Five key stats from week 10 in Ligue 1

Crucial Cameo For Cavani

Zlatan Ibrahimovic had done his part, after 50 minutes he had scored one of the goals of the season and then followed it up with a header and a 2-0 lead. It was then the turn of his Uruguayan strike partner Edinson Cavani to come on and take over from the Swedish talisman.

Although he only played for 40 minutes the forward managed to finish the game with a score of 91 – the highest from anyone in Ligue 1 on Squawka’s performance index this weekend. Not bad for a substitute. He managed six shots on goal, contributed with 16 passes all across the front line and scored another contender for goal of the season.

Without the shadow of Zlatan on the field he was able to take up the central position he craves so much, and he was superb. For his first goal he first beat his marker, then rounded Mickael Landreau in the Bastia goal before scoring from a near impossible angle.

Without Zlatan’s wonder-goal the media would have been going crazy for Cavani’s finish. Unfortunately it’ll take more than the performance of the week to escape the Ibrahimovic shadow.