Paris Saint Germain beat Le Mans 3-1 in Ligue 1

Paris Saint Germain secured a 3-1 win over visitors Le Mans, in the match played as part of the sixth round of Ligue 1, which kicked off at 21:45 Damascus time.

Beraldo opened the scoring for Paris Saint Germain from a penalty kick in the 19th minute, before Louis Didace Mafouta equalised for Le Mans in the 54th minute. Paris Saint Germain responded with two goals within seven minutes, as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored in the 61st minute before Maghnes Akliouche added the third goal in the 68th minute to settle the result in his team's favour.

The match saw no red cards, while Le Mans players received 5 yellow cards compared to no cards for any Paris Saint Germain player.

Paris Saint Germain dominated the proceedings of the match with a possession rate of 72 percent against 28 percent for Le Mans, and completed 710 passes compared to 258 for their opponent. Paris Saint Germain also had 22 attempts, divided into 8 on target, 8 off target and 6 blocked, compared to 11 attempts for Le Mans, divided into 3 on target, 7 off target and one blocked.

The number of corner kicks reached 4 for each team, while Le Mans committed 17 fouls compared to 3 for Paris Saint Germain, and the referee also flagged 5 offside cases against Le Mans compared to one case for Paris Saint Germain. The match was officiated by referee Matthieu Vernice.

With this win, Paris Saint Germain raised their tally to 8 points in sixth place after playing 5 matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing one, with a goal difference of 8 for and 7 against. In contrast, Le Mans's tally stopped at 6 points in tenth place after playing 5 matches, winning one, drawing 3 and losing one, with a goal difference of 9 for and 9 against.