Paris Saint-Germain vs Caen

12 August 2018 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Neymar 10’
  • Adrien Rabiot 35’
  • Timothy Weah 89’

Match summary

Paris Saint-Germain won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Caen. Paris Saint-Germain led 2-0 at half-time.

Neymar put Paris Saint-Germain ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku, Adrien Rabiot made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Ángel Di María, and Timothy Weah made it 3-0 in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Paris Saint-Germain created 3.35 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Caen's 0.19 from 5.

Match stats

Paris Saint-Germain Caen
11 Shots 5
8 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.35 xG 0.19
3.35 Non-penalty xG 0.19
8 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Paris Saint-Germain Caen
Kick-off
Neymar
Assist: Christopher Nkunku1-0 (Paris Saint-Germain)
10’
Adrien Rabiot
Assist: Ángel Di María2-0 (Paris Saint-Germain)
35’
Half-time2-0
Timothy Weah3-0 (Paris Saint-Germain)
89’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Paris Saint-Germain
  • Timothy Weah

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.35 0.19 10’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), 1-0 10’ 35’ Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain), 2-0 35’ 89’ Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain), 3-0 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.35 0.19 10’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), 1-0 Neymar 10’ 35’ Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain), 2-0 Rabiot 35’ 89’ Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain), 3-0 Weah 89’
Paris Saint-Germain 3.35 xGCaen 0.19 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Caen attacking Paris Saint-Germain attacking 
35’ Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.93 xG, goal 89’ Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.83 xG, goal 61’ Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 10’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 74’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.18 xG, blocked 84’ Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 64’ Christopher Nkunku (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 81’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, off target 52’ Stef Peeters (Caen), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 21’ Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 73’ Casimir Ninga (Caen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 19’ Malik Tchokounte (Caen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 66’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ Stef Peeters (Caen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Adama Mbengue (Caen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 16’ Antoine Bernede (Paris Saint-Germain), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 35’ Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.93 xG, goal 89’ Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.83 xG, goal 61’ Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 10’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 74’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.18 xG, blocked 84’ Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 64’ Christopher Nkunku (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 81’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, off target 52’ Stef Peeters (Caen), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 21’ Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 73’ Casimir Ninga (Caen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 66’ Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 19’ Malik Tchokounte (Caen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 45’ Stef Peeters (Caen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Adama Mbengue (Caen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 16’ Antoine Bernede (Paris Saint-Germain), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gianluigi Buffon GK900 0.000.000
Colin Dagba DEF900 0.000.561
Marquinhos DEF900 0.000.000
Thiago Silva DEF900 0.000.000
Stanley N'Soki DEF900 0.000.061
Antoine Bernede MID901 0.010.000
Adrien Rabiot MID9011 0.930.000
Lass Diarra MID700 0.000.000
Christopher Nkunku FWD9011 0.120.361
Neymar FWD8214 0.700.000
Ángel Di María FWD7012 0.630.942
Julian Draxler Sub200 0.000.000
Moussa Diaby Sub200 0.000.141
Timothy Weah Sub812 0.970.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Paris Saint-Germain win 88% Bet365 odds 1.08
Draw 8% Bet365 odds 12.00
Caen win 4% Bet365 odds 23.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Caen 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain, 02 Mar 19  All Paris Saint-Germain vs Caen 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.