PARIS. Paris Saint Germain beat Nantes to win 2-1. It was Paris Saint Germain to strike first with a goal of Bradley Barcola at the 41′. Then it was a goal in the 55′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Randal Kolo Muani gave the win to Paris Saint Germain in the 83′ minute with a goal. Paris Saint Germain was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the assistance of Erwan Finjean and Gwenaël Pasqualotti. The 4th official was Jeremy Stinat. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 10.46 degrees Celsius or 50.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Paris Saint Germain has 36 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Nantes will stays with 18 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain will play away with Lille on the 17th of December with a 25-6 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (11 draws).
Nantes will host Brest on the 17th of December with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Nantes (2 draws).
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
90'
61'
41'
Paris Saint Germain started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luis Enrique Martínez García decided to play with the following team: Arnau Tenas , Achraf Hakimi , Marquinhos , Danilo Pereira , Lucas Hernández , Carlos Soler , Manuel Ugarte , Vitinha , Kang-in Lee , Kylian Mbappé and Bradley Barcola .
The home team had on the bench: Gonçalo Ramos, Randal Kolo Muani , Cher Ndour, Warren Zaïre-Emery , Louis Mouquet, Milan Skriniar , Nordi Mukiele, Ousmane Dembélé and Marco Asensio .
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 5 changes: Manuel Ugarte for Warren Zaïre-Emery (60′), Vitinha for Ousmane Dembélé (67′), Marquinhos for Milan Skriniar (61′), Carlos Soler for Marco Asensio (79′) and Bradley Barcola for Randal Kolo Muani (79′).
Player of the match: Kang-in Lee
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Kang-in Lee even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 57 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
Nantes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Jocelyn Gourvennec played with: Pedro Chirivella, Alban Lafont , Marcus Coco , Eray Cömert , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Jean-Kevin Duverne , Douglas Augusto , Samuel Moutoussamy , Florent Mollet , Moussa Sissoko and Moses Simon , Mostafa Mohamed .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicolas Pallois, Marquinhos , Abdoul Kader Bamba , Rémy Descamps, Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel , Jaouen Hadjam, Quentin Merlin , Matthis Abline and Lamine Diack.
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Samuel Moutoussamy for Marquinhos (61′), Mostafa Mohamed for Quentin Merlin (73′), Marcus Coco for Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (61′), Jean-Kevin Duverne for Abdoul Kader Bamba (86′) and Moussa Sissoko for Matthis Abline (86′).
Player of the match: Alban Lafont
The most impressive player for Nantes was the goalkeeper: Alban Lafont. His rating is 7.65. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
