PARIS. Paris Saint Germain and Nice didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday. Paris Saint Germain was truly superior in terms of ball possession (71%).
The match was played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin with the assistance of Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore. The 4th official was Johan Hamel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 22 Total 5
- 5 On Target 0
- 17 Off Target 5
- 8 Shots blocked 1
- 153 Attack 67
- 85 Dangerous attack 22
- 79 Ball safe 97
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 5 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Paris Saint Germain had a strong ball possession 71% while Nice was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris Saint Germain was was more aggressive with 85 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Paris Saint Germain to win the match.
Paris Saint Germain shot 22 times, 5 on target, 17 off target. On the other side, Nice shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards (Danilo and A. Di Maria). On the opposite side, Nice received 2 yellow cards (J. Kluivert and M. Bard).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Paris Saint Germain will have 41 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Nice will have 27 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain will play away against Lens on the 4th of December with a 9-3 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (5 draws).
Nice will host Strasbourg on the 5th of December with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Nice (2 draws).
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
77'
31'
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 , Achraf Hakimi , Marquinhos , Presnel Kimpembe , Nuno Mendes , Idrissa Gueye , Danilo Pereira , Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe , Ángel Di María , Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé .
The home team had on the bench: Rafinha Alcântara, Leandro Paredes , Marco Verratti , Édouard Michut, Colin Dagba, Abdou Diallo, Thilo Kehrer, Keylor Navas and Mauro Icardi .
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 3 changes: E. Dina for M. Verratti (62′), P. Kimpembe for L. Paredes (77′) and A. Di Maria for M. Icardi (77′).
Best player: Lionel Messi
The most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Lionel Messi.
His rating is with 61 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Nice – Formation
Nice
Nice started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Christophe Galtier played with: Walter Benítez , Jordan Lotomba , Jean-Clair Todibo , Dante , Melvin Bard , Hicham Boudaoui , Morgan Schneiderlin , Mario Lemina , Justin Kluivert , Andy Delort and Kasper Dolberg .
These were the players on the bench: Calvin Stengs , Youcef Atal, Flavius Daniliuc, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Marcin Bułka, Amine Gouiri, Khépren Thuram , Hassane Kamara and Lucas Da Cunha.
Substitutions
Nice made 3 changes: M. Lemina for K. Thuram (74′), J. Kluivert for C. Stengs (74′) and H. Boudaoui for A. Gouiri (80′).
Best player: Walter Benítez
The most impressive player for Nice was the goalkeeper: Walter Benítez. His rating is 7.62. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Monaco – 1-3
- Brest – Saint-Étienne – 1-0
- Clermont – Lens – 2-2
- Olympique Lyonnais – Reims – 1-2
- Metz – Montpellier – 1-3
- Nantes – Olympique Marseille – 0-1
- Paris Saint Germain – Nice – 0-0
- Rennes – Lille – 1-2
- Strasbourg – Bordeaux – 5-2
- Troyes – Lorient – 2-0
