Paris Saint Germain 4-0 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 January 2018
Result
Paris Saint Germain 4-0 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 January 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Paris Saint Germain 4-0 Montpellier: match report
Paris Saint Germain beat Montpellier 4-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 27 January 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Edinson Cavani (11'), Neymar (40', penalty), Ángel Di María (70') and Neymar (82'). Montpellier did not score.
Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 1st on 56 points from 22 and Montpellier 7th on 31 points from 22. Paris Saint Germain went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Montpellier 10th with 51.
Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-3-3 and Montpellier in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Neymar of Paris Saint Germain (9.9), ahead of Ángel Di María (9.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Paris Saint Germain wins, 4 draws and 1 for Montpellier.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 12'Yellow card · Edinson Cavani
- 39'Yellow card · Pedro Mendes
- 40'Penalty goal · Neymar
- 55'Yellow card · Ellyes Skhiri
- 70'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 82'Goal · Neymar
Head-to-head
Team news
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)
Alphonse Areola, Thiago Silva, Presnel Kimpembe, Thomas Meunier, Layvin Kurzawa, Giovani Lo Celso, Julian Draxler, Adrien Rabiot, Edinson Cavani, Neymar, Ángel Di María
Montpellier line-up (3-5-2)
Benjamin Lecomte, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Pedro Mendes, Junior Sambia, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Nordi Mukiele, Nicolas Cozza, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Isaac Mbenza