Paris St Germain beat Nice 4-1 in a French Ligue One match that was played yesterday at the Allianz Riveira Stadium. The match attracted over 32,500 fans.
The match saw two Nice FC players being Red Carded. Wylan Cyprien was yellow carded twice in the 24th and 74th minute leading to his dismissal. Christophe Herelle was also sent off in the 77th minute by referee Francois Letexier.
Argentinean forward Angel Di Maria opened scoring 15 minutes into the game before adding the second goal six minutes later. The game headed into halftime with PSG leading 2-0.
Kpene Ganago scored the first goal for the hosts in the 67th minute before Kylian Mbappe added the third and the fourth goals in the 88th and 90th minute respectively.
The result leaves PSG on top of the French Ligue One table with 24 points after 9 matches. Nice are placed 9th with 13 points.
Paris St Germain manager Thomas Tuchel said after the game that his team lacked determination and precision in the second half but was happy to come back from the International break with 3 points.
‘’At the beginning of the second half we forgot to close out the match. Nice played with another system, took more risks and we made an easy mistake just before they scored their goal. The match was decided after the two red cards. It’s a good lesson for us.’’
Key Statistics
- Nice have only won one of their last 14 matches against PSG (Lost 11 and drawn 2). The win was in April 2017 when they beat PSG 3-1.
- PSG have scored in each of their last 24 away games in Ligue One. Only Sedan FC between 1957and 1959 (32) and Rennes FC between 2017 and 2019 (26) have registered longer runs.
Nice will play Strasbourg in their next Ligue One match on Saturday 26th October. Paris St Germain will play Club Brugge on 22nd October (Champions League) before playing Marseille on Sunday 27th October 2019 in the French Ligue One.
Other Ligue One fixtures this weekend include:
Saturday 19th October
Lyon vs Dijon- 1830HRS (East African Time) Groupama Stadium
Angers vs Brest- 2100HRS (East African Time) Stade Raymond Kopa
Metz vs Nantes- 2100HRS (East African Time) Stade Saint Symphorien
Toulouse vs Lille- 2100HRS (East African Time) Stadium de Toulouse
Nimes vs Amiens- 2100HRS (East African Time) Stade de Costieres
Reims vs Montpellier- 2100HRS (East African Time) Stade Auguste Delaune
Sunday 20th October
Bordeaux vs Saint Etienne- 1600HRS (East African Time) Matmut Atlantique
Monaco vs Rennes- 1800HRS (East African Time) Stade Louis
Marseille vs Strasbourg- 22000HRS (East African Time) Orange Velodrome
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