PARIS. Paris Saint Germain liquidates Reims 4-0 with goals of M. Verratti (44′), S. Ramos (62′), W. Faes (67′ own) and Danilo (75′). Paris Saint Germain was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier who was helped by Djemel Zitouni and Gwenaël Pasqualotti. The 4th official was Olivier Thual. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.8 degrees Celsius or 37.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 21 Total 7
- 8 On Target 3
- 13 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 161 Attack 82
- 56 Dangerous attack 36
- 93 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 0
- 14 Corners 0
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Paris Saint Germain had a superior ball possession 68% while Reims was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris Saint Germain was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paris Saint Germain won the match.
Paris Saint Germain shot 21 times, 8 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Reims shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Paris Saint Germain didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Reims received 1 yellow card (D. Lopy).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Paris Saint Germain will have 53 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Reims will stay with 24 points to hold in the 14th place.
Next matches
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
62'
76'
Paris Saint Germain started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero decided to play with the following team: Keylor Navas , Thilo Kehrer , Marquinhos , Sergio Ramos , Nuno Mendes , Danilo Pereira , Leandro Paredes , Marco Verratti , Ángel Di María , Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappé .
The home team had on the bench: Julian Draxler , Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, Colin Dagba, Lionel Messi , Xavi Simons, Édouard Michut, Denis Franchi, Ander Herrera and Presnel Kimpembe.
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 3 changes: A. Di Maria for L. Messi (63′), K. Mbappe for J. Draxler (77′) and M. Verratti for A. Herrera (77′).
Best player: Marco Verratti
The most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Marco Verratti.
His rating is with 1 goal, 99 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
Reims – Formation
Reims
56'
Reims started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Óscar García Junyent played with: Predrag Rajković , Thomas Foket , Andrew Gravillon , Wout Faes , Yunis Abdelhamid , Maxime Busi , Nathanael Mbuku , Azor Matusiwa , Jens Cajuste , Bradley Locko and Hugo Ekitike .
They had on the bench: Moreto Cassama , Nicolas Penneteau, Mamadou Moustapha Mbow, Dion Lopy , N Dri Philippe Koffi, Anastasios Donis , Ilan Kebbal, Martin Adeline and Alexis Flips .
Substitutions
Reims made 5 changes: T. Foket for M. Cassama (46′), A. Matusiwa for D. Lopy (46′), N. Mbuku for M. Adeline (58′), J. Cajuste for A. Donis (64′) and D. Lopy for A. Flips (81′).
Best player: Martin Adeline
The player that probably impressed the most for Reims was Martin Adeline.
His rating is with 18 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 58′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Troyes – 2-1
- Bordeaux – Strasbourg – 4-3
- Clermont – Rennes – 2-1
- Metz – Nice – 0-2
- Montpellier – Monaco – 3-2
- Nantes – Lorient – 4-2
- Paris Saint Germain – Reims – 4-0
