Paris Saint-Germain vs Rennes

27 January 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Karim Abed

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Edinson Cavani 7’, 71’
Ángel Di María 60’
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin 66’

M'Baye Niang 28’

Match summary

Paris Saint-Germain won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Rennes. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Edinson Cavani put Paris Saint-Germain ahead with a header in the 7th minute, set up by Ángel Di María and M'Baye Niang equalised in the 28th minute, set up by Hamari Traore. In the second half, Ángel Di María put Paris Saint-Germain back in front in the 60th minute, set up by Thiago Silva, Kylian Mbappe-Lottin made it 3-1 in the 66th minute, set up by Julian Draxler, and Cavani made it 4-1 in the 71st minute, set up by Kylian Mbappe-Lottin.

The chances backed that up: Paris Saint-Germain created 2.86 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Rennes's 1.00 from 10.

Match stats

16 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.86 xG 1.00

2.86 Non-penalty xG 1.00

14 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Paris Saint-Germain Rennes

Kick-off

Edinson Cavani
Assist: Ángel Di María

1-0

7’

28’

M'Baye Niang
Assist: Hamari Traore

1-1

Half-time1-1

Ángel Di María
Assist: Thiago Silva

2-1

60’

Kylian Mbappe-Lottin
Assist: Julian Draxler

3-1

66’

Edinson Cavani
Assist: Kylian Mbappe-Lottin

4-1

71’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Paris Saint-Germain

Thiago Silva

Rennes

Hamari Traore
M'Baye Niang

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.

Paris Saint-Germain 2.86 xGRennes 1.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rennes attacking Paris Saint-Germain 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
Gianluigi Buffon	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thilo Kehrer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.18	2
Thiago Silva	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.37	1
Presnel Kimpembe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Juan Bernat	DEF	79			1	0.09	0.00	0
Marquinhos	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Alves	MID	84			0	0.00	0.30	1
Ángel Di María	MID	90	1	1	3	0.53	0.80	4
Julian Draxler	MID	90		1	2	0.42	0.47	2
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin	FWD	90	1	1	6	0.98	0.61	4
Edinson Cavani	FWD	84	2		4	0.84	0.00	0
Layvin Kurzawa	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Meunier	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.11	1
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Tomas Koubek	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hamari Traore	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.66	2
Jeremy Gelin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Damien Da Silva	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Mehdi Zeffane	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Benjamin Bourigeaud	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Benjamin André	MID	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Clément Grenier	MID	90			1	0.05	0.03	2
Ismaila Sarr	MID	81			2	0.09	0.00	0
Hatem Ben Arfa	FWD	90			1	0.06	0.07	1
M'Baye Niang	FWD	76	1		2	0.68	0.08	1
Adrien Hunou	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Edward Lea Siliki	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Paris Saint-Germain win 78% Bet365 odds 1.22

Draw 14% Bet365 odds 6.50

Rennes win 8% Bet365 odds 12.00

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

Form going into the game

Paris Saint-Germain D D W W W

Rennes W W W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rennes 1-3 Paris Saint-Germain, 23 Sep 18 Next meeting: Rennes 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain, 18 Aug 19 All Paris Saint-Germain vs Rennes 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.