Ligue 1: Paris Saint Germain overcomes Lorient 2-1
LORIENT. Paris Saint Germain topped Lorient to win 2-1.
LORIENT. Paris Saint Germain overcome Lorient to win 2-1. It was Paris Saint Germain to strike first with an early goal of Neymar at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 53′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Pereira gave the win to Paris Saint Germain in the 81′ minute with a goal. Paris Saint Germain took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien who was helped by Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Azzedine Souifi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 16.2 degrees Celsius or 61.09 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 78%.
Match Statistics
Paris Saint Germain was in firm control of the ball 59% while Lorient was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Paris Saint Germain was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Paris Saint Germain won the match.
Lorient shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Paris Saint Germain shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Lorient received 1 yellow card (B. Innocent). On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card (A. Hakimi).
After playing this encounter, Lorient will stay with 27 points like Rennes to stay in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain will have 35 points to stay in the 1st place.
Match Events
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9'9'
Neymar
H. Ekitike
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13'13'
V. Mannone
Y. Mvogo
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53'53'
T. Moffi
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65'65'
B. Innocent
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67'67'
R. Sanches
Vitinha
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73'73'
S. Diarra
T. Le Bris
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73'73'
A. Aouchiche
J. Ponceau
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75'75'
C. Soler
H. Ekitike
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76'76'
J. Bernat
N. Mendes
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78'78'
A. Hakimi
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81'81'
D. Pereira
Neymar
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85'85'
P. Sarabia
K. Mbappe
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85'85'
N. Mukiele
D. Pereira
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85'85'
I. Kone
B. Innocent
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Lorient: Formation and Lineups
Lorient started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Régis Le Bris chose to play with the following team: Yvon Mvogo , Gedeon Kalulu , Julien Laporte , Montassar Talbi , Vincent Le Goff , Bonke Innocent , Dango Ouattara , Julien Ponceau , Enzo Le Fée , Théo Le Bris and Terem Moffi .
Substitutes
Lorient made 4 changes: Y. Mvogo for V. Mannone (13′), T. Le Bris for S. Diarra (73′), J. Ponceau for A. Aouchiche (73′) and B. Innocent for I. Kone (85′).
Top player: Enzo Le Fée
The player who no doubt impressed Lorient the most was Enzo Le Fée.
His rating is with 63 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 9 crosses.
Paris Saint Germain: Formation and Lineups
Paris Saint Germain started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the other side, Christophe Galtier played with: Gianluigi Donnarumma , Sergio Ramos , Marquinhos , Danilo Pereira , Achraf Hakimi , Vitinha , Marco Verratti , Nuno Mendes , Neymar , Hugo Ekitiké and Kylian Mbappé .
Substitutes
Paris Saint Germain made 5 changes: Vitinha for R. Sanches (67′), H. Ekitike for C. Soler (75′), N. Mendes for J. Bernat (76′), K. Mbappe for P. Sarabia (85′) and D. Pereira for N. Mukiele (85′).
Top player: Neymar
The player who no doubt impressed Paris Saint Germain the most was Neymar.
His rating is with 1 goal, 63 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1
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