French Ligue 1

Montpellier vs PSG 2021-22 Ligue 1

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0 - 4
  • 6': Lionel Messi
  • 20': Lionel Messi
  • 26': Ángel Di María
  • 60': Kylian Mbappé (P)

Lionel Messi scores twice to help Paris Saint-Germain to emphatic win at Montpellier

Lionel Messi scored twice as already crowned champions Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a 4-0 victory away at Montpellier on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 6': Goal! Montpellier 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé following a corner.
  • 20': Goal! Montpellier 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  • 26': Goal! Montpellier 0, Paris Saint Germain 3. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
  • 34': Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Montpellier 0, Paris Saint Germain 3.
  • 53': Substitution, Montpellier. Valère Germain replaces Stephy Mavididi because of an injury.
  • 53': Substitution, Montpellier. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Thuler.
  • 60': Goal! Montpellier 0, Paris Saint Germain 4. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 68': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edouard Michut replaces Ander Herrera.
  • 69': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Xavi Simons replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
  • 70': Xavi Simons (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Substitution, Montpellier. Ambroise Oyongo replaces Sacha Delaye.
  • 76': Substitution, Montpellier. Junior Sambia replaces Arnaud Souquet.
  • 76': Substitution, Montpellier. Léo Leroy replaces Florent Mollet.
  • 84': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Achraf Hakimi replaces Thilo Kehrer.
  • 85': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Nuno Mendes replaces Juan Bernat.
  • 85': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Djeidi Gassama replaces Ángel Di María.
  • 90'+3': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade de la Mosson-Mondial 98
Location: Montpellier, France
Attendance: 19,586

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+47 Paris Saint-Germain 30 69 1
+17 AS Monaco 29 55 6
+15 Brest 30 53 7
+18 Lille 29 52 5
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 9
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 4
2 Corner Kicks 0
3 Saves 5
70.2 Possession 29.8
15 SHOTS 10
9 ON GOAL 3
0.6 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
675 Accurate Passes 251
736 Passes 308
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 1
6 Crosses 7
0.7 Cross % 0.1
65 Long Balls 36
54 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.8 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 14
16 Tackles 20
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
11 Interceptions 12
8 Effective Clearances 7
8 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

MON Montpellier (5-4-1)

No. Name
16 Dimitry Bertaud (GK)
31 Nicolas Cozza
14 Maxime Estève
26 Thuler
7 Mihailo Ristic
2 Arnaud Souquet Yellow Card
13 Joris Chotard
12 Jordan Ferri Yellow Card
34 Sacha Delaye
25 Florent Mollet
10 Stephy Mavididi

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

No. Name
50 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
4 Sergio Ramos
5 Marquinhos Yellow Card
14 Juan Bernat
24 Thilo Kehrer
6 Marco Verratti
21 Ander Herrera Yellow Card
18 Georginio Wijnaldum
30 Lionel Messi
7 Kylian Mbappé
11 Ángel Di María

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