Kylian Mbappe grabbed a hat trick as Paris Saint-Germain moved top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 victory at fourth-placed Reims on Saturday. Champions PSG top the standings with 27 points, one ahead of Nice, who played out a goalless draw at Montpellier on Friday.
2023/2024 Ligue 1
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Match Report
Mbappe scored after three minutes, receiving a cross unmarked at the back post and calmly slotting a low volley into the bottom corner of the net.
He doubled the advantage for the visitors in the 59th minute, eluding his marker to tap in a low cross at the far post.
Eight minutes from time, the 24-year-old France forward notched his third with a first-time shot from inside the area.
Reims enjoyed good spells of possession and made chances but were unable to beat PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
3' GOAL! Reims 0-1 PSG (Mbappe)
6' SAVE! Fine stop from world-class Donnarumma
7' OFFSIDE! Ito’s goal disallowed
35' Agbadou fires his shot into the sky
45' CLOSE! Ramos’s shot wide out
59' GOAL! Reims 0-2 PSG (Mbappe)
81' GOAL! Reims 0-3 PSG (Mbappe)
84' ClOSE! Mbappe’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!
85' CLOSE! Mbappe hits the post
Line-ups
Reims XI: Yunis Abdelhamid, Thomas Foket, Azor Matusiwa, Junya Ito, Thibault De Smet, Marshall Munetsi, Yehvann Diouf, Joseph Okumu, Mohamed Daramy, Emmanuel Agbadou, Amir Richardson
Subs: Alexandre Olliero, Maxime Busi, Reda Khadra, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Amine Salama, Oumar Diakité, Mamadou Diakhon, Adama Bojang, Amadou Koné
PSG XI: Marquinhos, Skriniar, Dembele, Mukiele, Fabian Ruiz, Mbappe, Donnarumma, Soler, Kang-in Lee, Gonçalo Ramos, Warren Zaïre-Emery
Subs: Alexandre Letellier, Kurzawa, Lucas, Manuel Ugarte, Arnau Tenas, Vitinha, Bradley Barcola, Cher Ndour, Ethan Mbappé