Ligue 1

Metz 2-1 Nice

Metz vs Nice finished 2-1 in Ligue 1. Key event: 0 Emmanuel Rivière (assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.8%, 41%). Head to head: H2H last 5: 0-2-3. Home form: L W D W W; Away form: W D W D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

MET 2 - 1 Finished

NIC

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

Your time 27 Jan 2018, 19:00 Venue time 27 Jan 2018, 20:00 CET

Match context 4 facts

Home form L W D W W 10 pts, goals 11-5, 2.20 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form W D W D W 11 pts, goals 6-3, 1.20 scored/match, 0.60 conceded/match

Metz · season record 4 W · 3 D · 15 L 2017/2018: 22 recorded matches, goals 18–38; before 27 Jan 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Nice · season record 10 W · 4 D · 8 L 2017/2018: 22 recorded matches, goals 28–31; before 27 Jan 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 28 shots · 3 goals

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

Metz 15 shots · 0.67 xG · 2 goals

Nice 13 shots · 2.03 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 48 events

0 shot Emmanuel Rivière MET assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.8%, 41%

5' shot Florent Mollet MET xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72%, 51.9%

10' shot Malang Sarr NIC assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.14 · Set Piece · location 92.7%, 51.5%

11' shot Pierre Lees-Melou NIC assist Mario Balotelli · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.4%, 40.3%

15' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Danijel Milicevic · xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 87.2%, 56.9%

15' shot Emmanuel Rivière MET assist Nolan Roux · xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 89.1%, 41.9%

15' Yellow Jean Michaël Seri NIC Yellow card

20' shot Emmanuel Rivière MET assist Nolan Roux · xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 87.7%, 51.9%

21' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Jean Michael Seri · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.7%, 75%

25' shot Mario Balotelli NIC xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 90.3%, 86.9%

26' shot Mario Balotelli NIC assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 90.6%, 42.7%

26' shot Bassem Srarfi NIC xG 0.08 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 95.2%, 37%

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26' shot Mario Balotelli NIC assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.15 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 95.9%, 53.1%

31' shot Georges Mandjeck MET assist Julian Palmieri · xG 0.04 · Set Piece · location 85.9%, 49.9%

31' Yellow Patrick Burner NIC Yellow card

33' shot Bassem Srarfi NIC assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.9%, 37.9%

33' Yellow Fallou Diagne MET Yellow card

34' shot Bassem Srarfi NIC assist Mario Balotelli · xG 0.07 · Open Play · location 91.2%, 52.4%

38' Red Pierre Lees Melou NIC Red card

39' shot Florent Mollet MET assist Georges Mandjeck · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 65.8%

41' shot Emmanuel Rivière MET assist Jonathan Rivierez · xG 0.05 · Set Piece · location 87.3%, 50.6%

44' shot Florent Mollet MET assist Nolan Roux · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.7%, 49.7%

45+2' Yellow Mario Balotelli NIC Yellow card

45' shot Florent Mollet MET assist Georges Mandjeck · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 71.8%, 60.6%

48' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Julian Palmieri · xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 89%, 59.1%

49' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Georges Mandjeck · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 68.9%, 45.5%

50' Goal Nolan Roux 1–0MET assist Georges Mandjeck

51' Yellow Nolan Roux MET Yellow card

56' shot Mario Balotelli NIC xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

56' shot Mario Balotelli NIC xG 0.52 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 91.3%, 49.7%

57' Goal Mario Balotelli 1–1NIC Goal

57' Penalty Mario Balotelli NIC Missed penalty

57' Yellow Moussa Niakhaté MET Yellow card

61' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Florent Mollet · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.3%, 44.3%

62' Goal Nolan Roux 2–1MET assist Florent Mollet

64' Sub Iván Balliu MET on for Jonathan Rivierez

66' Yellow Renaud Cohade MET Yellow card

69' shot Bassem Srarfi NIC assist Mario Balotelli · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.4%, 40.6%

75' Sub Adrien Tameze NIC on for Nampalys Mendy

76' Sub Farid Boulaya MET on for Florent Mollet · Injury substitution

77' shot Renaud Cohade MET assist Georges Mandjeck · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 50.3%

79' Yellow Dante NIC Yellow card

82' shot Emmanuel Rivière MET assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 43.1%

82' Sub Jean Victor Makengo NIC on for Jean Michaël Seri

84' Sub Ignatius Ganago NIC on for Bassem Srarfi

87' Yellow Ignatius Ganago NIC Yellow card

88' Sub Ibrahima Niane MET on for Nolan Roux · Injury substitution

91' shot Mario Balotelli NIC xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 68%, 51.8%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 3-6-3

Nice leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 3 losses, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 17 May 2026 · Nice vs Metz · 0 - 0.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

17 May 2026

Nice 0 - 0 Metz

09 Nov 2025

Metz 2 - 1 Nice

27 Jan 2024

Nice 1 - 0 Metz

07 Oct 2023

Metz 0 - 1 Nice

23 Jan 2022

Metz 0 - 2 Nice

27 Nov 2021

Nice 0 - 1 Metz

21 Feb 2021

Nice 1 - 2 Metz

09 Jan 2021

Metz 1 - 1 Nice

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07 Dec 2019

Nice 4 - 1 Metz

02 Dec 2017

Nice 3 - 1 Metz

15 Jan 2017

Nice 0 - 0 Metz

23 Oct 2016

Metz 2 - 4 Nice

Team statistics 18 metrics

57% Ball Possession 43%

57% 43%

0.67 Expected Goals 1.63

29% 70%

15 Total Shots 13

53% 46%

5 Shots on Goal 5

50% 50%

4 Corner Kicks 2

66% 33%

26 Fouls 19

57% 42%

4 Yellow Cards 5

44% 55%

4 Goalkeeper Saves 3

57% 42%

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2 Blocked shots 4

1 Offsides 2

19 Free kicks 25

8 Shots off target 4

13 Throw-ins 14

3 Goal kicks 9

4 Total saves 3

0 Hit woodwork 0

8 Shots inside box 9

0 Red Cards 1

Lineups

40 Walter Benítez GK 15 Patrick Burner DEF 31 Dante DEF 23 Malang Sarr DEF 12 Racine Coly DEF 8 Pierre Lees Melou MID 21 Nampalys Mendy MID 6 Jean Michaël Seri MID 11 Bassem Srarfi FWD 9 Mario Balotelli FWD 14 Alassane Pléa FWD 16 Eiji Kawashima GK 28 Jonathan Rivierez DEF 3 Fallou Diagne DEF 21 Moussa Niakhaté DEF 20 Julian Palmieri DEF 24 Renaud Cohade MID 4 Georges Mandjeck MID 19 Florent Mollet MID 10 Danijel Miličević MID 9 Nolan Roux MID 29 Emmanuel Rivière FWD

Nice

4-3-3 · Manager Lucien Favre

40 W Walter Benítez GK

15 P Patrick Burner DEF

31 D Dante · Captain DEF

23 M Malang Sarr DEF

12 R Racine Coly DEF

8 P Pierre Lees Melou MID

21 N Nampalys Mendy MID

6 J Jean Michaël Seri MID

11 B Bassem Srarfi FWD

9 M Mario Balotelli FWD

14 A Alassane Pléa FWD

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5 A Adrien Tameze MID

27 J Jean Victor Makengo MID

33 I Ignatius Ganago FWD

30 Y Yoan Cardinale GK

35 A Andy Pelmard DEF

34 R Romain Perraud DEF

19 V Vincent Marcel MID

Metz

4-2-3-1 · Manager Frederic Hantz

16 E Eiji Kawashima GK

28 J Jonathan Rivierez 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

19 F Florent Mollet MID

10 D Danijel Miličević MID

9 N Nolan Roux MID

29 E Emmanuel Rivière FWD

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25 I Iván Balliu DEF

22 F Farid Boulaya MID

7 I Ibrahima Niane FWD

30 Q Quentin Beunardeau GK

33 D Dylan Lempereur DEF

15 V Vahid Selimović DEF

5 G Gerónimo Poblete MID