Villarreal 0-6 Paris Saint Germain: result and report

The Pundit picked Paris Saint Germain (50%): correct

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Paris Saint Germain won 6-0 at Villarreal, and the match was effectively over inside 17 minutes. An away win was the likelier result going in, but the scale of this one went well beyond a routine victory.

João Neves opened the scoring on nine minutes from Willian Pacho's pass. Désiré Doué made it 2-0 on 12 minutes, and Senny Mayulu added a third a minute later after Neves set him up. Fabián Ruiz scored the fourth on 17 minutes. Maghnes Akliouche set up both Doué and Ruiz, so Villarreal had conceded four times in eight minutes.

The second half added to the damage rather than changing the story. Ruiz struck again on 50 minutes from Vitinha's assist, while David Boly completed the scoring on 78 minutes, once more from a Neves pass. Neves finished with a goal and two assists, and Akliouche also had two assists.

The finishing went further than the chances. Paris Saint Germain's xG was 2.87, yet they scored six. Twelve of their 15 shots were on target, which forced six saves and still produced six goals. Very few nights return that much from that level of chance quality.

That does not make the result a fluke, though. Paris Saint Germain had 71% of the ball, four big chances to none and 18 key passes to nine. They also applied far more sustained pressure across the match than Villarreal managed at any stage.

Villarreal did get shots away, with 10 in total. Still, only two were on target and their xG came to 0.80, so they rarely tested the visitors in any serious way.