Paris Saint Germain 3-0 Basel: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 19 October 2016
Result
Paris Saint Germain 3-0 Basel
Champions League · Wednesday 19 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Paris Saint Germain 3-0 Basel: match report
Paris Saint Germain defeated Basel 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ángel Di María opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Ángel Di María (40'), Lucas Moura (62') and Edinson Cavani (90+3', penalty). Basel did not score.
Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card; Basel received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 34th on 4 points from 2 and Basel 67th on 1 point from 2. 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 Basel in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adrien Rabiot of Paris Saint Germain (8.2), ahead of Edinson Cavani (8.1).
Key events
- 40'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 62'Goal · Lucas Moura
- 64'Yellow card · Adrien Rabiot
- 66'Yellow card · Renato Steffen
- 76'Yellow card · Michael Lang
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Edinson Cavani
Team news
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)
Alphonse Areola, Serge Aurier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Layvin Kurzawa, Adrien Rabiot, Marco Verratti, Blaise Matuidi, Lucas Moura, Edinson Cavani, Ángel Di María
Basel line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomas Vaclik, Michael Lang, Marek Suchy, Éder Balanta, Adama Traoré, Serey Dié, Taulant Xhaka, Birkir Bjarnason, Matías Delgado, Renato Steffen, Seydou Doumbia