Paris Saint Germain 2-0 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 April 2017
Result
Paris Saint Germain 2-0 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 April 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Paris Saint Germain 2-0 Montpellier: match report
Paris Saint Germain defeated Montpellier 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Edinson Cavani (29') and Ángel Di María (48'). Montpellier did not score.
Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 2nd on 77 points from 33 and Montpellier 12th on 39 points from 33. Paris Saint Germain went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Montpellier 15th with 39.
Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-3-3 and Montpellier in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Silva of Paris Saint Germain (8.5), ahead of Edinson Cavani (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Paris Saint Germain wins, 5 draws and 1 for Montpellier.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 48'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 68'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
Head-to-head
Team news
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)
Kevin Trapp, Thiago Silva, Presnel Kimpembe, Maxwell, Serge Aurier, Marco Verratti, Thiago Motta, Blaise Matuidi, Edinson Cavani, Javier Pastore, Ángel Di María
Montpellier line-up (3-5-1-1)
Laurent Pionnier, Vitorino Hilton, Lukáš Pokorný, Nordi Mukiele, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Isaac Mbenza, Jérôme Roussillon, Stéphane Sessègnon, Ryad Boudebouz, Steve Mounié