Metz 1-5 Paris Saint Germain: result and report
Ligue 1 · Friday 8 September 2017
Result
Metz 1-5 Paris Saint Germain
Ligue 1 · Friday 8 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Metz 1-5 Paris Saint Germain: match report
Metz were beaten by Paris Saint Germain 1-5 in Ligue 1 on Friday 8 September 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Metz's goal came from Emmanuel Rivière (37'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Edinson Cavani (31'), Kylian Mbappé (59'), Neymar (69'), Edinson Cavani (75') and Lucas Moura (87').
Discipline: Metz received no yellow cards; Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Metz were 20th on 0 points from 4 and Paris Saint Germain 1st on 12 points from 4. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Paris Saint Germain 1st with 93.
Metz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Neymar of Paris Saint Germain (9.8), ahead of Edinson Cavani (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Metz win, 1 draw and 6 for Paris Saint Germain.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 37'Goal · Emmanuel Rivière
- 41'Yellow card · Julian Draxler
- 59'Goal · Kylian Mbappé
- 69'Goal · Neymar
- 75'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 87'Goal · Lucas Moura
Head-to-head
Team news
Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)
Eiji Kawashima, Milan Biševac, Moussa Niakhaté, Iván Balliu, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Nolan Roux, Matthieu Dossevi, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Cafú, Emmanuel Rivière
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alphonse Areola, Presnel Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Thomas Meunier, Yuri Berchiche, Thiago Motta, Neymar, Julian Draxler, Adrien Rabiot, Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani