Match ends, St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 2.
Saint-ÉtienneSaint-Étienne0PSGParis Saint Germain2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as Paris St-Germain established a 24-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 with victory away to St Etienne.
The Sweden striker opened the scoring at full stretch from six yards before scoring his 19th league goal of the campaign in the closing stages.
Paris St-Germain have now recorded a club record 13 straight wins.
In addition Laurent Blanc's side have equalled Nantes' 20-year-old record of 32 league games without defeat.
PSG require a maximum 22 points from 15 matches to be crowned champions of France for the fourth successive season.
Line-ups
Saint-Étienne
Formation 3-4-3
- 16Ruffier
- 2Théophile-Catherine
- 26Sall
- 19Pogba
- 25Malcuit
- 18LemoineBooked at 65minsSubstituted forClémentat 81'minutesBooked at 84mins
- 10CohadeBooked at 78mins
- 13TabanouSubstituted forRouxat 85'minutes
- 22Monnet-Paquet
- 23SøderlundBooked at 14mins
- 7BahebeckSubstituted forTannaneat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Tannane
- 5Pajot
- 6Clément
- 8Corgnet
- 9Roux
- 11Eysseric
- 30Moulin
PSG
Formation 4-3-3
- 16Trapp
- 19Aurier
- 5Marquinhos
- 3KimpembeBooked at 9mins
- 17Cabelino Andrade
- 4StambouliSubstituted forVerrattiat 59'minutes
- 8MottaBooked at 36mins
- 14Matuidi
- 11Di María
- 10Ibrahimovic
- 7Lucas MouraSubstituted forCavaniat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Douchez
- 6Verratti
- 9Cavani
- 29Augustin
- 33Nkunku
- 34Rimane
- Referee:
- Lionel Jaffredo
- Attendance:
- 32,689
Match Stats
Home TeamSaint-ÉtienneAway TeamPSG
- Possession
- Home35%
- Away65%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away5
- Corners
- Home7
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home23
- Away11
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 2.
Goal!
Goal! St Etienne 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
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Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
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Foul by Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain).
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Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Oussama Tannane (St Etienne).
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Attempt saved. Jérémy Clément (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexander Søderlund.
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Attempt blocked. Renaud Cohade (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexander Søderlund.
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Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
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Kévin Monnet-Paquet (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Renaud Cohade (St Etienne).
Substitution
Substitution, St Etienne. Nolan Roux replaces Franck Tabanou.
Booking
Jérémy Clément (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jérémy Clément (St Etienne).
Substitution
Substitution, St Etienne. Jérémy Clément replaces Fabien Lemoine.
Booking
Renaud Cohade (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.