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
+53 Paris Saint-Germain 27 71 0
+20 AS Monaco 27 50 7
+18 Marseille 27 49 8
+18 Nice 27 47 6
Full Table

Statistics

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

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 Hicham Boudaoui Yellow Card
9 Kasper Dolberg
7 Andy Delort

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