French Ligue 1

PSG vs Nice 2021-22 Ligue 1

Lacklustre Paris Saint-Germain held by Nice in Ligue 1

Lionel Messi had a night to forget as PSG were held to a stalemate at the Parc des Princes by Nice in a dull Ligue 1 encounter on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

  • 31': Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 0, Nice 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 0, Nice 0.
  • 62': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Marco Verratti replaces Éric Ebimbe.
  • 66': Justin Kluivert (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 74': Substitution, Nice. Calvin Stengs replaces Justin Kluivert.
  • 74': Substitution, Nice. Khéphren Thuram-Ulien replaces Mario Lemina.
  • 76': Hichem Boudaoui (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
  • 77': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Mauro Icardi replaces Ángel Di María.
  • 77': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Leandro Paredes replaces Presnel Kimpembe.
  • 80': Substitution, Nice. Amine Gouiri replaces Hichem Boudaoui.
  • 88': Melvin Bard (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 0, Nice 0.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,502

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+23 Paris Saint-Germain 13 30 1
+10 Nice 13 29 0
+8 AS Monaco 13 24 3
+6 Lille 13 23 2
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Statistics

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5 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 5
70.1 Possession 29.9
22 SHOTS 4
5 ON GOAL 2
0.2 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
661 Accurate Passes 229
732 Passes 305
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 4
19 Crosses 14
0.1 Cross % 0.3
35 Long Balls 47
23 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
9 Blocked Shots 1
4 Effective Tackles 15
11 Tackles 21
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 18
4 Effective Clearances 27
4 Clearances 27

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
50 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
3 Presnel Kimpembe
5 Marquinhos
25 Nuno Mendes
2 Achraf Hakimi
15 Danilo Pereira Yellow Card
28 Junior Dina Ebimbe
27 Idrissa Gueye
30 Lionel Messi
7 Kylian Mbappé
11 Ángel Di María

NICE Nice (4-4-2)

No. Name
40 Walter Benítez (GK)
4 Dante
25 Jean-Clair Todibo
26 Melvin Bard Yellow Card
23 Jordan Lotomba
18 Mario Lemina
6 Morgan Schneiderlin
21 Justin Kluivert Yellow Card
28 Hichem Boudaoui Yellow Card
9 Kasper Dolberg
7 Andy Delort

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