French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Nantes DDLDW 0
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Match Report

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Nantes 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain: Vitinha gives PSG winning start

Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain got their title defence off to the perfect start with a 1-0 win over Nantes on Sunday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
3
70.7
Possession
29.3
18
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
0
0.2
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
680
Accurate Passes
224
744
Passes
304
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
1
21
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
53
35
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
8
9
Effective Clearances
18
9
Clearances
18

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NAN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 78Tylel TatiCD-L
  3. 6Chidozie AwaziemCD-R
  4. 5Kwon Hyeok-KyuDM
  5. 3Nicolas CozzaLB
  6. 98Kelvin AmianRB
  7. 8Johann LepenantCM-L
  8. 66Louis LerouxCM-R
  9. 11Bahereba GuirassyLM
  10. 90Yassine BenhattabRM
  11. 31Mostafa MohamedF

Substitutes

  1. 13Francis CoquelinSUB
  2. 7Hong Hyun-SeokSUB
  3. 17Dehmaine TabibouSUB
  4. 30Patrick CarlgrenSUB
  5. 72Sékou DoucouréSUB
  6. 14Amady CamaraSUB
  7. 10Matthis AblineSUB
  8. 93Jean-Kévin DuverneSUB
  9. 19Youssef El ArabiSUB

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Lucas ChevalierG
  2. 4Lucas BeraldoCD-L
  3. 6Illia ZabarnyiCD-R
  4. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 33Warren Zaïre-EmeryRB
  6. 17VitinhaCM
  7. 8Fabián RuizLM
  8. 19Lee Kang-InRM
  9. 9Gonçalo RamosF
  10. 29Bradley BarcolaLF
  11. 49Ibrahim MbayeRF

Substitutes

  1. 2Achraf HakimiSUB
  2. 7Khvicha KvaratskheliaSUB
  3. 25Nuno MendesSUB
  4. 10Ousmane DembéléSUB
  5. 51Willian PachoSUB
  6. 39Matvei SafonovSUB
  7. 5MarquinhosSUB
  8. 89Renato MarinSUB
  9. 14Désiré DouéSUB

Timeline

  1. 45'+1' Kelvin Amian (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 59' Substitution, Nantes. Hong Hyun-Seok replaces Herba Guirassy.
  3. 59' Substitution, Nantes. Matthis Abline replaces Yassine Benhattab because of an injury.
  4. 61' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Nuno Mendes replaces Lucas Hernández.
  5. 61' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Achraf Hakimi replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  6. 61' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Ibrahim Mbaye.
  7. 61' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Désiré Doué replaces Lee Kang-In.
  8. 67' Goal! Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nuno Mendes following a corner.
  9. 78' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  10. 79' Substitution, Nantes. Francis Coquelin replaces Kwon Hyeok-Kyu.
  11. 79' Substitution, Nantes. Amady Camara replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
  12. 79' Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Nantes. Dehmaine Tabibou replaces Louis Leroux.

Ligue 1 News

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