TROYES. Paris Saint Germain beats Troyes 3-1. Paris Saint Germain got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Kylian Mbappé (8′) and Vitinha (59′). Troyes tried to recover with a goal from Xavier Chavalerin (83′). However, the match was closed by a goal (86′) scored by Fabián Ruiz for Paris Saint Germain. Paris Saint Germain was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade de l’Aube stadium in Troyes on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the support of Guillaume Debart and Gwenaël Pasqualotti. The 4th official was Guillaume Paradis. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Paris Saint Germain was in firm control of the ball 61% while Troyes was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Paris Saint Germain had a more offensive attitude with 82 dangerous attacks and 31 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paris Saint Germain won the match.​

Troyes shot 7 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Paris Saint Germain shot 31 times, 12 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Troyes received 1 yellow card (Mama Baldé). Regarding the opposition, Paris Saint Germain didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this contest, Troyes will stay with 22 points to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Paris Saint Germain will have 78 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Troyes will play away against Angers SCO on the 27th of May with a 8-8 head to head.

Paris Saint Germain will host Clermont on the 3rd of June with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (0 draws).

Troyes – Formation

Troyes started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Patrick Kisnorbo decided to play with the following team: Gauthier Gallon (8.2), Tanguy Zoukrou (6.6), Adil Rami (7.0), Erik Palmer-Brown (6.9), Andreas Bruus (6.4), Lucien Agoumé (6.8), Xavier Chavalerin (7.7), Yasser Larouci (6.3), Wilson Odobert (6.2), Mama Baldé (6.6) and Ike Ugbo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Rony Lopes (6.5), Jackson Porozo, Derek Mazou-Sacko, Rominigue Kouamé (6.6), Thierno Baldé (6.2), Papa Ndiaga Yade (7.3), Mateusz Lis, Ante Palaversa and Yoann Salmier.

Substitutions

Troyes made 4 changes: Andreas Bruus for Thierno Balde (68′), L. Agoumé for Rominigue Kouame (68′), Iké Ugbo for Rony Lopes (80′) and Y. Larouci for Papa Yade (81′).

Best player: Gauthier Gallon​

The most impressive player for Troyes was the goalkeeper: Gauthier Gallon. His rating is 8.23. He performed 9 saves.

Paris Saint Germain – Formation

Paris Saint Germain started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Christophe Galtier played with: Gianluigi Donnarumma (6.6), Marquinhos (7.5), Sergio Ramos (7.3), Danilo Pereira (7.4), Warren Zaïre-Emery (7.2), Vitinha (8.3), Marco Verratti (8.1), Fabián Ruiz (8.3), Juan Bernat (7.0), Hugo Ekitiké (7.5) and Kylian Mbappé (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Serif Nhaga, Carlos Soler (6.6), Renato Sanches (7.0), El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Alexandre Letellier, Sergio Rico, Ilyes Housni and Ismael Gharbi.

Substitutions

Paris Saint Germain made 3 changes: Marco Verratti for Renato Sanches (80′), H. Ekitike for Carlos Soler (80′) and Vitinha for Ismaël Gharbi (90′).

Best player: Vitinha​

The player that probably impressed the most for Paris Saint Germain was Vitinha.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 77 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Troyes – Paris Saint Germain – 1-3
• Olympique Lyonnais – Montpellier – 5-4
• Angers SCO – Monaco – 1-2
• Nantes – Strasbourg – 0-2
• Lorient – Brest – 2-1
• Auxerre – Clermont – 1-1
• Ajaccio – Toulouse – 0-0