Lorient vs Paris FC 1-0

Lorient beat Paris FC 1-0 at Stade du Moustoir, with Gabin Bernardeau’s 68th-minute strike settling it after a tight second half.

The first half finished goalless, with neither side finding a breakthrough before the interval.

Paris FC made two changes on 65 minutes and Lorient matched that with two on 66, then Bernardeau, who had come on in the 66th minute, scored on 68 minutes from Jean-Victor Makengo’s assist to put Lorient 1-0 up. Paris FC kept pushing from more of the ball, but Lorient protected the lead through the closing stages despite the visitors’ pressure and a series of late changes.

Paris FC had 60% possession, 690 passes and 16 shots to Lorient’s 40%, 466 passes and 8 shots, yet Lorient had 5 shots on target to Paris FC’s 3 and finished with more corners than the scoreline might suggest, 3-9 in the visitors’ favour. The expected goals were 0.53 for Lorient and 0.69 for Paris FC. Each side had 3 saves, while Paris FC were flagged offside 3 times and Lorient not at all.

Lassine Sinayoko, Samir Chergui, Hamari Traore, Patrick Zabi and Maxime López were booked for Paris FC, while Montassar Talbi and A. Dujeux were booked for Lorient.