Paris Saint Germain 5-0 Anderlecht: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 31 October 2017

Result

Paris Saint Germain 5-0 Anderlecht

Champions League · Tuesday 31 October 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Paris Saint Germain 5-0 Anderlecht: match report

Paris Saint Germain defeated Anderlecht 5-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 31 October 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Marco Verratti opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Marco Verratti (30'), Neymar (45+4'), Layvin Kurzawa (52'), Layvin Kurzawa (72') and Layvin Kurzawa (78'). Anderlecht did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 10th on 9 points from 3 and Anderlecht 79th on 0 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-3-3 and Anderlecht in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Layvin Kurzawa of Paris Saint Germain (9.9), ahead of Neymar (9.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Paris Saint Germain wins, 1 draw and 0 for Anderlecht.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain · 1-0
  • 45+4'Goal · NeymarParis Saint Germain · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Layvin KurzawaParis Saint Germain · 3-0
  • 72'Goal · Layvin KurzawaParis Saint Germain · 4-0
  • 78'Goal · Layvin KurzawaParis Saint Germain · 5-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Paris Saint Germain 2, draws 1, Anderlecht 0.

Team news

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)

Alphonse Areola, Dani Alves, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Layvin Kurzawa, Marco Verratti, Adrien Rabiot, Julian Draxler, Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani, Neymar

Anderlecht line-up (4-2-3-1)

Frank Boeckx, Dennis Appiah, Sami Qaeid, Uros Spajic, Ivan Obradović, Adrien Trébel, Sven Kums, Pieter Gerkens, Leander Dendoncker, Henry Onyekuru, Sofiane Hanni