French Ligue 1

PSG vs Reims 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 44': Marco Verratti
  • 62': Sergio Ramos
  • 67': Marco Verratti
  • 75': Danilo Pereira
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4 - 0

Ramos, Verratti on target as Paris Saint-Germain beat Stade de Reims in Messi's first game back

PSG continued their march towards the Ligue 1 title as Marco Verratti inspired them to a 4-0 home victory against Stade de Reims on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 44': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Reims 0. Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Reims 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Reims. Moreto Cassamá replaces Thomas Foket.
  • 45': Substitution, Reims. Dion Lopy replaces Azor Matusiwa.
  • 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 1, Reims 0.
  • 56': Dion Lopy (Reims) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Substitution, Reims. Martin Adeline replaces Nathanaël Mbuku.
  • 62': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Reims 0. Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 63': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Lionel Messi replaces Ángel Di María.
  • 64': Substitution, Reims. Anastasios Donis replaces Jens Cajuste.
  • 67': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Reims 0. Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a corner.
  • 75': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Reims 0. Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  • 76': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera replaces Marco Verratti.
  • 77': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  • 81': Substitution, Reims. Alexis Flips replaces Dion Lopy.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 5,000

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+4 Lyon 2 6 0
+3 Toulouse 2 6 0
+2 Lens 3 6 1
+2 Paris Saint-Germain 2 6 0
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
0 Corner Kicks 14
4 Saves 3
31.9 Possession 68.1
7 SHOTS 22
3 ON GOAL 9
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
324 Accurate Passes 749
384 Passes 830
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 5
10 Crosses 16
0.3 Cross % 0.3
34 Long Balls 57
20 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 5
9 Effective Tackles 8
17 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
17 Interceptions 10
15 Effective Clearances 7
15 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Keylor Navas (GK)
4 Sergio Ramos
5 Marquinhos
25 Nuno Mendes
24 Thilo Kehrer
8 Leandro Paredes
6 Marco Verratti
15 Danilo Pereira
9 Mauro Icardi
7 Kylian Mbappé
11 Ángel Di María

REIM Stade de Reims (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Predrag Rajkovic (GK)
2 Wout Faes
5 Yunis Abdelhamid
6 Andreaw Gravillon
4 Maxime Busi
32 Thomas Foket
8 Jens Cajuste
21 Azor Matusiwa
28 Bradley Locko
11 Nathanaël Mbuku
22 Hugo Ekitike

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