Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, Montpellier 0.
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Paris St-Germain moved three points clear at the top of Ligue 1 and boosted their goal difference with a thrashing of 10-man Montpellier on Friday.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice with Neymar and Mauro Icardi also on target for Mauricio Pochettino's side.
Montpellier goalkeeper Jonas Omlin was sent off with the game goalless.
Omlin was shown a yellow card for bringing Mbappe down outside of the area, but that was made red after the referee viewed the pitchside monitor.
Mbappe broke the deadlock soon after with a neat touch and dinked finish from Angel Di Maria's pass.
PSG then added three second-half goals in as many minutes.
Neymar finished a neat move, Icardi hammered home from Alessandro Florenzi's cross and Mbappe tapped in for his second following a swift break.
PSG sit three points above second-placed Lille, having played a game more.
Line-ups
PSG
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1NavasSubstituted forRicoat 45'minutes
- 24Florenzi
- 5MarquinhosSubstituted forKehrerat 52'minutes
- 22Diallo
- 20KurzawaSubstituted forBakkerat 76'minutes
- 6VerrattiBooked at 82mins
- 8ParedesSubstituted forDaniloat 76'minutes
- 11Di María
- 7Mbappé
- 10NeymarBooked at 76mins
- 9IcardiSubstituted forSarabiaat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Kehrer
- 12Rafinha
- 15Danilo
- 16Rico
- 18Kean
- 19Sarabia
- 23Draxler
- 25Bakker
- 27Gueye
Montpellier
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1OmlinBooked at 19mins
- 2Souquet
- 5Teodósio MendesBooked at 45mins
- 4Da Silva
- 3CongréSubstituted forCozzaat 68'minutes
- 6Sambia
- 14Le TallecSubstituted forMavididiat 68'minutes
- 11Savanier
- 7RisticSubstituted forBertaudat 21'minutes
- 25MolletSubstituted forChotardat 35'minutes
- 10LabordeSubstituted forWahiat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Oyongo
- 13Chotard
- 16Bertaud
- 19Mavididi
- 20Dolly
- 24Yun
- 31Cozza
- 32Skuletic
- 33Wahi
- Referee:
- Willy Delajod
Match Stats
Home TeamPSGAway TeamMontpellier
- Possession
- Home72%
- Away28%
- Shots
- Home26
- Away5
- Shots on Target
- Home8
- Away1
- Corners
- Home7
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home16
- Away12
Live Text
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Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, Montpellier 0.
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Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
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Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Junior Sambia.
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Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain).
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Nicolas Cozza (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Arnaud Souquet.
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Attempt blocked. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Pedro Mendes (Montpellier).
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Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Arnaud Souquet (Montpellier).
Substitution
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Mauro Icardi.
Booking
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
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Junior Sambia (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
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Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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