Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Paris Saint Germain (1st, 76 pts) held a 31-point advantage over Lorient (9th, 45 pts). Per game in the league, Paris Saint Germain were scoring 2.18 and conceding 0.85, Lorient 1.41 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Paris Saint Germain had won three straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Paris Saint Germain against 4/15 for Lorient.
The head-to-head ledger counts 27 games: 16 Paris Saint Germain wins, 4 for Lorient, 7 draws, at 2.85 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 26% of the meetings went to the host.
Parc des Princes staged the fixture, a ground that holds 48,583. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Paris Saint Germain: Ibrahim Mbaye (6'), Warren Zaïre-Emery (62') · Lorient: Pablo Pagis (12'), Aiyegun Tosin (78')
Key stats
Possession: Paris Saint Germain 69% · Lorient 31% · Total shots: 24-5 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 12-2