REIMS. Paris Saint Germain was after all too strong for Reims with the goal of K. Mbappé was the star player of the match after he scored in the 59th, 82nd and 3rd minute. Kylian Mbappé (3′), Kylian Mbappé (59′) and Kylian Mbappé (82′). Paris Saint Germain was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod who was helped by Philippe Jeanne and Erwan Finjean. The 4th official was Mikael Lesage. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Paris Saint Germain had a strong ball possession 62% while Reims was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Reims was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, Paris Saint Germain managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Reims shot 19 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Paris Saint Germain shot 14 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Reims received 1 yellow card (Yunis Abdelhamid). On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Reims will stay with 20 points like LOSC Lille to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain will have 27 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will host Olympique Marseille on the 4th of May with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (7 draws).

Paris Saint Germain will play away agasint Metz on the 18th of May with a 14-1 head to head in favor of Paris Saint Germain (1 draw).

Reims – Formation

Reims started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager William Still decided to play with the following team: Teddy Teuma, Yehvann Diouf (6.8), Thomas Foket (6.8), Emmanuel Agbadou (6.3), Joseph Okumu (6.3), Yunis Abdelhamid (6.7), Thibault De Smet (6.6), Junya Ito (7.8), Amir Richardson (7.1), Azor Matusiwa (7.0), Mohamed Daramy (6.8) and Marshall Munetsi (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Amine Salama, Josh Wilson-Esbrand (6.7), Maxime Busi, Reda Khadra (6.8), Oumar Diakité (6.8), Adama Bojang, Mamadou Diakhon (6.7), Amadou Koné and Alexandre Olliero.

Substitutions

Reims made 4 changes: Thibault De Smet for Josh Wilson-Esbrand (75′), Mohamed Daramy for Mamadou Diakhon (83′), Amir Richardson for Oumar Diakité (70′) and Thomas Foket for Reda Khadra (70′).

Best player: Junya Ito​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reims was Junya Ito.

His rating is (7.8) with 30 passes (83% accurate) and 8 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 15. He performed 15 crosses.

Paris Saint Germain – Formation

Paris Saint Germain started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Luis Enrique Martínez García played with: Randal Kolo Muani, Gianluigi Donnarumma (8.7), Carlos Soler (7.5), Marquinhos (8.2), Milan Škriniar (7.7), Nordi Mukiele (7.1), Warren Zaïre-Emery (7.1), Fabián Ruiz (7.7), Ousmane Dembélé (7.8), Kylian Mbappé (10.2), Gonçalo Ramos (7.0) and Kang-in Lee (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Manuel Ugarte, Vitinha (7.1), Lucas Hernández (7.7), Cher Ndour (6.7), Bradley Barcola (7.7), Alexandre Letellier, Ethan Mbappé, Arnau Tenas and Layvin Kurzawa.

Substitutions

Paris Saint Germain made 4 changes: Gonçalo Ramos for Vitinha (46′), Ousmane Dembélé for Bradley Barcola (74′), Kang-in Lee for Cher Ndour (77′) and Carlos Soler for Lucas Hernández (81′).

Best player: Gianluigi Donnarumma​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was the goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma. His rating is 8.67. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Reims – Paris Saint Germain – 0-3
• Le Havre – Monaco – 0-0