Paris Saint-Germain vs Montpellier, 2024-25 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain

4': Bradley Barcola
24': Marco Asensio
53': Bradley Barcola
58': Achraf Hakimi
60': Warren Zaïre-Emery
82': Lee Kang-in

FT
6 - 0

Montpellier

PSG thrash Montpellier 6-0 with Barcola double

Bradley Barcola scored twice as Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain hammered Montpellier 6-0 in their first home game of the season on Friday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Delay in match (Paris Saint Germain).
3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
4': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Montpellier 0. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Neves.
7': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Modibo Sagnan.
7': Attempt missed. João Neves (Paris Saint Germain) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross following a corner.
9': Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Foul by Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier).
10': Attempt missed. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
12': Foul by Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain).
12': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Modibo Sagnan (Montpellier).
13': João Neves (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain).
16': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Attempt missed. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arnaud Nordin.
21': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier).
21': Willian Pacho (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier).
21': Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Enzo Tchato.
24': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0. Marco Asensio (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Neves with a through ball.
25': Attempt missed. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Neves with a through ball following a fast break.
26': Foul by Enzo Tchato (Montpellier).
26': Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
28': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Asensio.
28': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Willian Pacho.
29': Attempt saved. Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Téji Savanier with a cross.
29': Foul by Modibo Sagnan (Montpellier).
29': João Neves (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Falaye Sacko.
33': Foul by Falaye Sacko (Montpellier).
33': Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Falaye Sacko (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Attempt missed. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi with a cross following a set piece situation.
37': Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Becir Omeragic (Montpellier).
39': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Kiki Kouyaté.
42': Attempt blocked. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Asensio.
44': Attempt saved. Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Neves.
44': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Benjamin Lecomte.
45': Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Téji Savanier with a cross.
45'+1': Foul by Joris Chotard (Montpellier).
45'+1': Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+1': Joris Chotard (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': Attempt blocked. Marco Asensio (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+3': Hand ball by Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier).
45'+4': Attempt blocked. Marco Asensio (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+4': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0.
45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 2, Montpellier 0.
48': Foul by João Neves (Paris Saint Germain).
48': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Falaye Sacko (Montpellier).
50': Foul by Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier).
50': Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
50': Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51': Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
51': Foul by Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain).
51': Offside, Montpellier. Joris Chotard is caught offside.
53': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Montpellier 0. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé following a fast break.
54': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain).
54': Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
56': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier).
56': Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card.
58': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Montpellier 0. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nuno Mendes with a cross.
60': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 5, Montpellier 0. Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
61': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Désiré Doué replaces Bradley Barcola.
62': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Marco Asensio.
62': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Lee Kang-In replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
63': Attempt missed. João Neves (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
64': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Kiki Kouyaté.
64': Attempt missed. Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nuno Mendes following a corner.
64': Foul by Willian Pacho (Paris Saint Germain).
64': Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Offside, Montpellier. Falaye Sacko is caught offside.
66': Attempt blocked. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
66': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Becir Omeragic.
67': Attempt saved. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
67': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Benjamin Lecomte.
67': Substitution, Montpellier. Akor Adams replaces Wahbi Khazri.
68': Substitution, Montpellier. Mousa Al Ta'mari replaces Arnaud Nordin.
68': Substitution, Montpellier. Yanis Issoufou replaces Jordan Ferri.
68': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Fabián Ruiz replaces João Neves.
69': Attempt saved. Akor Adams (Montpellier) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
72': Attempt missed. Akor Adams (Montpellier) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Modibo Sagnan.
73': Attempt saved. Mousa Al Ta'mari (Montpellier) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Enzo Tchato.
73': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
74': Attempt missed. Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Téji Savanier with a cross following a corner.
74': Attempt saved. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
77': Attempt missed. Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Désiré Doué with a cross.
78': Enzo Tchato (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain).
78': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ibrahim Mbaye replaces Warren Zaïre-Emery.
79': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Foul by Modibo Sagnan (Montpellier).
80': Attempt missed. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
80': Enzo Tchato (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint Germain).
81': Becir Omeragic (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain).
82': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 6, Montpellier 0. Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
83': Substitution, Montpellier. Gabriel Barès replaces Téji Savanier.
86': Attempt missed. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
88': Attempt saved. Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
88': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Benjamin Lecomte.
88': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Enzo Tchato.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Désiré Doué.
90'+1': Hand ball by Akor Adams (Montpellier).
90'+1': Attempt missed. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
90'+2': Foul by Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain).
90'+2': Modibo Sagnan (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Hand ball by Enzo Tchato (Montpellier).
90'+5': Hand ball by Willian Pacho (Paris Saint Germain).
90'+6': Attempt blocked. Joris Chotard (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+6': Foul by Yanis Issoufou (Montpellier).
90'+6': Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 6, Montpellier 0.
0': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 6, Montpellier 0.

Statistics

MON		PSG
17	Fouls	11
4	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	10
5	Saves	3
31.4	Possession	68.6
8	SHOTS	27
3	ON GOAL	11
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
282	Accurate Passes	694
338	Passes	744
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
5	Accurate Crosses	6
9	Crosses	17
0.6	Cross %	0.4
65	Long Balls	31
39	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	4
11	Effective Tackles	10
19	Tackles	21
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
12	Interceptions	10
13	Effective Clearances	8
13	Clearances	8

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 46,000

Ligue 1 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Paris Saint-Germain	16	+30	40
2	Marseille	15	+14	30
3	AS Monaco	16	+10	30
4	Lille	15	+10	27

Full Table

Line-Ups

Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
51	Willian Pacho
5	Marquinhos
25	Nuno Mendes
2	Achraf Hakimi
87	João Neves
17	Vitinha
33	Warren Zaïre-Emery
11	Marco Asensio
29	Bradley Barcola
10	Ousmane Dembélé

Paris Saint-Germain Substitutes:

Yoram Zague, Randal Kolo Muani, Ibrahim Mbaye, Désiré Doué, Fabián Ruiz, Lee Kang-in, Matvei Safonov, Senny Mayulu, Lucas Beraldo.

Montpellier (5-3-2)

No.	Name
40	Benjamin Lecomte (GK)
4	Boubakar Kiki Kouyate
5	Modibo Sagnan
27	Becir Omeragic
77	Falaye Sacko
29	Enzo Tchato
13	Joris Chotard
11	Téji Savanier
12	Jordan Ferri
10	Wahbi Khazri
7	Arnaud Nordin

Montpellier Substitutes:

Gabriel Bares, Stefan Dzodic, Mousa Al-Tamari, Dimitry Bertaud, Yanis Issoufou, Théo Chennahi, Tanguy Coulibaly, Othmane Maamma, Akor Adams.

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