French Ligue 1

Nantes vs PSG 2025-26 Ligue 1

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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.

Match Commentary

  • 45'+1': Kelvin Amian (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 0.
  • 59': Substitution, Nantes. Hong Hyun-Seok replaces Herba Guirassy.
  • 59': Substitution, Nantes. Matthis Abline replaces Yassine Benhattab because of an injury.
  • 61': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Nuno Mendes replaces Lucas Hernández.
  • 61': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Achraf Hakimi replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 61': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Ibrahim Mbaye.
  • 61': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Désiré Doué replaces Lee Kang-In.
  • 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.
  • 78': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  • 79': Substitution, Nantes. Francis Coquelin replaces Kwon Hyeok-Kyu.
  • 79': Substitution, Nantes. Amady Camara replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
  • 79': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Substitution, Nantes. Dehmaine Tabibou replaces Louis Leroux.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Nantes 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau
Location: Nantes, France
Attendance: 34,053

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+2 AS Monaco 1 3 0
+1 Paris Saint-Germain 1 3 0
+1 Strasbourg 1 3 0
+1 Lyon 1 3 0
Full Table

Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

NAN Nantes (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Anthony Lopes (GK)
78 Tylel Tati
6 Chidozie Awaziem
5 Kwon Hyeok-Kyu
3 Nicolas Cozza
98 Kelvin Amian Yellow Card
8 Johann Lepenant
66 Louis Leroux
11 Bahereba Guirassy
90 Yassine Benhattab
31 Mostafa Mohamed

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

No. Name
30 Lucas Chevalier (GK)
4 Lucas Beraldo
6 Illia Zabarnyi
21 Lucas Hernández
33 Warren Zaïre-Emery
17 Vitinha
8 Fabián Ruiz
19 Lee Kang-in
9 Gonçalo Ramos
29 Bradley Barcola
49 Ibrahim Mbaye

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