Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint Germain: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2016
Result
Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint Germain
Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint Germain: match report
Arsenal drew with Paris Saint Germain 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 November 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Olivier Giroud (45+1', penalty) and an own goal by Marco Verratti (59'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Edinson Cavani (18') and an own goal by Alex Iwobi (77').
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 16th on 10 points from 4 and Paris Saint Germain 17th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marquinhos of Paris Saint Germain (7.8), level with Lucas Moura (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Paris Saint Germain.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 31'Yellow card · Marquinhos
- 34'Yellow card · Francis Coquelin
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Olivier Giroud
- 53'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 55'Yellow card · Marco Verratti
- 59'Own goal · Marco Verratti
- 77'Own goal · Alex Iwobi
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Ospina, C. Jenkinson, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Alexis Sánchez, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Olivier Giroud
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)
Alphonse Areola, Thomas Meunier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Maxwell, Marco Verratti, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Thiago Motta, Lucas Moura, Edinson Cavani, Blaise Matuidi