Ligue 1

Metz 2-0 Lens

Competition Ligue 1 Season 2020 Country France Venue Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz

Your time 19 Dec 2020, 16:00 Venue time 19 Dec 2020, 17:00 CET

Metz vs Lens finished 2-0 in Ligue 1. Key event: 5' Issiaga Sylla (assist Ignatius Ganago · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 71.2%). Head to head: H2H last 2 before 19 Dec 2020: 1 W / 0 D / 1 L for Metz. Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien. Home form: W D L L D; Away form: W L W L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (19 Dec 2020): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W D L L D Matches: 5 · 5 pts, goals 6-8, 1.20 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form W L W L D Matches: 5 · 7 pts, goals 9-7, 1.80 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Metz · season record 5 W · 5 D · 5 L 2020: 15 recorded matches, goals 17–16; before 19 Dec 2020 UTC. Not official standings.

Lens · season record 7 W · 3 D · 4 L 2020: 14 recorded matches, goals 24–21; before 19 Dec 2020 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 40 events

5' shot Issiaga Sylla LEN assist Ignatius Ganago xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 71.2%

8' shot Kiki Kouyate MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 92.5%, 42.9%

8' shot Thomas Delaine MET assist Digbo Maiga xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 78.4%, 72.6%

8' shot Opa Nguette MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.07 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90.2%, 54.6%

15' shot Florian Sotoca LEN xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.8%, 65.4%

29' shot Opa Nguette MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 36.2%

30' Goal Opa Nguette 1–0 MET assist Farid Boulaya

32' shot Dylan Bronn MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 91.8%, 61.3%

33' shot John Boye MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.49 · From Corner · location 95.6%, 49.8%

34' shot Papa Ndiaga Yade MET xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 33.6%

48' shot Digbo Maiga MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.3%, 36.9%

49' Yellow Farid Boulaya MET Yellow card

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56' Sub Seko Fofana LEN on for Issiaga Sylla

59' shot Cheick Oumar Doucoure LEN assist Ignatius Ganago xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.7%, 48.3%

61' shot Gaël Kakuta LEN assist Florian Sotoca xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.7%, 27.5%

61' shot Seko Fofana LEN xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.1%, 56.8%

63' shot Florian Sotoca LEN assist Yannick Cahuzac xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 32%

63' shot Florian Sotoca LEN assist Massadio Haidara xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 97.3%, 41.6%

64' shot Papa Ndiaga Yade MET assist Opa Nguette xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.5%, 29.5%

65' shot Seko Fofana LEN assist Loic Bade xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.2%, 59.4%

68' shot Thomas Delaine MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 71.8%

69' shot Cheick Oumar Doucoure LEN assist Gaël Kakuta xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.8%, 34.5%

69' shot Cheick Oumar Doucoure LEN xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 37.5%

74' Sub Corentin Jean LEN on for Gaël Kakuta

74' Sub Arnaud Kalimuendo LEN on for Cheick Doucouré

74' Sub Vagner Dias MET on for Papa Ndiaga Yade

76' shot Jonathan Clauss LEN assist Seko Fofana xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 66.4%, 34.2%

79' shot Corentin Jean LEN assist Seko Fofana xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.4%, 46.6%

81' shot Florian Sotoca LEN assist Ignatius Ganago xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 31.8%

82' shot Seko Fofana LEN xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 89.9%, 64.5%

82' shot Florian Sotoca LEN assist Seko Fofana xG 0.6 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 94.9%, 50.7%

83' Sub Thierry Ambrose MET on for Opa Nguette · Injury substitution

84' Sub Tony Mauricio LEN on for Yannick Cahuzac

84' Sub Simon Banza LEN on for Jonathan Clauss

86' shot Farid Boulaya MET assist Victorien Angban xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 41.8%

87' shot Ignatius Ganago LEN assist Seko Fofana xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 51.3%

90+3' Yellow Florian Sotoca LEN Yellow card

90+4' Goal Farid Boulaya 2–0 MET assist Thomas Delaine

90' shot Seko Fofana LEN assist Ignatius Ganago xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.8%, 31.1%

93' shot Farid Boulaya MET assist Thomas Delaine xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.5%, 41.7%

Shot map 29 shots · 2 goals

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

Metz 12 shots · 1.16 xG · 2 goals

Lens 17 shots · 1.16 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (19 Dec 2020). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

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