PARIS. Paris Saint Germain managed to turn the table against Lille to win 2-1. It was Lille to strike first with a goal of J. David at the 31′. Then it was a goal in the 74′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Di Maria gave the win to Paris Saint Germain in the 88′ minute with a goal. Paris Saint Germain took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Amaury Delerue who had the assistance of Alexandre Viala and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Bartolomeu Varela. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Paris Saint Germain was in firm control of the ball 60% while Lille was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Paris Saint Germain was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paris Saint Germain won the match​.

Paris Saint Germain shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lille shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card (Neymar). Regarding the opposition, Lille received 5 yellow cards (I. Grbic, Z. Celik, R. Sanches, B. Yilmaz and R. Mandava).

Standings

After this contest, Paris Saint Germain will have 31 points to stay in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Lille will stay with 15 points like Lorient to stay in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain will play away against Bordeaux on the 6th of November with a 19-9 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (8 draws).

Lille will host Angers SCO on the 6th of November with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Angers SCO (2 draws).

Paris Saint Germain – Formation

Paris Saint Germain started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero decided to play with the following team: Gianluigi Donnarumma (7.0), Thilo Kehrer (6.6), Marquinhos (7.8), Presnel Kimpembe (6.7), Juan Bernat (6.7), Georginio Wijnaldum (6.9), Danilo Pereira (7.2), Idrissa Gueye (7.3), Ángel Di María (8.5), Lionel Messi (6.7) and Neymar (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Colin Dagba (6.7), Abdou Diallo, Julian Draxler (6.7), Mauro Icardi (6.2), Ander Herrera, Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, Rafinha Alcântara, Nuno Mendes (6.6) and Keylor Navas.

Paris Saint Germain could not rely on the presence of A. Herrera (injured).

Substitutions

Paris Saint Germain made 5 changes: L. Messi for M. Icardi (46′), T. Kehrer for C. Dagba (65′), J. Bernat for N. Mendes (65′), G. Wijnaldum for J. Draxler (85′) and A. Di Maria for A. Herrera (90′).

Best player: Ángel Di María​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Ángel Di María.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 34 passes (88% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 12 crosses.

Lille – Formation

Lille started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Talking about the opposition, Jocelyn Gourvennec played with: Ivo Grbić (6.8), Zeki Çelik (6.7), José Fonte (6.8), Tiago Djaló (6.3), Reinildo Isnard Mandava (6.6), Jonathan Ikoné (6.8), Xeka (7.0), Renato Sanches (7.6), Jonathan Bamba (6.1), Jonathan David (7.4) and Burak Yılmaz (7.1).

They had on the bench: Angel Gomes, Jérémy Pied, Kouadio Dabila, Amadou Onana (6.4), Gabriel Gudmundsson, Yusuf Yazıcı, Isaac Lihadji, Adam Jakubech and Timothy Weah (6.8).

Substitutions

Lille made 3 changes: B. Yilmaz for A. Onana (75′), J. Ikone for T. Weah (79′) and J. Bamba for Y. Yazici (90′).

Best player: Renato Sanches​

The most impressive player for Lille was Renato Sanches.

His rating is (7.6) with 58 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Paris Saint Germain – Lille – 2-1