PARIS. Paris Saint Germain had a close win over Lille.
The match was played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod with the support of Philippe Jeanne and Erwan Finjean. The 4th official was Benjamin Lepaysant. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 12 Total 16
- 10 On Target 7
- 1 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 76 Attack 98
- 37 Dangerous attack 45
- 62 Ball safe 65
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 19
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Paris Saint Germain was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Lille that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lille was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Paris Saint Germain was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Paris Saint Germain shot 12 times, 10 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Lille shot 16 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Paris Saint Germain received 3 yellow cards (Marco Verratti, Kylian Mbappé and Christophe Galtier). On the other side, Lille received 4 yellow cards (B. Diakité, Jonathan Bamba, J. David and Benjamin André).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Paris Saint Germain will have 57 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Lille will stay with 41 points to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain will host Nantes on the 4th of March with a 24-3 head to head in favor of Paris Saint Germain (2 draws).
Lille will host Brest on the 24th of February with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Lille (3 draws).
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Christophe Galtier decided to play with the following team: Gianluigi Donnarumma
, Timothée Pembélé , Sergio Ramos , Presnel Kimpembe , Nuno Mendes , Vitinha , Marco Verratti , Fabián Ruiz , Neymar , Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé .The home team had on the bench: Danilo Pereira
, Sergio Rico, Hugo Ekitiké , Ismael Gharbi, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Carlos Soler , Alexandre Letellier, Warren Zaïre-Emery and Juan Bernat .Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 5 changes: Nuno Mendes for Juan Bernat (31′), Neymar for Hugo Ekitike (51′), T. Pembélé for Carlos Soler (75′), Fabián Ruiz for Danilo Pereira (75′) and Vitinha for Warren Zaire Emery (75′).
Best player: Kylian Mbappé
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Kylian Mbappé.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 21 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.Lille – Formation
Lille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca played with: Lucas Chevalier
, Bafodé Diakité , José Fonte , Tiago Djaló , Timothy Weah , Benjamin André , André Gomes , Jonathan Bamba , Angel Gomes , Rémy Cabella and Jonathan David .The following players were sitting on the bench: Carlos Baleba, Edon Zhegrova, Adam Jakubech, Jonas Martin, Benoît Costil, Leny Yoro
, Alan Virginius, Alexsandro Ribeiro and Gabriel Gudmundsson .Substitutions
Lille made 4 changes: José Fonte for Leny Yoro (14′), B. Diakité for Gabriel Gudmundsson (67′), Rémy Cabella for Carlos Balepa Noom Quomah (88′) and A. Gomes for Alan Virginius (88′).
Best player: André Gomes
The most impressive player for Lille was André Gomes.
His rating is
with 70 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Toulouse – Olympique Marseille – 2-3
- Paris Saint Germain – Lille – 4-3
- Troyes – Montpellier – 0-1
- Rennes – Clermont – 2-0
- Brest – Monaco – 1-2
- Lens – Nantes – 3-1
- Lorient – Ajaccio – 3-0