Ligue 1

Metz 2-0 Saint Etienne

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

Your time 25 Oct 2020, 14:00 Venue time 25 Oct 2020, 15:00 CET

Metz vs Saint Etienne finished 2-0 in Ligue 1. Key event: 4' Farid Boulaya (xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76%, 28.3%). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 25 Oct 2020: 3 W / 2 D / 3 L for Metz. Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien. Home form: D W D W L; Away form: L L L D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (25 Oct 2020): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form D W D W L Matches: 5 · 8 pts, goals 7-5, 1.40 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form L L L D W Matches: 5 · 4 pts, goals 5-10, 1.00 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Metz · season record 2 W · 2 D · 3 L 2020: 7 recorded matches, goals 7–7; before 25 Oct 2020 UTC. Not official standings.

Saint Etienne · season record 3 W · 1 D · 3 L 2020: 7 recorded matches, goals 9–10; before 25 Oct 2020 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 33 events

4' shot Farid Boulaya MET xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76%, 28.3%

5' Goal Farid Boulaya 1–0 MET Goal

6' shot Opa Nguette MET assist Victorien Angban xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78%, 44.5%

7' shot Denis Bouanga ETI assist Aïmen Moueffek xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94.2%, 70.3%

10' shot Farid Boulaya MET assist Digbo Maiga xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.5%, 53.6%

11' shot Yvan Neyou ETI assist Nelson Sissoko xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.7%, 45.7%

23' shot Vincent Pajot MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 85.3%, 49%

23' Yellow Panagiotis Retsos ETI Yellow card

25' shot Romain Hamouma ETI assist Saidou Sow xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 88.2%, 38.8%

31' Yellow Victorien Angban MET Yellow card

31' Yellow Denis Bouanga ETI Yellow card

33' shot Romain Hamouma ETI assist Aïmen Moueffek xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 71.4%

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46' Sub Wahbi Khazri ETI on for Kévin Monnet-Paquet

48' Sub Marvin Tshibuabua ETI on for Panagiotis Retsos · Injury substitution

53' shot Denis Bouanga ETI assist Adil Aouchiche xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 63.1%, 84.7%

56' Sub Vagner Dias MET on for Lamine Gueye

63' Sub Lucas Gourna-Douath ETI on for Adil Aouchiche

65' shot Vincent Pajot MET assist Farid Boulaya xG 0.07 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90%, 52.2%

68' shot Marvin Tshibuabua ETI assist Denis Bouanga xG 0.38 · From Corner · location 95.4%, 54.3%

70' shot Farid Boulaya MET xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72.3%, 70.3%

72' Yellow Yvan Neyou ETI Yellow card

73' shot Wahbi Khazri ETI xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 69.7%, 61.7%

73' Yellow Habib Maïga MET Yellow card

77' shot Nelson Sissoko ETI xG 0 · Open Play · location 3.8%, 46.6%

78' Goal Alpha Sissoko 2–0 MET Own goal

81' shot Marvin Tshibuabua ETI assist Romain Hamouma xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 89%, 33.4%

81' Yellow Vincent Pajot MET Yellow card

82' Sub Tyron Tormin ETI on for Denis Bouanga

82' Sub Maxence Rivera ETI on for Yvan Neyou

89' Sub Warren Tchimbembé MET on for Victorien Angban

90+2' Sub Mamadou Fofana MET on for Habib Maïga · Injury substitution

90' shot Mahdi Camara ETI xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.3%, 27.6%

92' shot Lucas Gourna Douath ETI assist Mahdi Camara xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 55.4%

Shot map 17 shots · 1 goal

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

Metz 6 shots · 0.33 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Saint Etienne 11 shots · 0.63 xG · 0 goals

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Saint Etienne leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 19 Sep 2026 · Metz vs Saint Etienne · 2 - 2.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 4 after this match (25 Oct 2020). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

19 Sep 2026

Metz 2 - 2 Saint Etienne

06 Mar 2022

Saint Etienne 1 - 0 Metz

30 Oct 2021

Metz 1 - 1 Saint Etienne

07 Feb 2021

Saint Etienne 1 - 0 Metz

02 Feb 2020

Metz 3 - 1 Saint Etienne

25 Sep 2019

Saint Etienne 0 - 1 Metz

17 Jan 2018

Metz 3 - 0 Saint Etienne

14 Oct 2017

Saint Etienne 3 - 1 Metz

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12 Mar 2017

Saint Etienne 2 - 2 Metz

06 Nov 2016

Metz 0 - 0 Saint Etienne

14 Mar 2015

Metz 2 - 3 Saint Etienne

26 Oct 2014

Saint Etienne 1 - 0 Metz

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (25 Oct 2020). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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31 Oct 2026