.
    • 79': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Carlos Soler replaces Hugo Ekitike.
    • 80': Substitution, Angers. Waniss Taibi replaces Batista Mendy.
    • 80': Substitution, Angers. Sada Thioub replaces Abdallah Sima.
    • 86': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. El Chadaille Bitshiabu replaces Vitinha.
    • 89': Miha Blazic (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+2': Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: Parc des Princes
    Location: Paris, France
    Attendance: 47,647

    French Ligue 1 Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +41 Paris Saint-Germain 28 63 1
    +17 Brest 29 53 6
    +15 AS Monaco 28 52 6
    +17 Lille 28 49 5
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    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 5
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 3
    1 Corner Kicks 5
    4 Saves 0
    33.8 Possession 66.2
    6 SHOTS 9
    0 ON GOAL 6
    0.0 On Target % 0.7
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    372 Accurate Passes 774
    419 Passes 832
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 5
    7 Crosses 10
    0.1 Cross % 0.5
    26 Long Balls 33
    15 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
    3 Blocked Shots 1
    9 Effective Tackles 12
    18 Tackles 19
    0.5 Tackle % 0.6
    8 Interceptions 4
    9 Effective Clearances 5
    9 Clearances 5

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    99 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
    5 Marquinhos
    15 Danilo Pereira
    4 Sergio Ramos
    17 Vitinha
    8 Fabián Ruiz
    14 Juan Bernat
    26 Nordi Mukiele
    44 Hugo Ekitike
    10 Neymar Yellow Card
    30 Lionel Messi
    Substitutes:
    Sergio Rico, Keylor Navas, Pablo Sarabia, Ismaël Gharbi, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Carlos Soler, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Ilyes Housni, Ayman Kari.

    ANG Angers (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Paul Bernardoni (GK)
    5 Miha Blazic Yellow Card
    22 Cédric Hountondji
    3 Souleyman Doumbia
    25 Abdoulaye Bamba
    23 Adrien Hunou
    6 Nabil Bentaleb
    2 Batista Mendy
    19 Abdallah Sima
    10 Himad Abdelli
    15 Pierrick Capelle Yellow Card
    Substitutes:
    Sada Thioub, Jean Mattéo Bahoya, Théo Borne, Ousmane Camara, Sofiane Boufal, Salama, Waniss Taibi, Farid El Mellali, Lilian Raolisoa.

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