Struggling Lorient will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Paris Saint Germain in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Lorient has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (48) in Ligue 1
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Paris Saint Germain's home stadium. The visitors last one game on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Lorient form and stats
Lorient's struggle is real here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir with only 7 points collected from 9 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Lorient, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
In their previous game, the manager C. Pélissier led his Lorient to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Bordeaux. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. Before that game, the home loss against Monaco with the scoreline 2-5.
There will be little rest for Lorient after this match as they are travelling to Rennes for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
Lorient has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Lorient have conceded 17 from these games.
Paris Saint Germain form and stats
Paris Saint Germain's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Paris Saint Germain, who have the most scored goals (48) in Ligue 1, collect 20 points from their 10 away matches in the Ligue 1. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Paris have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Keylor Navas Gamboa. It's been 341 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 1.
Neymar, Kylian Mbappé (2) and Mauro Icardi scored in Paris's previous match, the home game against Montpellier that ended 4-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Angers SCO.
As mentioned above, Paris Saint Germain was the only team on the pitch versus Montpellier in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Paris Saint Germain given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 14 matches with eleven wins as expected, two draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won nine of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Paris are hosting Nîmes in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
Paris has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Paris Saint Germain - Lorient 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Lorient won zero, Paris Saint Germain won ten and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbappé Lottin 14 goals |  M. Kean 9 goals |   Y. Wissa 5 goals |
Lorient missing players
Paris Saint Germain missing players
| Lorient | Paris Saint Germain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 48 |
| 38 | 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 84% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 42% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 16% | 22% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 24% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 60% | 62% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.4 | 9.4 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.8 | 13.4 | 15 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.7 | 5.9 |
| 33% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | 39% |
- Lorient has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (13) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (48) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+13) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+37) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Lorient.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 37 | 45 |
| 2 | Lille | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 43 |
| 4 | Monaco | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Metz | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Lens | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 12 | Nice | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Reims | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Nantes | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 18 |
| 18 | Dijon | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -25 | 15 |
| 20 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 12 |