French Ligue 1

PSG vs Nantes 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 2': Kylian Mbappé
  • Red Card 65': Keylor Navas
  • 81': Dennis Appiah (OG)
  • 87': Lionel Messi
FT
3 - 1
  • 76': Randal Kolo Muani

PSG's Lionel Messi scores first Ligue 1 goal in win over Nantes

Lionel Messi scored his first Ligue 1 goal as PSG opened a 13-point table lead despite playing almost half an hour with 10 men in a win over Nantes.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leandro Paredes.
  • 40': Pedro Chirivella (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Substitution, Nantes. Dennis Appiah replaces Sébastien Corchia because of an injury.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 0.
  • 58': Substitution, Nantes. Osman Bukari replaces Kalifa Coulibaly.
  • 58': Substitution, Nantes. Quentin Merlin replaces Fábio.
  • 65': Keylor Navas (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the red card.
  • 68': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Sergio Rico replaces Neymar.
  • 71': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Marco Verratti.
  • 76': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Nantes 1. Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  • 77': Substitution, Nantes. Willem Geubbels replaces Marcus Coco.
  • 77': Substitution, Nantes. Wylan Cyprien replaces Samuel Moutoussamy.
  • 81': Own Goal by Dennis Appiah, Nantes. Paris Saint Germain 2, Nantes 1.
  • 83': Ludovic Blas (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Nantes 1. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé following a fast break.
  • 89': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Danilo Pereira replaces Leandro Paredes.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Nantes 1.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,777

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+32 Paris Saint-Germain 25 57 4
+26 Lens 26 56 6
+20 Marseille 26 49 7
+13 Lyon 26 47 7
Full Table

Statistics

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12 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 6
3 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 5
33.6 Possession 66.4
12 SHOTS 14
6 ON GOAL 7
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
333 Accurate Passes 714
377 Passes 772
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
8 Accurate Crosses 2
17 Crosses 7
0.5 Cross % 0.3
40 Long Balls 28
23 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.6 Long Balls % 0.8
2 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 15
19 Tackles 22
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
10 Interceptions 5
15 Effective Clearances 9
15 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

PSG Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Keylor Navas (GK) Red Card
22 Abdou Diallo
24 Thilo Kehrer
14 Juan Bernat
2 Achraf Hakimi
8 Leandro Paredes
6 Marco Verratti Yellow Card
27 Idrissa Gueye
7 Kylian Mbappé
10 Neymar
30 Lionel Messi

NAN Nantes (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alban Lafont (GK)
3 Andrei Girotto
21 Jean-Charles Castelletto
2 Fabio
24 Sébastien Corchia
10 Ludovic Blas Yellow Card
5 Pedro Chirivella Yellow Card
18 Samuel Moutoussamy
7 Kalifa Coulibaly
23 Randal Kolo Muani
11 Marcus Coco

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