STRASBOURG. Paris Saint Germain and Strasbourg draw 1-1. L. Messi scored the first goal (59′) for Paris Saint Germain. K. Gameiro made it even (79′). Paris Saint Germain was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%)​

The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard assisted by Alexis Auger and Alexandre Viala. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.8 degrees Celsius or 67.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Paris Saint Germain had a strong ball possession 66% while Strasbourg was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Strasbourg was more aggressive with 25 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Strasbourg to win the match​.

Strasbourg shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (Habib Diarra). Regarding the opposition, Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards (Vitinha and Marco Verratti).

Standings

After playing this match, Strasbourg will have 40 points to remain in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Paris Saint Germain will have 85 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg will play away against Lorient on the 3rd of June with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Lorient (4 draws).

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

Strasbourg – Formation

Strasbourg started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

The manager Frédéric Antonetti decided to play with the following team: Matz Sels (6.5), Ismael Doukoure (6.6), Gerzino Nyamsi (6.8), Lucas Perrin (6.4), Colin Dagba (6.1), Habib Diarra (7.2), Ibrahima Sissoko (6.8), Morgan Sanson (6.2), Frédéric Guilbert (7.1), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (7.1) and Habib Diallo (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Yuito Suzuki, Dimitri Liénard (7.0), Lebo Mothiba, Thomas Delaine, Kévin Gameiro (7.7), Robin Risser, Jean-Eudes Aholou, Sanjin Prcić and Eduard Sobol.

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 2 changes: Colin Dagba for Dimitri Liénard (66′) and Ibrahima Sissoko for Kévin Gameiro (76′).

Best player: Kévin Gameiro​

The most impressive player for Strasbourg was Kévin Gameiro.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 7 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 76′.

Paris Saint Germain – Formation

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

Christophe Galtier played with: Gianluigi Donnarumma (7.1), Danilo Pereira (7.1), Sergio Ramos (7.0), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (6.2), Warren Zaïre-Emery (6.7), Vitinha (6.6), Marco Verratti (7.1), Renato Sanches (6.4), Juan Bernat (6.8), Lionel Messi (8.2) and Kylian Mbappé (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hugo Lamy, Ismael Gharbi, Carlos Soler, Timothée Pembélé, Serif Nhaga and Sergio Rico.

Substitutions

Paris Saint Germain made only 1 change substituting Vitinha for Carlos Soler Barragán (84′)​.

Best player: Lionel Messi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Lionel Messi.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 64 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Strasbourg – Paris Saint Germain – 1-1
• Olympique Marseille – Brest – 1-2
• Olympique Lyonnais – Reims – 3-0
• Angers SCO – Troyes – 2-1
• Toulouse – Auxerre – 1-1
• Rennes – Monaco – 2-0
• Lens – Ajaccio – 3-0
• Montpellier – Nice – 2-3
• Lille – Nantes – 2-1
• Clermont – Lorient – 2-0