Paris Saint Germain 5-0 Lorient: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 December 2016
Result
Paris Saint Germain 5-0 Lorient
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 December 2016, 19:50 UTC · half-time 2-0
Paris Saint Germain 5-0 Lorient: match report
Paris Saint Germain defeated Lorient 5-0 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Thomas Meunier opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Thomas Meunier (25'), an own goal by Z. Touré (44'), Thiago Silva (50'), Edinson Cavani (63', penalty) and Lucas Moura (70'). Lorient did not score.
Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received no yellow cards; Lorient received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 3rd on 36 points from 18 and Lorient 20th on 15 points from 18. Paris Saint Germain went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Lorient 18th with 36.
Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lorient in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Silva of Paris Saint Germain (8.6), ahead of Thomas Meunier (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Paris Saint Germain wins, 1 draw and 1 for Lorient.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Thomas Meunier
- 44'Own goal · Z. Touré
- 50'Goal · Thiago Silva
- 62'Yellow card · P. Delecroix
- 63'Penalty goal · Edinson Cavani
- 70'Goal · Lucas Moura
Head-to-head
Team news
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)
Kevin Trapp, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Thomas Meunier, Layvin Kurzawa, Marco Verratti, Thiago Motta, Blaise Matuidi, Lucas Moura, Edinson Cavani, Christopher Nkunku
Lorient line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Delecroix, Zargo Touré, Mickaël Ciani, Vincent Le Goff, Erwin Koffi, Arnold Mvuemba, Walid Mesloub, Wesley Lautoa, Paul Butler, Sylvain Marveaux, Benjamin Moukandjo