PARIS. Paris Saint Germain obliterates Lorient 5-1 with goals of Neymar (12′), K. Mbappe (28′), K. Mbappe (67′), L. Messi (73′) and Neymar (90′). Talking about the opposition, Lorient scored with T. Moffi (56′). Paris Saint Germain was truly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj who had the assistance of Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Mohamed Benkemouche. The 4th official was Benjamin Lepaysant. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 16 Total 11
- 7 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 160 Attack 64
- 61 Dangerous attack 27
- 97 Ball safe 74
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Paris Saint Germain had a superior ball possession 67% while Lorient was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris Saint Germain was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paris Saint Germain won the match.
Paris Saint Germain shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Lorient shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards (I. Gueye and P. Kimpembe). On the opposite side, Lorient received 1 yellow card (I. Kone).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Paris Saint Germain will have 68 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Lorient will stay with 28 points like Clermont to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain will play away with Clermont on the 9th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (0 draws).
Lorient will host Saint-Étienne on the 8th of April with a 12-12 head to head statistic.
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
72'
57'
12', 90'
Paris Saint Germain adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero decided to play with the following team: .
Paris Saint Germain could not rely on the presence of G. Wijnaldum (injured).
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 3 changes: L. Paredes for G. Wijnaldum (43′), Marquinhos for S. Ramos (72′) and Danilo for T. Kehrer (80′).
Lorient – Formation
Lorient
Also Lorient adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Christophe Pélissier played with: .
Substitutions
Lorient made 5 changes: I. Kone for S. Soumano (68′), T. Moffi for Q. Boisgard (77′), D. Ouattara for A. Lauriente (77′), T. Monconduit for Igor Silva (89′) and E. Le Fee for F. Lemoine (89′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Clermont – Nantes – 2-3
- Olympique Lyonnais – Angers SCO – 3-2
- Metz – Monaco – 1-2
- Montpellier – Brest – 1-2
- Paris Saint Germain – Lorient – 5-1
- Saint-Étienne – Olympique Marseille – 2-4
- Strasbourg – Lens – 1-0
- Troyes – Reims – 1-0
