French Ligue 1

AC Ajaccio vs PSG 2022-23 Ligue 1

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  • 24': Kylian Mbappé
  • 78': Lionel Messi
  • 82': Kylian Mbappé

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe star as PSG beat Ajaccio 3-0 in Ligue 1

Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi combined in superb fashion to fire Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-0 win at AC Ajaccio in Ligue 1 on Friday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 22': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 24': Goal! Ajaccio 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 57': Substitution, Ajaccio. Romain Hamouma replaces Bevic Moussiti-Oko.
  • 57': Substitution, Ajaccio. Riad Nouri replaces Cyrille Bayala.
  • 62': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Vitinha replaces Renato Sanches.
  • 71': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Carlos Soler.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Mickaël Barreto replaces Mounaïm El Idrissy.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Ismaël Diallo replaces Youssouf Koné.
  • 78': Goal! Ajaccio 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a through ball.
  • 82': Goal! Ajaccio 0, Paris Saint Germain 3. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  • 83': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hugo Ekitike replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  • 83': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 83': Substitution, Ajaccio. Thomas Mangani replaces Youcef Belaïli.
  • 83': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. El Chadaille Bitshiabu replaces Marquinhos.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Michel-Moretti
Location: Ajaccio, France
Attendance: 9,469

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+47 Paris Saint-Germain 31 70 1
+20 AS Monaco 32 61 7
+16 Brest 32 57 7
+17 Lille 32 55 7
Full Table

Statistics

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13 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
7 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 3
1 Saves 3
65 Possession 35
11 SHOTS 8
6 ON GOAL 1
0.5 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
607 Accurate Passes 276
670 Passes 344
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 4
11 Crosses 22
0.3 Cross % 0.2
38 Long Balls 46
26 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
0 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 19
21 Tackles 32
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
2 Interceptions 5
8 Effective Clearances 12
8 Clearances 12

Line-Ups

ACA AC Ajaccio (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Benjamin Leroy (GK)
21 Cédric Avinel
25 Oumar Gonzalez
99 Youssouf Koné
20 Mohamed Youssouf
6 Mathieu Coutadeur
8 Vincent Marchetti
92 Youcef Belaïli
14 Cyrille Bayala
11 Bevic Moussiti-Oko
7 Mounaim El Idrissy

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

No. Name
99 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
5 Marquinhos
26 Nordi Mukiele
14 Juan Bernat
2 Achraf Hakimi
7 Kylian Mbappé
6 Marco Verratti Yellow Card
28 Carlos Soler
18 Renato Sanches
8 Fabián Ruiz
30 Lionel Messi

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