French Ligue 1

Nice vs PSG 2022-23 Ligue 1

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  • 26': Lionel Messi
  • 76': Sergio Ramos

Lionel Messi reaches 1,000 club goal contributions in PSG win over Nice

One week after being jeered by his own fans, Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up the other as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nice 2-0.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 10': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Fabián Ruiz replaces Renato Sanches because of an injury.
  • 26': Goal! Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Mendes.
  • 68': Substitution, Nice. Billal Brahimi replaces Melvin Bard.
  • 68': Substitution, Nice. Pablo Rosario replaces Antoine Mendy.
  • 75': Substitution, Nice. Gaëtan Laborde replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
  • 76': Goal! Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
  • 77': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. El Chadaille Bitshiabu replaces Nuno Mendes.
  • 83': Substitution, Nice. Ross Barkley replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  • 83': Substitution, Nice. Badredine Bouanani replaces Terem Moffi.
  • 88': Khéphren Thuram (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Carlos Soler.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 34,456

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+39 Paris Saint-Germain 26 59 1
+16 Brest 26 47 5
+11 AS Monaco 26 46 6
+14 Lille 26 43 5
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Statistics

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2 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 10
7 Saves 2
54.5 Possession 45.5
13 SHOTS 21
4 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
647 Accurate Passes 514
706 Passes 568
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 9
9 Crosses 31
0.6 Cross % 0.3
38 Long Balls 29
25 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.7 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 12
26 Tackles 19
0.3 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 7
33 Effective Clearances 9
33 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

NICE Nice (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
25 Jean-Clair Todibo
4 Dante
55 Youssouf Ndayishimiye
26 Melvin Bard
33 Antoine Mendy
28 Hicham Boudaoui
16 Aaron Ramsey
19 Khephren Thuram Yellow Card
29 Nicolas Pépé
9 Terem Moffi

PSG Paris Saint-Germain (3-5-2)

No. Name
99 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
4 Sergio Ramos
15 Danilo Pereira
5 Marquinhos
28 Carlos Soler
17 Vitinha
18 Renato Sanches
25 Nuno Mendes
2 Achraf Hakimi
7 Kylian Mbappé
30 Lionel Messi

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