PRESS KIT Montpellier Hérault SC - Paris Saint-Germain

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1 PRESS KIT Week 3 Date & Time Friday, August 21, :30 Stadium Stade de la Mosson et du Mondial 98 08/21/ Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com

2 PREVIEW : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Feature Preview Early-season pacesetters Paris Saint-Germain are likely to again be without Zlatan Ibrahimovic as they face rock-bottom Montpellier Hérault SC on Friday. Ibrahimovic missed the first two games of the new Ligue 1 season with a knee injury and is set to also be conspicuous by his absence as the reigning French champions head south in search of a third successive victory to maintain their 100% start to the campaign. Following last weekend's solid if unspectacular victory over GFC Ajaccio, PSG have now won their last ten competitive fixtures, and are yet to concede a goal in the season. It is the latter fact that pleases coach Laurent Blanc most. "We're on a promising run of wins since last year, but the most interesting thing is that since the start of the season and even in pre-season, during the tournament in the USA and the Trophée des Champions, there has been a focus in defence and from the whole team that I like very much," Blanc, who started his glittering playing career at Montpellier, explained. "We're going to concentrate on that all season, because games are won and lost on collective details, and we also have to show determination and concentration in the big games." Though Ibrahimovic will likely be missing, Blanc can still count on a heavyweight squad and may even be able to give Angel Di Maria his first outing since his arrival from Manchester United. The Argentina international, who was presented to the Parc des Princes crowd before last weekend's L1 win, joins goalkeeper Kevin Trapp and former Montpellier man Benjamin Stambouli in strengthening the PSG squad ahead of a season in which they hope not only to repeat their unprecedented quadruple of last term, but also progress beyond the quarter-finals in the Champions League. "We're renewing the squad. I hope we'll renew it still more. That will give us some momentum and individual motivation to achieve our objectives. I think the squad needs it," explained Blanc, whose side have fallen at the last-eight hurdle in each of the last three seasons. "This season, the big difference is to try and have the whole squad available at critical moments, which wasn't the case last season. We can't match the best if we're not at 100% and we don't have the whole squad." After pushing for Europa League qualification last season, Montpellier have yet to kickstart their new campaign. A damaging defeat to newly-promoted Angers SCO was followed by another loss at Stade Rennais FC. "We all need confidence. The players, the coach," Montpellier boss Rolland Courbis, whose side are yet to find the net this season, explained. "We're timid in what we're doing and timid in the final third. We're trying so hard to do things well, we're making life complicated for ourselves. We have to show to ourselves that we can be dangerous and can score." Following the departure of last season's leading scorer Lucas Barrios, Montpellier have not bought a replacement striker in the summer window, and played only two pre-season friendlies following Courbis' decision not to organise more for fear of losing players to injury. 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 2

3 - HISTORY: Montpellier Hérault SC have seven wins to Paris Saint-Germain's six in this fixture with ten draws between the pair. - PSG are unbeaten on their last six L1 visits to Montpellier, but have only won twice in that series. The other four games all ended Montpellier's last home win over PSG was a 3-2 triumph in Week 5 of the campaign. Habib Bamogo scored twice for the home side who trailed 1-0 before leading 2-1. Reinaldo scored his second of the game to level for PSG, but Rui Pataca struck the winner for Montpellier six minutes from time. Current Montpellier goalkeeper Laurent Pionnier was an unused substitute in the game. - LAST SEASON: PSG won 2-1 in Week 37 - Blaise Matuidi (17') and Ezequiel Lavezzi (25') scored for the visitors before Anthony Mounier (40') pulled one back. The Week 19 fixture in the French capital ended goalless. - Eventual Coupe de France winners PSG eliminated Montpellier in the Round of 64 with a 3-0 win on 5 January. Clément Chantôme (63'), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (79') and Lucas Moura (90+1') got the goals. - OLD BOYS: Benjamin Stambouli left Montpellier in summer 2014 to join Tottenham Hotspur. He played 112 times in Ligue 1 for the club where he made his Ligue 1 debut during the season, scoring three times. He was part of the squad that pipped PSG to the Ligue 1 title in during which he made 26 appearances (0 goals). - PSG coach Laurent Blanc played for Montpellier from 1980 to 1991, coming through the ranks to feature more than 200 times for the first team. He won the Coupe de France with them having helped the club to promotion to Ligue 1 by winning the Ligue 2 title in MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - GENERAL: Montpellier come into Week 2 bottom of the Ligue 1 table having lost both of their opening games of the season. - Having been beaten at home 2-0 by newly-promoted Angers SCO in Week 1, MHSC went down 1-0 at Stade Rennais FC in Week 2. Kamil Grosicki (85') scored a stunning curling effort late in the game at Roazhon Park. - Montpellier have now lost their last four L1 games, a run stretching back to last season. It is their worst run since May-August 2014 when they also lost a quartet of successive games. - Their last Ligue 1 win was their 1-0 triumph at RC Lens in Week 36 - Anthony Mounier (90+2') got the only goal of the game. - Montpellier finished last season in seventh place on 56 points - seven points adrift of sixth and 15 points off the top three. It was their best finish since winning the Ligue 1 title in Montpellier found the net 46 times last season - the ninth-highest tally in the league. - Montpellier are one of five teams (EA Guingamp, GFC Ajaccio, LOSC Lille and OM) yet to find the net this season. - Montpellier have not scored more than one goal in their last ten L1 matches - they last found the net on more than one occasion in a league game in their 3-1 victory against SC Bastia on 4 April. - Lucas Barrios scored a team-high 11 league goals last season while Mounier struck nine. Morgan Sanson got six. - Mounier registered a team-high seven assists - only six L1 players teed up more goals for their side. - Having conceded 39 times last season, Montpellier had the fifth-best defensive record in Ligue 1. - Only OGC Nice (5) have conceded more goals than Montpellier (3) this season. - Vitorino Hilton, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari and Souleymane Camara each appeared in 37 games last season, though the latter made just seven starts. - Montpellier topped the Fair Play table last season with 51 yellow cards and one dismissal - captain Hilton was shown a red card against Stade Rennais FC in Week HOME FORM: Montpellier had the seventh-best home record in Ligue 1 last season, picking up 35 points (11W 2D 6L). - They have lost their last two home games in L1 and failed to win any of their last three. The last victory at home came with the 1-0 defeat of SM Caen in Week 33 last season. 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 3

4 - COUPE DE LA LIGUE: Montpellier were beaten 1-0 by AC Ajaccio in the Round of 32 in late October COUPE DE FRANCE: Eventual winners PSG eliminated Montpellier in the Round of 64 with a 3-0 win on 5 January. Clément Chantôme (63'), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (79') and Lucas Moura (90+1') got the goals. - SUMMER TRANSFERS - IN: Boudebouz (SC Bastia), Rémy (Dijon FCO), Bensebaini (Lierse SK, BEL, loan), Roussillon (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, end of loan) - OUT: Barrios (Spartak Moscow, RUS, end of loan), El Kaoutari (Palermo, ITA), Jebbour (SC Bastia), Aït Fana (end of contract), Tiené (end of contract), Saint-Ruf (US Orléans, loan) - FRIENDLIES (Montpellier score first): 11/ AFL Mende (amateur), 22/ Toulouse FC - TEAM NEWS: Morgan Sanson missed the Rennes game with a knee injury. - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN - GENERAL: The Ligue 1 champions recorded their second win in as many games of the season by beating newly-promoted GFC Ajaccio in Week 2. Matuidi (11') and Thiago Silva (21') got the goals. - PSG had started their defence of the title by beating LOSC Lille 1-0 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Friday, August 7. Lucas (57') scored the only goal of the game after Adrien Rabiot had been sent off in the 27th minute. - They are joined by Stade de Reims and SM Caen as they only teams with maximum points after two games. - PSG have won all three of their competitive matches this season, scoring five times without conceding. - Kevin Trapp and Jean-Kevin Augustin made their Ligue 1 debuts in the LOSC game, while Benjamin Stambouli made his competitive debut as a Paris player. - Augustin, an 18-year-old forward, made his first Ligue 1 start in the match against GFC Ajaccio. - PSG's victory in Lille was the first time they had won their first game of the season since 2010, when they defeated AS Saint-Etienne 3-1 on the opening day. It was also the first time the reigning champions had won their opening match since Girondins de Bordeaux did so in PSG have won their last ten competitive matches since losing 2-0 to Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-final, second leg, last season. They have won their last 11 Ligue 1 games in succession since going down 3-2 away to Girondins de Bordeaux on 15 March. - Maxwell is in line to make his 100th Ligue 1 appearance. Lucas made his 50th Ligue 1 start in the win at Lille. - Paris Saint-Germain won a third consecutive Ligue 1 title last season, their tally of 83 points allowing them to finish eight points clear of runners-up Olympique Lyonnais. Paris were crowned champions with one game to spare. - Last season, PSG were never lower than fourth from Week 7 onwards. They did not hit top spot until Week 30 but did not relinquish the lead after that. - Laurent Blanc's side scored 83 goals last season, seven more than the next best attack (Olympique de Marseille with 76 goals). They scored three goals or more on 14 separate occasions, including in their 6-0 demolition of EA Guingamp on May 8. They have failed to score at all in just four games. - PSG scored 37 goals in their final 11 Ligue 1 matches last season. - Zlatan Ibrahimovic was their leading scorer with 19 Ligue 1 goals, followed by Edinson Cavani with 18 and Ezequiel Lavezzi with eight. - Cavani got 31 goals in all competitions while Ibrahimovic scored 30 altogether. Behind them Lavezzi scored nine times. - Ibrahimovic scored eight of his 19 Ligue 1 goals last season from the penalty spot. He scored from open play in just seven games. - Javier Pastore provided 10 assists last season, while Marco Verratti laid on eight goals and Ibrahimovic six. - Paris conceded 36 goals last season. Only three sides - AS Monaco (26), Saint-Étienne (30) and Lyon (33) - let in fewer. They kept 13 clean sheets, and conceded three goals or more on just two occasions, including a 4-2 defeat at SC Bastia. 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 4

5 - No PSG player appeared in every Ligue 1 game last season. Edinson Cavani (30 starts/5 substitute appearances) made 35 appearances altogether while Salvatore Sirigu started the most games (34). - AWAY FORM: Last season, PSG were second in the away table with 34 points from 19 games (9W, 7D, 3L). - PSG have lost only five of their last 45 away games (27W, 13D). - TROPHÉE DES CHAMPIONS: PSG claimed the season-opening prize for the third year in succession, beating last season's Ligue 1 runners-up Lyon 2-0 in Montréal, Canada thanks to two first-half goals by Serge Aurier and Edinson Cavani. - INTERNATIONALS: Marquinhos, David Luiz and Lucas have been named in the Brazil squad to play friendlies against Costa Rica and the United States in September. - David Luiz and Marquinhos were also in the Brazil squad at the Copa América along with Thiago Silva, who has been dropped. Brazil lost on penalties to Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the continental competition. - Javier Pastore, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Ángel di María all featured for Argentina on their run to the final of the Copa América, where they lost on penalties to hosts Chile. - Edinson Cavani played for Uruguay as they reached the quarter-finals of the Copa América before losing to the hosts. - PRE-SEASON: July 12 at Vienna - Wiener Sportklub (AUT) 0 PSG 3 (Augustin 31', 44', Aurier 49'); July 18 International Champions Cup at Toronto, Canada - SL Benfica (POR) 2 (Talisca 34', Jonas 42') PSG 3 (Augustin 29', Lucas 64', Digne 79'); July 21 International Champions Cup at Harrison, New Jersey, United States - PSG 4 (Matuidi 35', Augustin 41', 75', Ibrahimovic 69') Fiorentina (ITA) 2 (Sánchez 60', Rossi 78'); July 25 International Champions Cup at Charlotte, United States - PSG 1 (Ibrahimovic 25') Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Moses 65') - Chelsea won 6-5 on penalties; July 29 International Champions Cup at Chicago, United States - Manchester United (ENG) 0 PSG 2 (Matuidi 25', Ibrahimovic 34'). - SUMMER TRANSFERS IN: Ángel di María from Manchester United (ENG); Benjamin Stambouli from Tottenham Hotspur (ENG); Kevin Trapp from Eintracht Frankfurt (GER); Youssouf Sabaly from Evian-Thonon-Gaillard FC (loan ended); Hervin Ongenda from SC Bastia (loan ended). - OUT: Yohan Cabaye to Crystal Palace (ENG); Mory Diaw to CD Mafra (POR); Zoumana Camara (retired); Alphonse Aréola on loan to Villarreal (ESP); Jean-Christophe Bahebeck on loan to AS Saint-Etienne; Romain Habran on loan to Stade Lavallois; Jordan Ikoko on loan to RC Lens, Mike Maignan (LOSC Lille, loan) - TEAM NEWS: Rabiot is available after serving a one-match ban following his sending-off against Lille. Ibrahimovic is struggling with the knee problem that kept him out of the first two games of the season while Ángel di Maria, who was presented to PSG fans at the Parc des Princes ahead of the GFC Ajaccio game, took part in his first training session on Tuesday and could make his debut. The Argentina international had been sidelined with a thigh injury sustained in the Copa America in June. 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 5

6 Montpellier Hérault SC - The first trace of the club dates back to 1919, when Stade Olympique Montpelliérain were formed, but the club in its current guise dates to 1974, when current president Louis Nicollin took over. They adopted their current name, Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, in This will be Montpellier's 24th top-flight season and sixth in a row. Last season they finished seventh, their best performance since winning the Ligue 1 title in MHSC pipped PSG to win Ligue 1 for the first time in Their only other major trophy to date is the Coupe de France in 1990, when they beat RC Paris 2-1 after extra time in the final at the Parc des Princes with Laurent Blanc among their scorers. - In , with a team featuring Carlos Valderrama, Blanc and Eric Cantona, MHSC qualified for the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost 3-1 on aggregate to eventual winners Manchester United. - Current PSG coach Blanc is Montpellier's all-time leading scorer with a total of 84 goals. - Montpellier play at the 32,900-seat Stade de la Mosson et du Mondial '98 on the outskirts of the city, which was upgraded to its current capacity in time to host matches at the 1998 World Cup. - Rolland Courbis returned for a second spell as coach in December 2013 taking over from Jean Fernandez. In his previous stint, from 2007 to 2009, he turned around a side struggling in Ligue 2 and led them to promotion back to the top flight. - Marseille-born Courbis was a defender who played for Sochaux, Monaco and Sporting Toulon. His coaching career has included reaching the UEFA Cup final with Marseille in 1999, winning the second tier with AC Ajaccio in 2002 and winning the Algerian Cup with USM Alger in Paris Saint-Germain - Promoted to Ligue 1 in their present guise in 1974, PSG are in their 42nd consecutive top-flight season. - PSG's title triumph was their fifth and their third in a row (1986, '94, 2013 and 2014). They have won nine Coupes de France (1982, '83, '93, '95, '98, 2004, '06, '10 and '15), and five Coupes de la Ligue (1995, '98, 2008, '14 and '15) after completing an unprecedented domestic quadruple (with the Trophée des Champions) in the campaign. - PSG ended last season on 83 points, eight clear of second-placed Olympique Lyonnais and 12 ahead of AS Monaco in third. - PSG became only the second French club to win a European trophy when they beat Rapid Vienna to the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup' title. - PSG play at the 48,712-seat Parc des Princes. The ground is being refurbished for EURO Laurent Blanc was named coach in June 2013 to replace Real Madrid-bound Carlo Ancelotti. He won the treble of Ligue 1 (with a record points tally of 89), Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions in his first season and extended his contract to He followed that up by winning all four domestic trophies in PSG have been owned by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) since May Nasser Al-Khelaifi is club president. - Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended the season as PSG's leading scorer with 19 goals. Ibrahimovic top-scored in Ligue 1 in with 28 goals. His 30-goal haul in made him the first player since Olympique de Marseille's Jean-Pierre Papin in to score 30 in a single Ligue 1 season. - PSG broke the French transfer record in July 2013, paying Napoli a reported 64 million euros for Cavani. 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 6

7 KEY STATISTICS : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Montpellier Hérault SC Paris Saint-Germain HOME STATISTICS AWAY STATISTICS Form Guide L W Standings 20th 6th Points tally / Total possible 0 / 3 3 / 3 Points per game 0 3 Win(s) 0 1 Draw(s) 0 0 Loss(es) 1 0 GF 0 1 GA 2 0 Goals per game 0 1 Yellow card(s) 3 2 Red card(s) 0 1 FIRST GOAL SCORED When... Montpellier Hérault SC score first Paris Saint-Germain score first Win(s) 0 1 Draw(s) 0 0 Loss(es) 0 0 When... Montpellier Hérault SC concede first Paris Saint-Germain concede first Win(s) 0 0 Draw(s) 0 0 Loss(es) /21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 7

8 OFFICIALS : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Referee Referee's assitants Fourth official Delegate Delegate's assistants Sébastien MOREIRA Huseyin OCAK - Julien AUBE Florent BATTA Georges CECCALDI Guy CAMUS Sébastien MOREIRA Nationality French Date of birth 05/27/1977 Age 38 Height Weight Ligue Rank 1,72 m 74 kg Franche Comté Federal 1 Referee Season 2015/2016 Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Season 2014/2015 Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Ligue Coupe de la Ligue /21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 8

9 PLAYERS USED - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - LIGUE 1 No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien 1 Laurent PIONNIER FRA 05/24/ Geoffrey JOURDREN FRA 02/04/ Jonathan LIGALI FRA 05/28/ Défenseur 2 Mamadou NDIAYE SEN 05/28/ Daniel CONGRE FRA 04/05/ Vitorino HILTON BRE 09/13/ Ramy BENSEBAINI ALG 04/16/ William REMY FRA 04/04/ Jérôme ROUSSILLON FRA 01/06/ Mathieu DEPLAGNE FRA 10/01/ Dylan GISSI ITA 04/27/ Milieu 6 Joris MARVEAUX FRA 08/15/ Jonas MARTIN FRA 04/09/ Ryad BOUDEBOUZ FRA 02/19/ Ellyes SKHIRI FRA 05/10/ Bryan DABO FRA 02/18/ Paul LASNE FRA 01/16/ Morgan SANSON FRA 08/18/ Sébastien WÜTHRICH SUI 05/29/ Jamel SAIHI FRA 01/27/ Anthony RIBELIN FRA 04/08/ Attaquant 7 Anthony MOUNIER FRA 09/27/ Florian SOTOCA FRA 10/25/ Souleymane CAMARA SEN 12/22/ Kévin BERIGAUD FRA 05/09/ Steve MOUNIE FRA 09/29/ Djamel BAKAR FRA 04/06/ Quentin CORNETTE FRA 01/17/ For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for Montpellier Hérault SC 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 9

10 PLAYERS USED - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN - LIGUE 1 No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien 1 Nicolas DOUCHEZ FRA 22/04/ Kevin TRAPP ALL 08/07/ Salvatore SIRIGU ITA 12/01/ Défenseur 2 Thiago SILVA BRE 22/09/ Presnel KIMPEMBE FRA 13/08/ MARQUINHOS POR 14/05/ MAXWELL BRE 27/08/ Serge AURIER IVO 24/12/ Lucas DIGNE FRA 20/07/ Grégory VAN DER WIEL HOL 03/02/ Youssouf SABALY FRA 05/03/ David LUIZ BRE 22/04/ Milieu 4 Benjamin STAMBOULI FRA 13/08/ Marco VERRATTI ITA 05/11/ Thiago MOTTA ITA 28/08/ Ángel DI MARÍA ITA 14/02/ Blaise MATUIDI FRA 09/04/ Adrien RABIOT FRA 03/04/ Javier PASTORE ITA 20/06/ Attaquant 7 LUCAS MOURA BRE 13/08/ Edinson CAVANI ITA 14/02/ Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC SUE 03/10/ Ezequiel LAVEZZI ITA 03/05/ Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN FRA 16/06/ Hervin ONGENDA FRA 24/06/ For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for Paris Saint-Germain 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 10

11 RESULTS/FIXTURES - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Week 1 08/08/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - Angers SCO 0-2 L 20th Week 2 08/15/2015 Stade Rennais FC - Montpellier Hérault SC 1-0 L 20th Week 3 08/21/ Week 4 08/29/2015 ESTAC Troyes - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 5 09/12/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - AS Saint-Etienne Week 6 09/19/2015 SM Caen - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 7 09/23/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - AS Monaco Week 8 09/26/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Lorient Week 9 10/03/2015 LOSC - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 10 10/17/2015 Girondins de Bordeaux - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 11 10/24/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - SC Bastia Week 12 10/31/2015 Toulouse FC - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 13 11/07/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Nantes Week 14 11/21/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - Stade de Reims Week 15 11/28/2015 Olympique Lyonnais - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 16 12/02/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - GFC Ajaccio Week 17 12/05/2015 Olympique de Marseille - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 18 12/12/2015 Montpellier Hérault SC - EA Guingamp Week 19 12/19/2015 OGC Nice - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 20 01/09/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - Girondins de Bordeaux Week 21 01/16/2016 SC Bastia - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 22 01/23/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - SM Caen Week 23 01/30/2016 GFC Ajaccio - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 24 02/03/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique de Marseille Week 25 02/06/2016 FC Lorient - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 26 02/13/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - Toulouse FC Week 27 02/20/2016 Angers SCO - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 28 02/27/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - LOSC Week 29 03/05/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 30 03/12/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - OGC Nice Week 31 03/19/2016 AS Saint-Etienne - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 32 04/02/2016 EA Guingamp - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 33 04/09/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique Lyonnais Week 34 04/16/2016 FC Nantes - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 35 04/24/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - ESTAC Troyes Week 36 04/30/2016 Stade de Reims - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 37 05/07/2016 Montpellier Hérault SC - Stade Rennais FC Week 38 05/14/2016 AS Monaco - Montpellier Hérault SC /21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 11

12 RESULTS/FIXTURES - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Week 1 07/08/2015 LOSC - Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 W 8th Week 2 16/08/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - GFC Ajaccio 2-0 W 1st Week 3 21/08/ Week 4 30/08/2015 AS Monaco - Paris Saint-Germain Week 5 12/09/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - Girondins de Bordeaux Week 6 19/09/2015 Stade de Reims - Paris Saint-Germain Week 7 23/09/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - EA Guingamp Week 8 26/09/2015 FC Nantes - Paris Saint-Germain Week 9 04/10/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - Olympique de Marseille Week 10 17/10/2015 SC Bastia - Paris Saint-Germain Week 11 25/10/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - AS Saint-Etienne Week 12 31/10/2015 Stade Rennais FC - Paris Saint-Germain Week 13 07/11/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - Toulouse FC Week 14 21/11/2015 FC Lorient - Paris Saint-Germain Week 15 28/11/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - ESTAC Troyes Week 16 02/12/2015 Angers SCO - Paris Saint-Germain Week 17 05/12/2015 OGC Nice - Paris Saint-Germain Week 18 13/12/2015 Paris Saint-Germain - Olympique Lyonnais Week 19 19/12/2015 SM Caen - Paris Saint-Germain Week 20 09/01/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - SC Bastia Week 21 16/01/2016 Toulouse FC - Paris Saint-Germain Week 22 23/01/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - Angers SCO Week 23 30/01/2016 AS Saint-Etienne - Paris Saint-Germain Week 24 03/02/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - FC Lorient Week 25 06/02/2016 Olympique de Marseille - Paris Saint-Germain Week 26 13/02/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - LOSC Week 27 20/02/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - Stade de Reims Week 28 27/02/2016 Olympique Lyonnais - Paris Saint-Germain Week 29 05/03/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 30 12/03/2016 ESTAC Troyes - Paris Saint-Germain Week 31 19/03/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - AS Monaco Week 32 02/04/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - OGC Nice Week 33 09/04/2016 EA Guingamp - Paris Saint-Germain Week 34 16/04/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - SM Caen Week 35 24/04/2016 Girondins de Bordeaux - Paris Saint-Germain Week 36 30/04/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - Stade Rennais FC Week 37 07/05/2016 GFC Ajaccio - Paris Saint-Germain Week 38 14/05/2016 Paris Saint-Germain - FC Nantes /21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 12

13 TOP SCORERS : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins GOALS SCORED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 0 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 0 Stoppage Time 0 GOALS CONCEDED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 0 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 2 Stoppage Time 0 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 13

14 TOP SCORERS : PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins 1 Blaise MATUIDI LUCAS MOURA Thiago SILVA GOALS SCORED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 0 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 0 Stoppage Time 0 GOALS CONCEDED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 0 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 0 Stoppage Time 0 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 14

15 HEAD TO HEAD - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC / PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 / Coupe de la Ligue 2014/2015 Ligue 1 05/16/2015 Week /2014 Ligue 1 08/09/2013 Week /2013 Ligue 1 11/11/2012 Week /2012 Ligue 1 09/24/2011 Week /2011 CDL 01/18/2011 Semi-finals /2011 Ligue 1 10/31/2010 Week /2010 Ligue 1 08/08/2009 Week /2005 CDL 12/21/2004 Round of /2004 Ligue 1 08/30/2003 Week /2003 Ligue 1 09/28/2002 Week /2002 Ligue 1 02/02/2002 Week /2000 Ligue 1 11/27/1999 Week /1999 Ligue 1 11/07/1998 Week /1998 Ligue 1 02/04/1998 Week /1997 Ligue 1 09/03/1996 Week /1996 Ligue 1 09/17/1995 Week /1995 Ligue 1 04/14/1995 Week /1994 Ligue 1 02/09/1994 Week /1993 Ligue 1 09/19/1992 Week /1992 Ligue 1 07/31/1991 Week /1991 Ligue 1 08/10/1990 Week /1990 Ligue 1 12/10/1989 Week /1989 Ligue 1 09/17/1988 Week /1988 Ligue 1 07/25/1987 Week /1982 Ligue 1 04/13/1982 Week L1 L2 CDL TOTAL Number of meetings Total wins MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Total wins PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN Total draws /21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 15

16 SCHEDULE - LIGUE 1 - WEEK 3 Friday, August 21, :30 Saturday, August 22, :00 Saturday, August 22, :00 Saturday, August 22, :00 Saturday, August 22, :00 Saturday, August 22, :00 Saturday, August 22, :00 Sunday, August 23, :00 Sunday, August 23, :00 Sunday, August 23, :00 Olympique Lyonnais - Stade Rennais FC OGC Nice - SM Caen FC Nantes - Stade de Reims SC Bastia - EA Guingamp Toulouse FC - AS Monaco GFC Ajaccio - Angers SCO LOSC - Girondins de Bordeaux FC Lorient - AS Saint-Etienne Olympique de Marseille - ESTAC Troyes UPCOMING MATCHES - LIGUE 1 - WEEK 4 Friday, August 28, :30 Saturday, August 29, :00 Saturday, August 29, :00 Saturday, August 29, :00 Saturday, August 29, :00 Saturday, August 29, :00 Saturday, August 29, :00 Sunday, August 30, :00 Sunday, August 30, :00 Sunday, August 30, :00 EA Guingamp - Olympique de Marseille SM Caen - Olympique Lyonnais Stade Rennais FC - Toulouse FC LOSC - GFC Ajaccio ESTAC Troyes - Montpellier Hérault SC Angers SCO - OGC Nice Stade de Reims - FC Lorient AS Saint-Etienne - SC Bastia Girondins de Bordeaux - FC Nantes AS Monaco - Paris Saint-Germain 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 16

17 STANDINGS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 2 Rk Club Pts P W D L GF GA +/- 1 Paris Saint-Germain Stade de Reims SM Caen Angers SCO SC Bastia AS Monaco Olympique Lyonnais FC Nantes Stade Rennais FC Toulouse FC ESTAC Troyes FC Lorient OGC Nice AS Saint-Etienne Girondins de Bordeaux LOSC GFC Ajaccio EA Guingamp Olympique de Marseille Montpellier Hérault SC /21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 17

18 OFFICIAL GOAL SCORERS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 2 Rk Name Club Gls Pen A Pld Mins PTS 1 Floyd AYITE SC Bastia Alassane PLEA OGC Nice Fabien CAMUS ESTAC Troyes Blaise MATUIDI Paris Saint-Germain Romain HAMOUMA AS Saint-Etienne Valère GERMAIN OGC Nice XAVIER THIAGO ESTAC Troyes Jordan SIEBATCHEU Stade de Reims Kamil GROSICKI Stade Rennais FC Loïc PERRIN AS Saint-Etienne Claudio BEAUVUE Olympique Lyonnais Layvin KURZAWA AS Monaco Wahbi KHAZRI Girondins de Bordeaux Bernardo SILVA AS Monaco Wissam BEN YEDDER Toulouse FC Corentin JEAN ESTAC Troyes Nicolas DE PREVILLE Stade de Reims Martin BRAITHWAITE Toulouse FC Henri SAIVET Girondins de Bordeaux Gilles SUNU Angers SCO /21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 18

19 OFFICIAL ASSISTS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 2 Rk Name Club ASS ASP PLD MIN 1 Alassane PLEA OGC Nice Grejohn KYEI Stade de Reims Slimane SISSOKO Angers SCO Sadio DIALLO SC Bastia Lenny NANGIS SM Caen Gaël DANIC SC Bastia Anthony MARTIAL AS Monaco Fabien LEMOINE AS Saint-Etienne Blaise MATUIDI Paris Saint-Germain Ludovic BAAL Stade Rennais FC Thomas MANGANI Angers SCO Valère GERMAIN OGC Nice Mory KONE ESTAC Troyes Fabien CAMUS ESTAC Troyes Thiago MOTTA Paris Saint-Germain Julien FERET SM Caen Romain HAMOUMA AS Saint-Etienne ASS = Assists ASP = Assists from set piece PLD = Number of matches in which the player delivered one or more assists MIN = Number of minutes played in matches in which the player delivered one or more assists 08/21/2015 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 19

20 Press Kit Legend No Shirt Number Nat Nationality Pld Number of games played St Number of games started Sub Number of substitute appearances Gls Number of goals scored YC Number of Yellow Cards RC Number of red cards MIN Number of minutes played For any questions concerning the PRESS KIT, please contact the Director of Communications at the LFP. The Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Coupe de la Ligue Press Kits are available in the week leading up to matches in the Media Centre of ligue1.com ( )