French Ligue 1

PSG vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 68': Lionel Messi
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  • Red Card 57': Kevin Danso
  • 88': Corentin Jean

Messi leads PSG to record-tying 10th French league title

— Paris Saint-Germain clinched a record-tying 10th French league title after Lionel Messi scored in their 1-1 draw with Lens on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 9': Kevin Danso (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 0, Lens 0.
  • 54': Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 57': Second yellow card to Kevin Danso (Lens) for a bad foul.
  • 61': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga.
  • 68': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lens 0. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar.
  • 73': Substitution, Lens. Ignatius Ganago replaces David Costa.
  • 73': Substitution, Lens. Deiver Machado replaces Jonathan Clauss.
  • 73': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María replaces Achraf Hakimi.
  • 78': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Danilo Pereira replaces Idrissa Gueye.
  • 82': Substitution, Lens. Corentin Jean replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
  • 82': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Florian Sotoca.
  • 88': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lens 1. Corentin Jean (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Deiver Machado.
  • 90': Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,000

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+47 Paris Saint-Germain 30 69 1
+18 AS Monaco 30 58 6
+15 Brest 30 53 7
+17 Lille 30 52 6
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Statistics

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12 Fouls 17
0 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 2
34.2 Possession 65.8
8 SHOTS 18
3 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
312 Accurate Passes 662
373 Passes 734
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 0
11 Crosses 7
0.2 Cross % 0.0
43 Long Balls 34
22 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 7
15 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
13 Interceptions 8
15 Effective Clearances 6
15 Clearances 6

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Keylor Navas (GK)
4 Sergio Ramos Yellow Card
3 Presnel Kimpembe
5 Marquinhos Yellow Card
27 Idrissa Gueye
6 Marco Verratti Yellow Card
25 Nuno Mendes
2 Achraf Hakimi
7 Kylian Mbappé
10 Neymar
30 Lionel Messi

RCL Lens (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
16 Jean-Louis Leca (GK)
4 Kevin Danso Yellow Card
5 Christopher Wooh
24 Jonathan Gradit
8 Seko Fofana
28 Cheick Doucouré
29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
11 Jonathan Clauss
15 Arnaud Kalimuendo
20 David Costa
7 Florian Sotoca

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