
The New Parisian Power: How Luis Enrique Transformed PSG Into a Dominant Force
Paris Saint-Germain’s disciplined collective style and key talents drive their elite European dominance.
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Referee
Jerome Brisard
Ligue 1: Paris Saint Germain beat Lyon 2–0. Goals: Senny Mayulu 72', Mika Godts 84'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Paris Saint Germain | Lyon |
|---|---|---|
| 72′ · Senny Mayulu | 1 | 0 |
| 84′ · Mika Godts | 2 | 0 |
| 90′ | 2 | 0 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Paris Saint Germain | Lyon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.04 | 0.71 |
| xG per shot | 0.061 | 0.089 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.96 | -0.71 |
| Paris Saint Germain win | 43% | |
| Draw | 33% | |
| Lyon win | 25% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Saint Germain | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lyon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |
| 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
| 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |
| 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Paris Saint Germain | Lyon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.04 | 0.71 |
| xG per shot | 0.061 | 0.089 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.96 | -0.71 |
| Paris Saint Germain win | 43% | |
| Draw | 33% | |
| Lyon win | 25% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Paris Saint Germain | Lyon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| Off target | 5 | 1 |
| Blocked | 2 | 2 |
| Inside the box | 11 | 4 |
| Outside the box | 6 | 4 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Paris Saint Germain | Lyon | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 68% | 32% |
| Passes | 753 | 344 |
| Completed | 706 | 297 |
| Pass accuracy | 94% | 86% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Paris Saint Germain | Lyon | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 8 | 14 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Safonov | Paris Saint Germain | 7.9 | 90 |
| Senny Mayulu | Paris Saint Germain | 7.8 | 25 |
| M. Godts | Paris Saint Germain | 7.6 | 33 |
| D. Greif | Lyon | 7.5 | 90 |
| Fabián Ruiz | Paris Saint Germain | 7.3 | 90 |
| João Neves | Paris Saint Germain | 7.2 | 57 |
| W. Pacho | Paris Saint Germain | 7.2 | 90 |
| I. Zabarnyi | Paris Saint Germain | 7.1 | 90 |
| A. Hakimi | Paris Saint Germain | 7.1 | 90 |
| W. Zaïre-Emery | Paris Saint Germain | 7.0 | 65 |
| Vitinha | Paris Saint Germain | 6.9 | 90 |
| M. Niakhaté | Lyon | 6.8 | 90 |
| L. Hernández | Paris Saint Germain | 6.8 | 25 |
| K. Merah | Lyon | 6.7 | 76 |
| Z. Athekame | Lyon | 6.6 | 90 |
| Quentin Ndjantou Mbitcha | Paris Saint Germain | 6.6 | 9 |
| Beraldo | Paris Saint Germain | 6.5 | 9 |
| C. Tolisso | Lyon | 6.5 | 76 |
| J. Duranville | Lyon | 6.5 | 81 |
| M. Akliouche | Paris Saint Germain | 6.5 | 81 |
| F. Bacher | Lyon | 6.4 | 90 |
| D. Doué | Paris Saint Germain | 6.4 | 81 |
| Ferran Torres | Paris Saint Germain | 6.4 | 65 |
| E. Nuamah | Lyon | 6.3 | 90 |
| K. Boudache | Lyon | 6.3 | 9 |
| R. Kluivert | Lyon | 6.2 | 14 |
| Abner | Lyon | 6.2 | 90 |
| N. Nartey | Lyon | 6.1 | 14 |
| T. Tessmann | Lyon | 5.9 | 90 |
| T. Morton | Lyon | 5.8 | 89 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
M. Safonov
D. Greif| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Saint Germain | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lyon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coach: Luis Enrique
Bench
Coach: Paulo Fonseca
Bench
99N. NarteyM
21R. KluivertD
26K. BoudacheF
2M. BidstrupM
40R. DescampsG
44A. HamdaniF
45R. HimbertF
85N. KamaraD
22Clinton MataD| 39M. SafonovG | 90 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2A. HakimiD | 90 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6I. ZabarnyiD | 90 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51W. PachoD | 90 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33W. Zaïre-EmeryD | 65 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87João NevesM | 57 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17VitinhaM | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 1 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8Fabián RuizM | 90 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 3 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14D. DouéF | 81 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Ferran TorresF | 65 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11M. AklioucheF | 81 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4BeraldoD | 9 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42D. BolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30L. ChevalierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12L. DigneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27Pedro FernándezM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22M. GodtsF | 33 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21L. HernándezD | 25 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24Senny MayuluM | 25 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47Quentin Ndjantou MbitchaF | 9 | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |
| 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
| 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |
| 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
| 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |

Paris Saint-Germain’s disciplined collective style and key talents drive their elite European dominance.
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