This Di Maria vs Alvaro spitting incident (VIDEO BELOW) could see Paris SG’s Argentine star land in hot water after footage emerged of him spitting at Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez in their Classique game over the weekend. Di Maria had just recovered from Covid, and with the world still grappling with the pandemic, this might earn him a lengthy ban
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xG PSG Marseille 2.22-0.50 | Expected Goals Stats & Shots Map for Paris SG OM Le Classique 13 September 2020
Here is a look at the xG stats for PSG vs Marseille on 13 September, 2020. OM won the game 1-0 thanks to Thauvin’s goal, earning a rare Classique victory and condemning PSG to two opening defeats in a new league season for the first time in 36 years. Paris had plenty of chances and should’ve definitely scored at least once (if not twice), but weren’t able to.
xG PSG 2.22-0.50 Marseille (Actual score PSG 0-1 Marseille)
xG of some big PSG chances vs Marseille
Marco Verratti 2′ miss xG (0.59)
Pablo Sarabia 57′ miss xG (0.45)
Neymar 69′ miss xG (0.68)
The missed chances explain why Neymar and Sarabia and their team mates were rated poorly in the PSG OM paper player ratings.
Marseille had a total xG of 0.50, out of which Thauvin’s match winning goal had a xG of 0.40
Also, check out the full time post match stats (for comparison alongside the xG shots map above)
Newspaper Player Ratings PSG 0-1 Marseille 2020 Le Classique | Neymar, Di Maria, Boubacar Kamara, Florenzi, Mandanda
Here is a look at the player ratings for PSG vs Marseille from the big French newspapers. Paris SG were beaten 1-0, with Florian Thauvin scoring the winner, the first time since 1984/85 that they have lost their opening two games of a new league season.
L’Equipe player ratings Paris OM Le Classique
France’s premier sports newspaper gave Neymar and Angel di Maria a 3/10, and PSG a 4.2/10 team rating. The only Paris SG players to emerge with some kind of credit in their eyes were debutant Florenzi (7/10) and Thilo Kehrer (5/10), with everyone else, including coach Thomas Tuchel, rated a 4/10 or below.
On the Marseille side, Steve Mandanda was the pick of the players with a 9/10 rating, with Boubacar Kamara just behind him with a 8/10. Gueye and Lopez, the two surprise starters ahead of Benedetto and Strootman, were both poor in L’Equipe’s eyes, with a 4/10 for them.
