PARIS. Olympique Lyonnais defeats Paris Saint Germain 1-0 after B. Barcola scored just 1 goal (56′). Paris Saint Germain was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
Alexandre Lacazette missed a penalty (38′) for Olympique Lyonnais.
The match was played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was François Letexier with the support of Mehdi Rahmouni and Thomas Luczynski. The 4th official was Pierre Gaillouste. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 16 Total 10
- 5 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 174 Attack 73
- 95 Dangerous attack 29
- 95 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 16
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Paris Saint Germain had a strong ball possession 62% while Olympique Lyonnais was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris Saint Germain was more pushing with 95 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Olympique Lyonnais found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Paris Saint Germain shot 16 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards (E. Bitshiabu and Gianluigi Donnarumma). Regarding the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais received 4 yellow cards (Renato Sanches , S. Kumbedi, Corentin Tolisso and B. Barcola).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Paris Saint Germain will stay with 66 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais will have 44 points like Lorient to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain will host Lens on the 15th of April with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (7 draws).
Olympique Lyonnais will host Olympique Marseille on the 23rd of April with a 17-8 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (16 draws).
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
36'
60'
Paris Saint Germain started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Christophe Galtier decided to play with the following team: Gianluigi Donnarumma , Danilo Pereira , Marquinhos , El Chadaille Bitshiabu , Achraf Hakimi , Vitinha , Marco Verratti , Renato Sanches , Nuno Mendes , Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé .
The home team had on the bench: Warren Zaïre-Emery , Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico, Alexandre Letellier, Fabián Ruiz , Hugo Ekitiké , Ismael Gharbi and Timothée Pembélé.
Paris Saint Germain could not rely on the presence of H. Ekitike (injured), W. Zaïre-Emery (injured) and Ismaël Gharbi (injured).
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 4 changes: Marco Verratti for Hugo Ekitike (60′), E. Bitshiabu for Fabián Ruiz (60′), Renato Sanches for Warren Zaire Emery (74′) and Vitinha for Ismaël Gharbi (83′).
Best player: Lionel Messi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Lionel Messi.
His rating is with 62 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
Olympique Lyonnais – Formation
Olympique Lyonnais
56'
Olympique Lyonnais started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Laurent Blanc played with: Anthony Lopes , Sinaly Diomandé , Dejan Lovren , Castello Lukeba , Sael Kumbedi , Johann Lepenant , Thiago Mendes , Nicolás Tagliafico , Rayan Cherki , Alexandre Lacazette and Amin Sarr .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rémy Riou, Bradley Barcola , Jérôme Boateng, Corentin Tolisso , Henrique, Houssem Aouar , Maxence Caqueret , Jeffinho and Moussa Dembélé .
Substitutions
Olympique Lyonnais made 5 changes: A. Sarr for Bradley Barcola (23′), S. Kumbedi for Maxence Caqueret (62′), J. Lepenant for Corentin Tolisso (63′), R. Cherki for Houssem Aouar (69′) and Alexandre Lacazette for Moussa Dembélé (69′).
Best player: Sinaly Diomandé
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Sinaly Diomandé even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 53 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Paris Saint Germain – Olympique Lyonnais – 0-1
- Angers SCO – Nice – 1-1
- Brest – Toulouse – 3-1
- Lille – Lorient – 3-1
- Nantes – Reims – 0-3
- Clermont – Ajaccio – 2-1
- Monaco – Strasbourg – 4-3
