LE HAVRE. Paris Saint Germain tops Le Havre with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Mbappé (23′) and a goal from Vitinha (89′). Le Havre lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
Paris Saint Germain remained with 10 players after Gianluigi Donnarumma received a red card in the 10′. Anyhow, Paris Saint Germain still managed to win this contest competing only in 10.
The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy with the collaboration of Julien Haulbert and Ludovic Reyes. The 4th official was Faouzi Benchabane. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.5 degrees Celsius or 41.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 22 Total 9
- 7 On Target 5
- 8 Off Target 3
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 153 Attack 57
- 102 Dangerous attack 17
- 63 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 7 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Le Havre had a strong ball possession 60% while Paris Saint Germain was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Le Havre was more pushing with 102 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyway, Paris Saint Germain was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Le Havre shot 22 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Paris Saint Germain shot 9 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Le Havre received 2 yellow cards (Christopher Operi and Nabil Alioui). On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card (Danilo Pereira).
Also, Paris Saint Germain didn’t end the match with 11 players after Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (10′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Le Havre stays with 16 points like Metz to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain will has 33 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Le Havre will host Olympique Marseille on the 18th of May with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (1 draw).
Paris Saint Germain will play away against Metz on the 18th of May with a 12-2 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (2 draws).
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre
87'
68'
Le Havre started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arthur Desmas , Loïc Nego , Arouna Sangante , Étienne Youté Kinkoué , Gautier Lloris , Christopher Operi , Daler Kuzyaev , Abdoulaye Touré , Yassine Kechta , Josué Casimir and Mohamed Bayo .
The home team had on the bench: Nabil Alioui , Antoine Joujou , Emmanuel Sabbi , Mohamed Koné, Oualid El Hajjam, Nolan Mbemba, Rassoul Ndiaye , Yoann Salmier and Samuel Grandsir.
Substitutions
Le Havre made 5 changes: Josué Casimir for Emmanuel Sabbi (66′), Loïc Nego for Nabil Alioui (46′), Abdoulaye Touré for Antoine Joujou (46′), Arouna Sangante for Samuel Grandsir (87′) and Yassine Kechta for Rassoul Ndiaye (80′).
Player of the match: Nabil Alioui
The most impressive player for Le Havre was Nabil Alioui.
His rating is with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
His performance was amazing also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
10'
89'
Paris Saint Germain started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luis Enrique Martínez García played with: Gianluigi Donnarumma , Achraf Hakimi , Danilo Pereira , Nordi Mukiele , Carlos Soler , Vitinha , Fabián Ruiz , Kang-in Lee , Ousmane Dembélé , Kylian Mbappé and Bradley Barcola .
These were the players on the bench: Manuel Ugarte , Gonçalo Ramos, Milan Skriniar , Marco Asensio, Lucas Hernández , Randal Kolo Muani , Cher Ndour, Arnau Tenas and Layvin Kurzawa.
Paris Saint Germain could not rely on the presence of Manuel Ugarte (injured).
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 5 changes: Fabián Ruiz for Manuel Ugarte (8′), Bradley Barcola for Arnau Tenas (12′), Ousmane Dembélé for Randal Kolo Muani (74′), Nordi Mukiele for Milan Skriniar (74′) and Carlos Soler for Lucas Hernández (75′).
Player of the match: Arnau Tenas
The player that probably impressed the most for Paris Saint Germain was the goalkeeper: Arnau Tenas. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Le Havre – Paris Saint Germain – 0-2
- Olympique Marseille – Rennes – 2-0
- Brest – Clermont – 3-0
- LOSC Lille – Metz – 2-0
- Monaco – Montpellier – 2-0
- Toulouse – Lorient – 1-1
