Nantes vs Paris Saint-Germain, 2016-17 French Ligue 1, Regular Season
· French Ligue 1Edinson Cavani and PSG punish Nantes for missing chances
Edinson Cavani punished Nantes for missing clear chances by scoring both goals as PSG won 2-0 away from home to move one point behind Nice.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Nantes).
- 2': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain).
- 4': Léo Dubois (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Guillaume Gillet (Nantes).
- 5': Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Foul by Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain).
- 7': Lucas Lima (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt missed. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Amine Harit.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
- 10': Foul by Diego Carlos (Nantes).
- 10': Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Foul by Jules Iloki (Nantes).
- 12': Maxwell (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Koffi Djidji (Nantes).
- 18': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Valentin Rongier.
- 21': Goal! Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Moura with a cross.
- 23': Emiliano Sala (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
- 27': Emiliano Sala (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
- 28': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Amine Harit.
- 29': (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Back pass by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
- 30': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Amine Harit (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Lima.
- 31': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Marco Verratti.
- 32': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Edinson Cavani.
- 35': Foul by Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 35': Lucas Lima (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt missed. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Moura with a cross.
- 38': Emiliano Sala (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
- 41': Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
- 41': Valentin Rongier (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Maxwell.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 90'+4': Match ends, Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 45': Substitution, Nantes. Felipe Pardo replaces Jules Iloki.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 46': Attempt missed. Lucas Lima (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amine Harit.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Yacine Bammou (Nantes) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Lima.
- 47': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Nantes).
- 47': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 49': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Lucas Moura tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.
- 51': Foul by Lucas Lima (Nantes).
- 51': Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Felipe Pardo (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yacine Bammou.
- 51': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
- 52': Foul by Amine Harit (Nantes).
- 52': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Amine Harit (Nantes).
- 53': Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Emiliano Sala (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 54': Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
- 57': Attempt blocked. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
- 58': Foul by Yacine Bammou (Nantes).
- 58': Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
- 60': Delay in match Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) because of an injury.
- 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 62': Foul by Emiliano Sala (Nantes).
- 62': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Foul by Koffi Djidji (Nantes).
- 63': Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) hits the bar with a header from the left side of the box. Assisted by Lucas Moura with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 64': Foul by Diego Carlos (Nantes).
- 64': Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Diego Carlos (Nantes) is shown the yellow card.
- 65': Goal! Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
- 67': Substitution, Nantes. Mariusz Stepinski replaces Yacine Bammou.
- 68': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Maxwell.
- 68': Delay in match Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) because of an injury.
- 69': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María replaces Julian Draxler because of an injury.
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 69': Foul by Felipe Pardo (Nantes).
- 69': Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Felipe Pardo (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 72': Attempt missed. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Amine Harit.
- 74': Substitution, Nantes. Adrien Thomasson replaces Amine Harit.
- 76': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Marco Verratti.
- 76': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
- 78': Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Koffi Djidji (Nantes).
- 81': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Lucas Lima.
- 81': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Maxime Dupé.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
- 83': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces Edinson Cavani.
- 84': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Lucas Lima.
- 85': Adrien Thomasson (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 85': Foul by Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain).
- 87': Attempt saved. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 89': Attempt missed. Valentin Rongier (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hatem Ben Arfa.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hatem Ben Arfa.
- 90'+2': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Thiago Motta tries a through ball, but Hatem Ben Arfa is caught offside.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hatem Ben Arfa.
- 90'+3': Adrien Thomasson (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Maxwell (Paris Saint Germain).
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 2.
Statistics
 PSG |
NAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 0 | Saves | 3 |
| 56.1 | Possession | 43.9 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 0 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 431 | Accurate Passes | 302 |
| 504 | Passes | 380 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 17 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 72 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 52 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 8 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 21 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 37 | Effective Clearances | 25 |
| 37 | Clearances | 25 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau
Location: Nantes, France
Attendance: 32,858
Venue: La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau
Location: Nantes, France
Attendance: 32,858
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Monaco | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stade Rennais | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Lyon | 4 | +4 | 8 |
| 4 | Paris FC | 4 | +4 | 8 |
Line-Ups
Nantes (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Maxime Dupé (GK) |
| 3 | Diego Carlos  |
| 26 | Koffi Djidji |
| 6 | Lucas Lima |
| 15 | Léo Dubois |
| 27 | Guillaume Gillet |
| 28 | Valentin Rongier |
| 14 | Amine Harit |
| 7 | Jules Iloki |
| 9 | Emiliano Sala |
| 10 | Yacine Bammou |
Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Trapp (GK) |
| 2 | Thiago Silva |
| 5 | Marquinhos |
| 17 | Maxwell |
| 12 | Thomas Meunier |
| 8 | Thiago Motta |
| 14 | Blaise Matuidi |
| 6 | Marco Verratti |
| 9 | Edinson Cavani |
| 23 | Julian Draxler |
| 7 | Lucas Moura |
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