French Ligue 1

PSG vs Marseille 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 12': Neymar
  • 45'+5': Kylian Mbappé (P)
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2 - 1
  • 31': Duje Caleta-Car

Neymar, Mbappe guide PSG to Le Classique win over Marseille

PSG continued their march to the Ligue 1 title when goals by Neymar and Kylian Mbappe earned them a 2-1 home victory over rivals Marseille.

Match Commentary

  • 12': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Marseille 0. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
  • 17': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 21': Gerson (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Marseille 1. Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 37': Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+5': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Marseille 1. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Marseille. Amine Harit replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  • 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 2, Marseille 1.
  • 46': Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Substitution, Marseille. Pol Lirola replaces Valentin Rongier because of an injury.
  • 81': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Idrissa Gueye.
  • 81': Substitution, Marseille. Bamba Dieng replaces Pape Gueye.
  • 88': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Sergio Ramos replaces Marco Verratti.
  • 90'+1': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Mauro Icardi replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  • 90'+2': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Marseille. Cédric Bakambu replaces Duje Caleta-Car.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 46,000

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+44 Paris Saint-Germain 29 66 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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12 Fouls 16
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 7
4 Corner Kicks 3
1 Saves 0
58 Possession 42
3 SHOTS 7
1 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
594 Accurate Passes 422
651 Passes 478
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 0
10 Crosses 2
0.2 Cross % 0.0
54 Long Balls 35
39 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 1
11 Effective Tackles 7
22 Tackles 16
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
6 Interceptions 8
3 Effective Clearances 12
3 Clearances 12

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
50 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) Yellow Card
3 Presnel Kimpembe
5 Marquinhos
25 Nuno Mendes Yellow Card
2 Achraf Hakimi
6 Marco Verratti
27 Idrissa Gueye Yellow Card
15 Danilo Pereira
7 Kylian Mbappé
10 Neymar
30 Lionel Messi

OLM Marseille (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Pau López (GK)
15 Duje Caleta-Car
2 William Saliba
14 Luan Peres
21 Valentin Rongier
4 Boubacar Kamara
22 Pape Gueye
6 Matteo Guendouzi
10 Dimitri Payet
8 Gerson Yellow Card
17 Cengiz Ünder

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