Ligue 1

Lille 3-1 Metz

Lille vs Metz finished 3-1 in Ligue 1. Key event: 4' Yves Bissouma (assist Adama Soumaoro · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 85%, 60.9%). Head to head: H2H last 5: 2-1-2. Home form: L D L L L; Away form: D W L D D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

LIL 3 - 1 Finished

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Competition Ligue 1 Season 2017/2018 Country France Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 28 Apr 2018, 18:00 Venue time 28 Apr 2018, 20:00 CEST

Match context 4 facts

Home form L D L L L 1 pts, goals 5-12, 1.00 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Away form D W L D D 6 pts, goals 6-10, 1.20 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Lille · season record 7 W · 8 D · 19 L 2017/2018: 34 recorded matches, goals 33–58; before 28 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Metz · season record 6 W · 8 D · 20 L 2017/2018: 34 recorded matches, goals 32–65; before 28 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 29 shots · 4 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Lille 15 shots · 2.37 xG · 3 goals

Metz 14 shots · 0.5 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 41 events

4' shot Yves Bissouma LIL assist Adama Soumaoro · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 85%, 60.9%

5' shot Luiz Araujo LIL assist Nicolas Pepe · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 38.8%

5' shot Thiago Maia LIL assist Lebo Mothiba · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 74.5%, 54.9%

7' shot Georges Mandjeck MET assist Emmanuel Rivière · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.6%, 61.5%

12' shot Luiz Araujo LIL assist Nicolas Pepe · xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 39.7%

13' Goal Luiz Araújo 1–0 LIL assist Nicolas Pépé

14' shot Florent Mollet MET assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.1%, 50.7%

16' shot Nicolas Pepe LIL assist Yves Bissouma · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.6%, 49.5%

22' Yellow Moussa Niakhaté MET Yellow card

32' shot Emmanuel Rivière MET xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.1%, 62%

34' shot Moussa Niakhate MET assist Fallou Diagne · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 69.5%, 54%

36' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.8%, 35.3%

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37' shot Lebo Mothiba LIL assist Nicolas Pepe · xG 0.35 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 36.6%

41' shot Yassine Benzia LIL assist Nicolas Pepe · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.4%, 39.2%

42' shot Nicolas Pepe LIL assist Luiz Araujo · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 51.2%

45+2' Goal Nicolas Pépé 2–0LIL assist Luiz Araújo

46' shot Nicolas Pepe LIL assist Luiz Araujo · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.6%, 46.9%

48' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Mathieu Dossevi · xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.5%, 50.1%

49' Goal Nolan Roux 2–1MET assist Matthieu Dossevi

53' shot Emmanuel Rivière MET assist Mathieu Dossevi · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 89%, 48.9%

58' Sub Thiago Mendes LIL on for Thiago Maia · Injury substitution

59' shot Luiz Araujo LIL assist Hamza Mendyl · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 62.5%

60' shot Florent Mollet MET assist Mathieu Dossevi · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.7%, 26.6%

61' shot Emmanuel Rivière MET assist Florent Mollet · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.3%, 44.7%

65' shot Yassine Benzia LIL xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.6%, 45.5%

67' Sub Anwar El Ghazi LIL on for Luiz Araújo

69' shot Lebo Mothiba LIL assist Yassine Benzia · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 33.4%

69' Sub Danijel Miličević MET on for Florent Mollet

70' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Mathieu Dossevi · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 88.8%, 62.5%

76' shot Yves Bissouma LIL assist Nicolas Pepe · xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 38.2%

76' shot Yves Bissouma LIL xG 0.66 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.4%, 45.2%

76' Sub Ibrahima Niane MET on for Emmanuel Rivière

77' Goal Yves Bissouma 3–1LIL Goal

79' shot Anwar El Ghazi LIL assist Thiago Mendes · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.7%, 60%

84' Sub Farid Boulaya MET on for Georges Mandjeck

84' Sub Kouadio Dabila LIL on for Yassine Benzia

86' Yellow Fallou Diagne MET Yellow card

89' shot Farid Boulaya MET assist Nolan Roux · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.9%, 57.7%

90' shot Julian Palmieri MET xG 0.01 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 68.2%, 63.7%

92' shot Nolan Roux MET xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.6%, 65.3%

92' shot Ibrahima Niane MET assist Danijel Milicevic · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 88%, 52.2%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 6-1-5

Lille leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 1 loss, 5 draws. Latest meeting: 08 Feb 2026 · Metz vs Lille · 0 - 0.

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08 Feb 2026

Metz 0 - 0 Lille

06 Feb 2026

Metz 0 - 0 Lille

26 Oct 2025

Lille 6 - 1 Metz

28 Apr 2024

Metz 1 - 2 Lille

03 Dec 2023

Lille 2 - 0 Metz

18 Feb 2022

Lille 0 - 0 Metz

08 Aug 2021

Metz 3 - 3 Lille

09 Apr 2021

Metz 0 - 2 Lille

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13 Sep 2020

Lille 1 - 0 Metz

09 Nov 2019

Lille 0 - 0 Metz

05 Nov 2017

Metz 0 - 3 Lille

06 May 2017

Lille 0 - 2 Metz

Team statistics 17 metrics

51% Ball Possession 49%

51% 49%

2.13 Expected Goals 0.50

81% 19%

15 Total Shots 14

51% 48%

9 Shots on Goal 4

69% 30%

3 Corner Kicks 5

37% 62%

11 Fouls 12

47% 52%

0 Yellow Cards 2

0% 100%

3 Goalkeeper Saves 7

30% 70%

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1 Blocked shots 3

3 Offsides 1

12 Free kicks 10

5 Shots off target 7

14 Throw-ins 27

11 Goal kicks 8

3 Total saves 7

0 Hit woodwork 1

7 Shots inside box 7

Lineups

16 Eiji Kawashima GK 25 Iván Balliu DEF 3 Fallou Diagne DEF 21 Moussa Niakhaté DEF 20 Julian Palmieri DEF 24 Renaud Cohade MID 4 Georges Mandjeck MID 17 Matthieu Dossevi MID 19 Florent Mollet MID 9 Nolan Roux MID 29 Emmanuel Rivière FWD 16 Mike Maignan GK 2 Kévin Malcuit DEF 15 Edgar Ié DEF 5 Adama Soumaoro DEF 27 Hamza Mendyl DEF 21 Yves Bissouma MID 20 Thiago Maia MID 19 Nicolas Pépé MID 10 Yassine Benzia MID 11 Luiz Araújo MID 18 Lebo Mothiba FWD

Metz

4-2-3-1 · Manager Frederic Hantz

16 E Eiji Kawashima GK

25 I Iván Balliu DEF

3 F Fallou Diagne DEF

21 M Moussa Niakhaté DEF

20 J Julian Palmieri DEF

24 R Renaud Cohade · Captain MID

4 G Georges Mandjeck MID

17 M Matthieu Dossevi MID

19 F Florent Mollet MID

9 N Nolan Roux MID

29 E Emmanuel Rivière FWD

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10 D Danijel Miličević MID

7 I Ibrahima Niane FWD

22 F Farid Boulaya MID

1 T Thomas Didillon GK

15 V Vahid Selimović DEF

28 J Jonathan Rivierez DEF

11 O Opa Nguette MID

Lille

4-2-3-1 · Manager Christophe Galtier

16 M Mike Maignan GK

2 K Kévin Malcuit DEF

15 E Edgar Ié DEF

5 A Adama Soumaoro · Captain DEF

27 H Hamza Mendyl DEF

21 Y Yves Bissouma MID

20 T Thiago Maia MID

19 N Nicolas Pépé MID

10 Y Yassine Benzia MID

11 L Luiz Araújo MID

18 L Lebo Mothiba FWD

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23 T Thiago Mendes MID

7 A Anwar El Ghazi FWD

22 K Kouadio Dabila DEF

30 H Hervé Koffi GK

25 F Fodé Ballo-Touré DEF

24 B Boubakary Soumaré MID

9 E Ezequiel Ponce FWD