Paris Saint Germain 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 6 March 2018

Result

Paris Saint Germain 1-2 Real Madrid

Champions League · Tuesday 6 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Paris Saint Germain 1-2 Real Madrid: match report

Paris Saint Germain were beaten by Real Madrid 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Paris Saint Germain's goal came from Edinson Cavani (71'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (51') and Casemiro (80').

Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 10th on 15 points from 7 and Real Madrid 6th on 16 points from 7. 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 Real Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Casemiro of Real Madrid (9.2), ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (8.9).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain
  • 32'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicReal Madrid
  • 51'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 66'Second yellow · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain
  • 71'Goal · Edinson CavaniParis Saint Germain · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid
  • 80'Goal · CasemiroReal Madrid · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Edinson CavaniParis Saint Germain

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Alphonse Areola, Dani Alves, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Yuri Berchiche, Marco Verratti, Thiago Motta, Adrien Rabiot, Ángel Di María, Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappé

Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Lucas Vázquez, Casemiro, Mateo Kovacic, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo