Paris Saint Germain 3-1 Caen: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 20 December 2017

Result

Paris Saint Germain 3-1 Caen

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 20 December 2017, 19:50 UTC · half-time 1-0

Paris Saint Germain · Caen · Ligue 1 predictions

Paris Saint Germain 3-1 Caen: match report

Paris Saint Germain defeated Caen 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 20 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Edinson Cavani (21'), Kylian Mbappé (57') and Yuri Berchiche (81'). Caen scored through Ivan Santini (90', penalty).

Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards; Caen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 1st on 47 points from 18 and Caen 10th on 24 points from 18. Paris Saint Germain went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Caen 16th with 38.

Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-3-3 and Caen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint Germain (9.2), ahead of Giovani Lo Celso (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Paris Saint Germain wins, 3 draws and 0 for Caen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Stef PeetersCaen
  • 19'Yellow card · Yuri BerchicheParis Saint Germain
  • 21'Goal · Edinson CavaniParis Saint Germain · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · J. DelaplaceCaen
  • 57'Goal · Kylian MbappéParis Saint Germain · 2-0
  • 81'Goal · Yuri BerchicheParis Saint Germain · 3-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Thiago SilvaParis Saint Germain
  • 90'Penalty goal · Ivan SantiniCaen · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Paris Saint Germain 7, draws 3, Caen 0.

Team news

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

Kevin Trapp, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Thomas Meunier, Yuri Berchiche, Thiago Motta, Giovani Lo Celso, Javier Pastore, Edinson Cavani, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé

Caen line-up (3-5-2)

Rémy Vercoutre, Ismaël Diomandé, Baissama Sankoh, Damien Da Silva, Jonathan Delaplace, Stef Peeters, Youssef Aït Bennasser, Frédéric Guilbert, Adama Mbengue, Ronny Rodelin, Ivan Santini