NANTES. Paris Saint Germain had a surprising win over Nantes with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Hernández (60′) and a penalty scored by K. Mbappé (78′). Paris Saint Germain was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (78%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 34,038 spectators. The referee was Jérôme Brisard who had the assistance of Alexis Auger and Thomas Luczynski. The 4th official was Marc Bollengier. The weather was light snow. The temperature was freezing at -8.37 degrees Celsius or 16.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 22 Ball Possession 78
Shots
- 12 Total 12
- 7 On Target 2
- 2 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 62 Attack 179
- 32 Dangerous attack 111
- 68 Ball safe 68
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 8
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Paris Saint Germain had a superior ball possession 78% while Nantes was struggling with a 22% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris Saint Germain had a more offensive attitude with 111 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paris Saint Germain won the encounter.
Nantes shot 12 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Paris Saint Germain shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Nantes received 2 yellow cards (Moussa Sissoko and Jocelyn Gourvennec). Regarding the opposition, Paris Saint Germain didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Nantes stays with 22 points to sit in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Paris Saint Germain will has 53 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away with Lorient on the 25th of February with a 12-8 head to head in favor of Nantes (6 draws).
Paris Saint Germain will host Rennes on the 25th of February with a 17-15 head to head in favor of Paris Saint Germain (7 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Jocelyn Gourvennec decided to play with the following team: Rémy Descamps , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Nicolas Pallois , Nathan Zeze , Moussa Sissoko , Nicolas Cozza , Douglas Augusto , Pedro Chirivella , Marcus Coco , Tino Kadewere and Mostafa Mohamed .
The home team had on the bench: Bénie Traoré , Samuel Moutoussamy , Eray Cömert, Moses Simon , Denis Petrić, Matthis Abline , Adel Mahamoud, Hugo Boutsingkham and Jean-Kevin Duverne.
Substitutions
Nantes made 4 changes: Mostafa Mohamed for Moses Simon (74′), Tino Kadewere for Bénie Traoré (62′), Moussa Sissoko for Samuel Moutoussamy (79′) and Marcus Coco for Matthis Abline (79′).
Player of the match: Nicolas Pallois
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Nicolas Pallois.
His rating is with 13 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3.
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luis Enrique Martínez García played with: Gianluigi Donnarumma , Warren Zaïre-Emery , Marquinhos , Danilo Pereira , Lucas Hernández , Vitinha , Manuel Ugarte , Marco Asensio , Kang-in Lee , Randal Kolo Muani and Bradley Barcola .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Lucas Beraldo , Keylor Navas, Fabián Ruiz, Gonçalo Ramos , Nordi Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Achraf Hakimi , Ousmane Dembélé and Kylian Mbappé .
Paris Saint Germain could not rely on the presence of Lucas Beraldo (injured).
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 5 changes: Bradley Barcola for Gonçalo Ramos (46′), Kang-in Lee for Ousmane Dembélé (61′), Marquinhos for Lucas Beraldo (70′), Randal Kolo Muani for Achraf Hakimi (62′) and Marco Asensio for Kylian Mbappé (62′).
Player of the match: Lucas Hernández
The player that probably impressed the most for Paris Saint Germain was Lucas Hernández.
His rating is with 1 goal, 135 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Nantes – Paris Saint Germain – 0-2
- LOSC Lille – Le Havre – 3-0