French Ligue 1

PSG vs Metz 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 25': Kylian Mbappé
  • 28': Kylian Mbappé
  • 31': Neymar
  • 50': Kylian Mbappé
  • 67': Ángel Di María
FT
5 - 0
  • Red Card 58': Boubacar Traoré

Kylian Mbappe celebrates Paris Saint-Germain stay with hat trick on final day against Metz

Kylian Mbappe celebrated his new contract with PSG in style, scoring a hat trick as the French champions beat Metz 5-0 on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 23': Boubacar Traore (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Metz 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a through ball.
  • 28': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Metz 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  • 31': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Metz 0. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Metz 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 3, Metz 0.
  • 50': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Metz 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 56': Substitution, Metz. Sikou Niakaté replaces Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik.
  • 56': Substitution, Metz. Amadou Salif Mbengue replaces William Mikelbrencis.
  • 58': Second yellow card to Boubacar Traore (Metz) for a bad foul.
  • 67': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 5, Metz 0. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 71': Substitution, Metz. Lenny Joseph replaces Farid Boulaya.
  • 71': Substitution, Metz. Louis Mafouta replaces Didier Lamkel Zé.
  • 72': Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 75': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera replaces Ángel Di María.
  • 79': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Idrissa Gueye replaces Marco Verratti.
  • 79': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Neymar.
  • 83': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Alexandre Letellier replaces Keylor Navas.
  • 84': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thilo Kehrer replaces Achraf Hakimi.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 5, Metz 0.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,926

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Paris Saint-Germain 28 63 1
+17 Brest 29 53 6
+15 AS Monaco 28 52 6
+17 Lille 28 49 5
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Statistics

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12 Fouls 7
0 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 4
6 Saves 1
24.7 Possession 75.3
4 SHOTS 27
1 ON GOAL 12
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
181 Accurate Passes 699
240 Passes 761
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 2
8 Crosses 7
0.1 Cross % 0.3
37 Long Balls 39
18 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.5 Long Balls % 0.9
1 Blocked Shots 5
11 Effective Tackles 11
25 Tackles 15
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
17 Interceptions 7
13 Effective Clearances 5
13 Clearances 5

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Keylor Navas (GK)
4 Sergio Ramos
5 Marquinhos
3 Presnel Kimpembe
2 Achraf Hakimi
30 Lionel Messi
15 Danilo Pereira
6 Marco Verratti
7 Kylian Mbappé
10 Neymar
11 Ángel Di María

METZ Metz (5-4-1)

No. Name
30 Marc-Aurele Caillard (GK)
23 Boubakar Kiki Kouyate
27 Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
2 Dylan Bronn
13 Fali Candé
25 William Mikelbrencis
8 Boubacar Traoré Yellow Card
14 Vincent Pajot
10 Farid Boulaya
15 Pape Matar Sarr
22 Didier Lamkel Ze

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