Lyon vs Paris Saint-Germain

21 March 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Islam Slimani 62’
Maxwel Cornet 81’

Kylian Mbappe-Lottin 15’, 52’
Danilo Pereira 32’
Ángel Di María 47’

Match summary

Paris Saint-Germain took a 4-2 win at Lyon. Paris Saint-Germain led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kylian Mbappe-Lottin put Paris Saint-Germain ahead in the 15th minute and Danilo Pereira made it 0-2 from a corner in the 32nd minute, set up by Marquinhos. In the second half, Ángel Di María made it 0-3 with a direct free kick in the 47th minute, Mbappe-Lottin made it 0-4 in the 52nd minute, set up by Marco Verratti, Islam Slimani pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 62nd minute, set up by Maxwel Cornet, and Maxwel Cornet made it 2-4 in the 81st minute, set up by Mathis Cherki.

The chances backed that up: Paris Saint-Germain created 1.66 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Lyon's 0.61 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 14

7 Shots on Target 9

1 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.61 xG 1.65

0.61 Non-penalty xG 1.65

5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lyon Paris Saint-Germain

Kick-off

15’

Kylian Mbappe-Lottin

0-1

32’

Danilo Pereira
Assist: Marquinhos

0-2

Half-time0-2

47’

Ángel Di María

0-3

52’

Kylian Mbappe-Lottin
Assist: Marco Verratti

0-4

Islam Slimani
Assist: Maxwel Cornet

1-4

62’

Maxwel Cornet
Assist: Mathis Cherki

2-4

81’

Full-time2-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lyon

Tinotenda Kadewere
Sinaly Diomande

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Lyon 0.61 xGParis Saint-Germain 1.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Paris Saint-Germain attacking Lyon attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia De Sciglio	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Jason Denayer	DEF	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxwel Cornet	DEF	90	1	1	1	0.26	0.02	1
Lucas Paquetá	MID	90			1	0.03	0.17	2
Maxence Caqueret	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Thiago Mendes	MID	56			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tinotenda Kadewere	FWD	56			0	0.00	0.00	0
Memphis Depay	FWD	56			1	0.07	0.03	1
Karl Toko Ekambi	FWD	74			1	0.10	0.00	0
Islam Slimani	Sub	34	1		3	0.14	0.00	0
Bruno Guimarães	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Dubois	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.05	1
Mathis Cherki	Sub	16		1	0	0.00	0.26	1
Sinaly Diomande	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Keylor Navas	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alessandro Florenzi	DEF	86			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marquinhos	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Presnel Kimpembe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Abdou Diallo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danilo Pereira	MID	90	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Idrissa Gueye	MID	86			1	0.08	0.00	0
Ángel Di María	MID	90	1		4	0.26	0.14	2
Marco Verratti	MID	90		1	1	0.09	0.51	2
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin	MID	70	2		3	0.59	0.44	2
Moise Kean	FWD	90			3	0.51	0.00	0
Neymar	Sub	20			1	0.04	0.00	0
Colin Dagba	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ander Herrera	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Draxler	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 30% Avg odds 3.19

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80

Paris Saint-Germain win 45% Avg odds 2.11

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lyon L W D W D

Paris Saint-Germain W L W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Lyon, 13 Dec 20 Next meeting: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Lyon, 19 Sep 21 All Lyon vs Paris Saint-Germain meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.