BREST. Paris Saint Germain beat Brest to win 2-1. A goal from K. Mbappé was decisive in the 90min. It was Paris Saint Germain to strike first with a goal of Carlos Soler at the 37′. Then it was a goal in the 43′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Kylian Mbappé gave the win to Paris Saint Germain in the 90′ minute with a goal. Paris Saint Germain was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Francis-Le Ble stadium in Brest on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier with the support of Mathieu Grosbost and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Abdelatif Kherradji. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 0 degrees Celsius or 31.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 7 Total 17
- 2 On Target 8
- 4 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 86 Attack 111
- 41 Dangerous attack 88
- 90 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Paris Saint Germain had a strong ball possession 61% while Brest was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris Saint Germain was putting more pressure with 88 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paris Saint Germain won the encounter.
Brest shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Paris Saint Germain shot 17 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Brest received 1 yellow card (Haris Belkebla). On the other side, Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card (Kylian Mbappé).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Brest will stay with 23 points like Auxerre to remain in the 15th place. On the other side, Paris Saint Germain will have 66 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Brest will host Toulouse on the 2nd of April with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Toulouse (4 draws).
Paris Saint Germain will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 2nd of April with a 20-13 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (11 draws).
Brest – Formation
Brest
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Brest started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Eric Roy decided to play with the following team: Marco Bizot , Noah Fadiga , Achraf Dari , Lilian Brassier , Jean-Kevin Duverne , Pierre Lees Melou , Franck Honorat , Haris Belkebla , Hugo Magnetti , Romain Del Castillo and Steve Mounié .
The home team had on the bench: Félix Lemaréchal , Jérémy Le Douaron , Brendan Chardonnet, Christophe Herelle , Bradley Locko, Karamoko Dembélé, Tairyk Arconte, Alberth Elis and Joaquín Blázquez.
Brest could not rely on the presence of Christophe Hérelle (injured).
Substitutions
Brest made 3 changes: Steve Mounié for Jérémy Le Douaron (67′), Romain Del Castillo for Félix Lemaréchal (76′) and Noah Fadiga for Christophe Herelle (81′).
Best player: Franck Honorat
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was Franck Honorat.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
Paris Saint Germain started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
Christophe Galtier played with: Gianluigi Donnarumma , Timothée Pembélé , Sergio Ramos , Danilo Pereira , Nuno Mendes , Warren Zaïre-Emery , Marco Verratti , Carlos Soler , Fabián Ruiz , Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé .
They had on the bench: Alexandre Letellier, Ismael Gharbi, Vitinha , Sergio Rico, Juan Bernat , Renato Sanches, Hugo Ekitiké and El Chadaille Bitshiabu.
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 4 changes: T. Pembélé for Juan Bernat (75′), Fabián Ruiz for Vitor Ferreira (75′), Carlos Soler for Hugo Ekitike (81′) and W. Zaïre-Emery for Renato Sanches (89′).
Best player: Lionel Messi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Lionel Messi even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 49 passes (77% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
