French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, December 6, 2014
Nantes DWDLL 1
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Paris Saint-Germain WWWWD 2
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NAN101
PSG112
Parc des Princes · 46,161 att.

Match Report

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic bags winning brace on return for PSG vs. Nantes

Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrated his return to action with a brace of goals as Paris St Germain beat Nantes 2-1 at the Parc des Princes to climb to the top of Ligue 1.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
29.2
Possession
70.8
3
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
189
Accurate Passes
601
267
Passes
668
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
45
16
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
4
27
Effective Tackles
11
36
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
27
28
Clearances
27

Head to Head

PSG leads series 5-0

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 21Lucas DigneLB
  5. 19Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 25Adrien RabiotCM
  7. 27Javier PastoreLM
  8. 24Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 22Ezequiel LavezziLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Edinson CavaniSUB
  2. 17MaxwellSUB
  3. 20Clément ChantômeSUB
  4. 32David LuizSUB
  5. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  6. 23Gregory van der WielSUB
  7. 1Nicolas DouchezSUB

NAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Rémy RiouG
  2. 3Papy DjilobodjiCD-L
  3. 4Oswaldo VizcarrondoCD-R
  4. 5Olivier VeigneauLB
  5. 22Issa CissokhoRB
  6. 25Jordan VeretoutAM
  7. 6Rémi GomisLM
  8. 2Kian HansenRM
  9. 23Yacine BammouF
  10. 14Georges-Kévin N'KoudouAM-L
  11. 7Alejandro BedoyaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Etey ShechterSUB
  2. 30Maxime DupéSUB
  3. 24Chaker AlhadhurSUB
  4. 18Lucas DéauxSUB
  5. 8Vincent BessatSUB
  6. 13Serge GakpéSUB
  7. 11Ismaël BangouraSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 0, Nantes 1. Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  2. 11' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Moura.
  4. 45' Jordan Veretout (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Nantes 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  6. 58' Papy Djilobodji (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Marco Verratti.
  8. 69' Substitution, Nantes. Lucas Deaux replaces Jordan Veretout.
  9. 70' Substitution, Nantes. Serge Gakpe replaces Rémi Gomis.
  10. 74' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani replaces Lucas Moura.
  11. 74' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Clément Chantôme replaces Javier Pastore.
  12. 88' Substitution, Nantes. Vincent Bessat replaces Kian Hansen.

Ligue 1 News

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