French Ligue 1

FT Friday, March 20, 2015
Lorient DWLLW 1
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Paris Saint-Germain DWWDL 3
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LOR011
PSG123
Parc des Princes · 45,705 att.

Match Report

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic records hat trick as PSG go top overnight

A Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat trick earned Paris St Germain a 3-1 win at home against struggling Lorient on Friday night, but they left it late to secure victory.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
8
5
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
3
37.2
Possession
62.8
10
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
329
Accurate Passes
616
395
Passes
680
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
16
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
46
26
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
23
16
Tackles
29
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
13
13
Clearances
13

Head to Head

PSG leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 8Thiago MottaCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 23Gregory van der WielRB
  6. 24Marco VerrattiCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 27Javier PastoreRM
  9. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 22Ezequiel LavezziLF
  11. 9Edinson CavaniRF

LOR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 40Benjamin LecomteG
  2. 24Wesley LautoaCD-L
  3. 2Lamine KonéCD-R
  4. 4Vincent Le GoffLB
  5. 25Lamine GassamaRB
  6. 6François BellugouCM-L
  7. 11Didier N'DongCM-R
  8. 28Maxime BarthelméLM
  9. 19Romain PhilippoteauxRM
  10. 9Jordan AyewF
  11. 17Walid MesloubRCF

Timeline

  1. 3' Benjamin Lecomte (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 4' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lorient 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 57' Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 62' Substitution, Lorient. Benjamin Jeannot replaces Maxime Barthelme.
  5. 65' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Ezequiel Lavezzi.
  6. 67' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lorient 1. Jordan Ayew (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Jeannot.
  7. 73' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Lamine Gassama (Lorient) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 82' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lorient 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  10. 82' Substitution, Lorient. Yann Jouffre replaces Romain Philippoteaux.
  11. 85' Substitution, Lorient. Gianni Bruno replaces Francois Bellugou.
  12. 90'+1' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Lorient 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti.

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