Paris Saint-Germain vs Nantes, 2020-21 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1PSG stumble to home loss against Nantes, miss out on top spot
PSG missed an opportunity to move top of the Ligue 1 standings when they suffered an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat against strugglers Nantes.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Charles Traoré (Nantes).
- 1': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 6': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Charles Traoré.
- 8': Attempt missed. Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Danilo Pereira.
- 9': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Charles Traoré.
- 10': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Ludovic Blas.
- 11': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Colin Dagba.
- 11': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Alban Lafont.
- 12': Attempt missed. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Julian Draxler with a cross following a corner.
- 12': Foul by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
- 12': Marcus Coco (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 15': Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Nicolas Pallois (Nantes).
- 17': Colin Dagba (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Charles Traoré (Nantes).
- 18': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes).
- 18': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Foul by Abdou Diallo (Paris Saint Germain).
- 19': Marcus Coco (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Attempt missed. Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
- 25': Foul by Abdou Diallo (Paris Saint Germain).
- 25': Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 29': Attempt missed. Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Charles Traoré.
- 30': Attempt saved. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Coco with a cross.
- 30': Foul by Andrei Girotto (Nantes).
- 30': Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Attempt missed. Colin Dagba (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rafinha.
- 32': Attempt missed. Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Randal Kolo Muani.
- 33': Foul by Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain).
- 33': Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes).
- 35': Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 35': Colin Dagba (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 35': Foul by Ludovic Blas (Nantes).
- 36': Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
- 37': Foul by Moses Simon (Nantes).
- 37': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
- 40': Attempt saved. Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
- 40': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Alban Lafont.
- 41': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Ludovic Blas.
- 42': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 0. Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 43': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 44': Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
- 44': Moses Simon (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45': Foul by Moses Simon (Nantes).
- 45': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Moses Simon (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 0.
- 47': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
- 47': Charles Traoré (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Foul by Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain).
- 48': Foul by Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain).
- 48': Ludovic Blas (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Foul by Charles Traoré (Nantes).
- 50': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 50': Charles Traoré (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Foul by Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain).
- 56': Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Foul by Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain).
- 56': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Mauro Icardi replaces Rafinha.
- 58': Attempt missed. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pedro Chirivella.
- 59': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 1. Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
- 60': Foul by Marcus Coco (Nantes).
- 60': Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes).
- 62': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Leandro Paredes replaces Ángel Di María.
- 64': Foul by Ludovic Blas (Nantes).
- 64': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Andrei Girotto.
- 67': Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
- 67': Marcus Coco (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Offside, Nantes. Marcus Coco tries a through ball, but Randal Kolo Muani is caught offside.
- 71': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 2. Moses Simon (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Randal Kolo Muani.
- 74': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thilo Kehrer replaces Colin Dagba.
- 74': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Julian Draxler.
- 75': Hand ball by Ludovic Blas (Nantes).
- 76': Foul by Thilo Kehrer (Paris Saint Germain).
- 76': Moses Simon (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Attempt saved. Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Coco with a cross.
- 78': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Andrei Girotto.
- 79': Hand ball by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
- 81': Attempt saved. Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
- 81': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Ludovic Blas.
- 83': Substitution, Nantes. Abdoul Kader Bamba replaces Moses Simon.
- 84': Substitution, Nantes. Renaud Emond replaces Randal Kolo Muani.
- 84': Substitution, Nantes. Imran Louza replaces Ludovic Blas.
- 85': Charles Traoré (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Thilo Kehrer (Paris Saint Germain).
- 90': Foul by Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint Germain).
- 90': Nicolas Pallois (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Abdoul Kader Bamba.
- 90'+3': Foul by Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes).
- 90'+3': Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 2.
- 0': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 2.
Statistics
 NAN |
PSG |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 25.8 | Possession | 74.2 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 178 | Accurate Passes | 659 |
| 250 | Passes | 718 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 8 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.5 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 43 | Long Balls | 29 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 21 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 21 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
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Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 26 | +36 | 60 |
| 2 | Lens | 27 | +30 | 59 |
| 3 | Marseille | 27 | +19 | 49 |
| 4 | Lyon | 27 | +12 | 47 |
Line-Ups
Paris Saint-Germain (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Keylor Navas (GK) |
| 3 | Presnel Kimpembe |
| 5 | Marquinhos |
| 22 | Abdou Diallo |
| 31 | Colin Dagba |
| 12 | Rafinha  |
| 6 | Marco Verratti |
| 15 | Danilo Pereira |
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 23 | Julian Draxler |
| 11 | Ángel Di María |
Nantes (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alban Lafont (GK) |
| 3 | Andrei Girotto |
| 4 | Nicolas Pallois |
| 21 | Jean-Charles Castelletto |
| 19 | Abdoulaye Touré |
| 5 | Pedro Chirivella |
| 14 | Charles Traoré |
| 11 | Marcus Coco |
| 23 | Randal Kolo Muani |
| 27 | Moses Simon |
| 10 | Ludovic Blas |
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