Nîmes 2-4 Paris Saint Germain: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 September 2018
Result
Nîmes 2-4 Paris Saint Germain
Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 September 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Nîmes 2-4 Paris Saint Germain: match report
Nîmes lost to Paris Saint Germain 2-4 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 1 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Antonin Bobichon (63') and T. Savanier (71', penalty). Paris Saint Germain scored through Neymar (36'), Ángel Di María (40'), Kylian Mbappé (77') and Edinson Cavani (90+2').
Discipline: Nîmes received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Paris Saint Germain received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Nîmes were 4th on 6 points from 3 and Paris Saint Germain 1st on 9 points from 3. Nîmes went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Paris Saint Germain 1st with 91.
Nîmes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Neymar of Paris Saint Germain (8.3), ahead of Téji Savanier (7.5).
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Moustapha Diallo
- 18'Yellow card · Kylian Mbappé
- 36'Goal · Neymar
- 40'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 51'Yellow card · Neymar
- 58'Yellow card · Thomas Meunier
- 63'Goal · Antonin Bobichon
- 71'Penalty goal · T. Savanier
- 77'Goal · Kylian Mbappé
- 90+2'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 90+4'Red card · Kylian Mbappé
- 90+5'Red card · T. Savanier
Team news
Nîmes line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Bernardoni, Sofiane Alakouch, Anthony Briançon, Loïck Landre, Gaëtan Paquiez, Moustapha Diallo, Téji Savanier, Théo Valls, Sada Thioub, Baptiste Guillaume, Renaud Ripart
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alphonse Areola, Thomas Meunier, Thiago Silva, Presnel Kimpembe, Stanley Nsoki, Marquinhos, Adrien Rabiot, Kylian Mbappé, Neymar, Ángel Di María, Edinson Cavani