Ligue 1

Lyon 3-0 Metz

Lyon vs Metz finished 3-0 in Ligue 1. Key event: 25' Malick Fofana (assist Pavel Šulc). Head to head: H2H last 8: 4-2-2. Home form: W W L L W; Away form: L W D L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, recent team results, head-to-head.

LYO 3 - 0 Finished

MET

Competition Ligue 1 Country France Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 23 Aug 2025, 19:05 Venue time 23 Aug 2025, 21:05 CEST

LYO53%

Ball possession

47%MET

Match preview 2 facts

Home form W W L L W 9 pts, goals 8-5, 1.60 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form L W D L W 7 pts, goals 5-6, 1.00 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Timeline 14 events

25' Goal Malick Fofana 1–0 LYO assist Pavel Šulc

30' Goal Corentin Tolisso 2–0 LYO assist Ainsley Maitland-Niles

41' Sub Alpha Touré MET on for Urie-Michel Mboula · Injury substitution

54' Yellow Boubacar Traoré MET Yellow card

62' Sub Morgan Bokele Mputu MET on for Giorgi Abuashvili

62' Sub Ibou Sane MET on for Giorgi Tsitaishvili

74' Sub Adam Karabec LYO on for Pavel Šulc

74' Sub Nicolás Tagliafico LYO on for Abner Vinícius

75' Sub Khalis Merah LYO on for Corentin Tolisso

80' Sub Idrissa Gueye MET on for Brian Madjo

82' Yellow Koffi Kouao MET Yellow card

83' Goal Adam Karabec 3–0 LYO Goal

86' Sub Ruben Kluivert LYO on for Clinton Mata

86' Sub Afonso Moreira LYO on for Malick Fofana

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 8-2-2

Lyon leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 25 Jan · Metz vs Lyon · 2 - 5.

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21 Feb Metz Lyon 0 - 2 Finished Match details 26 Oct Lyon Metz 2 - 0 Finished Match details 08 Apr Metz Lyon 0 - 5 Finished Match details 29 Oct Lyon Metz 2 - 0 Finished Match details

Recent form

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30 Apr Rodez Metz vs Scheduled Match details Stade Paul-Lignon, Rodez Stade Paul-Lignon, Rodez 24 Apr Lyon Stade Brestois 29 vs Scheduled Match details 23 Apr Metz Clermont Foot vs Scheduled Match details 17 Apr Angers Lyon vs Scheduled Match details Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers

Team statistics

53% Ball Possession 47%

53% 47%

2.77 Expected Goals 0.56

83% 16%

13 Total Shots 11

54% 45%

8 Shots on Goal 2

80% 20%

542 Passes 485

52% 47%

500 Accurate passes 442

53% 46%

92% Pass accuracy 91%

50% 49%

4 Corner Kicks 3

57% 42%

2 Blocked shots 6

25% 75%

1 Offsides 3

25% 75%

13 Fouls 15

46% 53%

0 Yellow Cards 2

0% 100%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 5

28% 71%

Lineups

Metz

4-2-3-1 · Manager Stephane Le Mignan

1 Jonathan Fischer G 39 Koffi Kouao D 38 Sadibou Sané D 5 Jean-Philippe Gbamin D 4 Urie-Michel Mboula D 21 Benjamin Stambouli M 8 Boubacar Traoré M 7 Giorgi Tsitaishvili M 10 Gauthier Hein M 9 Giorgi Abuashvili M 24 Brian Madjo F

1 J Jonathan Fischer GStarter

39 K Koffi Kouao DStarter

38 S Sadibou Sané DStarter

5 J Jean-Philippe Gbamin DStarter

4 U Urie-Michel Mboula DStarter

21 B Benjamin Stambouli MStarter

8 B Boubacar Traoré MStarter

7 G Giorgi Tsitaishvili MStarter

10 G Gauthier Hein · Captain MStarter

9 G Giorgi Abuashvili MStarter

24 B Brian Madjo FStarter

12 A Alpha Touré MSubstitute

19 M Morgan Bokele Mputu FSubstitute

23 I Ibou Sane FSubstitute

18 I Idrissa Gueye FSubstitute

61 P Pape Sy GSubstitute

25 C Cléo Mélières DSubstitute

2 M Maxime Colin DSubstitute

29 I Ismaël Guerti MSubstitute

6 J Joseph N'Duquidi MSubstitute

Lyon

4-2-3-1 · Manager Jorge Maciel

40 Rémy Descamps G 98 Ainsley Maitland-Niles D 22 Clinton Mata D 19 Moussa Niakhaté D 16 Abner Vinícius D 6 Tanner Tessmann M 23 Tyler Morton M 10 Pavel Šulc M 8 Corentin Tolisso M 11 Malick Fofana M 69 Georges Mikautadze F

40 R Rémy Descamps GStarter

98 A Ainsley Maitland-Niles DStarter

22 C Clinton Mata DStarter

19 M Moussa Niakhaté DStarter

16 A Abner Vinícius DStarter

6 T Tanner Tessmann MStarter

23 T Tyler Morton MStarter

10 P Pavel Šulc MStarter

8 C Corentin Tolisso · Captain MStarter

11 M Malick Fofana MStarter

69 G Georges Mikautadze FStarter

3 N Nicolás Tagliafico DSubstitute

7 A Adam Karabec MSubstitute

44 K Khalis Merah MSubstitute

21 R Ruben Kluivert DSubstitute

17 A Afonso Moreira FSubstitute

1 D Dominik Greif GSubstitute

20 S Saël Kumbedi DSubstitute

39 M Mathys de Carvalho MSubstitute

32 A Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez FSubstitute