Ligue 1

Nice 3-1 Metz

Nice vs Metz finished 3-1 in Ligue 1. Key event: 4' Alassane Pléa (assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 71.5%). Head to head: H2H last 4: 2-2-0. Home form: W L D W L; Away form: L L D L L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NIC 3 - 1 Finished

MET

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

Your time 02 Dec 2017, 19:00 Venue time 02 Dec 2017, 20:00 CET

Match context 4 facts

Home form W L D W L 7 pts, goals 4-10, 0.80 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Away form L L D L L 1 pts, goals 0-10, 0.00 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Nice · season record 5 W · 2 D · 8 L 2017/2018: 15 recorded matches, goals 17–26; before 02 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Metz · season record 1 W · 1 D · 13 L 2017/2018: 15 recorded matches, goals 5–29; before 02 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 28 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.

Nice 15 shots · 2.07 xG · 3 goals

Metz 13 shots · 0.43 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 39 events

4' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 71.5%

5' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Ibrahima Niane · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.9%, 53.4%

9' shot Mario Balotelli NIC assist Alassane Pléa · xG 0.38 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 58.8%

16' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.6%, 67.8%

19' shot Nolan Roux MET xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.8%, 46%

20' shot Renaud Cohade MET xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.5%, 35.2%

21' shot Fallou Diagne MET assist Benoit Assou-Ekotto · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.4%, 70.9%

21' shot Mario Balotelli NIC xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84%, 61.8%

25' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Arnaud Souquet · xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 56.3%

25' shot Alassane Pléa NIC xG 0.69 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.2%, 56%

26' Goal Alassane Pléa 1–0 NIC Goal

28' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.07 · Open Play · location 89.7%, 51.5%

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29' Goal Nolan Roux 1–1MET assist Renaud Cohade

32' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Mario Balotelli · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.8%, 49.5%

32' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Pierre Lees-Melou · xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.1%, 45.7%

32' shot Mario Balotelli NIC assist Alassane Pléa · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.4%, 60.2%

34' shot Moussa Niakhate MET assist Fallou Diagne · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 67.4%, 60%

38' Yellow Iván Balliu MET Yellow card

40' Sub Gerónimo Poblete MET on for Iván Balliu · Injury substitution

46' shot Chris Philipps MET assist Mathieu Dossevi · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 93.8%, 65.2%

49' shot Ibrahima Niane MET xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.7%, 57.6%

50' shot Renaud Cohade MET xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 68.8%, 31%

51' shot Pierre Lees-Melou NIC xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 75.8%, 59.1%

55' shot Mario Balotelli NIC xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72.6%, 68.8%

56' Goal Mario Balotelli 2–1NIC Goal

59' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 88.4%, 51%

62' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Jonathan Rivierez · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.3%, 49.3%

67' Sub Opa Nguette MET on for Matthieu Dossevi

68' shot Nolan Roux MET assist Jonathan Rivierez · xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 86.4%, 42.7%

70' shot Allan Saint-Maximin NIC assist Alassane Pléa · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 33.7%

71' Goal Allan Saint-Maximin 3–1NIC assist Alassane Pléa

76' Sub Bassem Srarfi NIC on for Allan Saint-Maximin

76' Yellow Opa Nguette MET Yellow card

79' shot Mario Balotelli NIC assist Christophe Jallet · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.1%, 66.3%

79' shot Bassem Srarfi NIC xG 0.15 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.3%, 56.3%

80' Sub Emmanuel Rivière MET on for Ibrahima Niane

87' shot Gerónimo Poblete MET assist Renaud Cohade · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 75.6%, 35.1%

89' Sub Vincent Koziello NIC on for Jean Michaël Seri

93' shot Mario Balotelli NIC assist Marlon Santos · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 64.6%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 5-4-3

Nice leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 4 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

27 Jan 2018

Metz 2 - 1 Nice

15 Jan 2017

Nice 0 - 0 Metz

23 Oct 2016

Metz 2 - 4 Nice

Team statistics 17 metrics

61% Ball Possession 39%

61% 39%

2.05 Expected Goals 0.43

82% 17%

15 Total Shots 13

53% 46%

7 Shots on Goal 5

58% 41%

1 Corner Kicks 5

16% 83%

10 Fouls 17

37% 63%

0 Yellow Cards 2

0% 100%

4 Goalkeeper Saves 4

50% 50%

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3 Blocked shots 3

2 Offsides 0

15 Free kicks 10

5 Shots off target 5

20 Throw-ins 16

7 Goal kicks 8

4 Total saves 4

0 Hit woodwork 0

10 Shots inside box 6

Lineups

16 Eiji Kawashima GK 25 Iván Balliu DEF 28 Jonathan Rivierez DEF 21 Moussa Niakhaté DEF 32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto DEF 17 Matthieu Dossevi MID 24 Renaud Cohade MID 3 Fallou Diagne MID 23 Chris Philipps MID 7 Ibrahima Niane MID 9 Nolan Roux FWD 40 Walter Benítez GK 2 Arnaud Souquet DEF 4 Marlon DEF 20 Maxime Le Marchand DEF 24 Christophe Jallet DEF 7 Allan Saint-Maximin MID 6 Jean Michaël Seri MID 5 Adrien Tameze MID 8 Pierre Lees Melou MID 9 Mario Balotelli FWD 14 Alassane Pléa FWD

Metz

4-5-1 · Manager Frederic Hantz

16 E Eiji Kawashima GK

25 I Iván Balliu DEF

28 J Jonathan Rivierez DEF

21 M Moussa Niakhaté DEF

32 B Benoît Assou-Ekotto DEF

17 M Matthieu Dossevi MID

24 R Renaud Cohade · Captain MID

3 F Fallou Diagne MID

23 C Chris Philipps MID

7 I Ibrahima Niane MID

9 N Nolan Roux FWD

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5 G Gerónimo Poblete MID

11 O Opa Nguette MID

29 E Emmanuel Rivière FWD

1 T Thomas Didillon GK

33 N Nicolas Basin DEF

2 P Philipp Wollscheid DEF

18 V Vincent Thill FWD

Nice

4-4-2 · Manager Lucien Favre

40 W Walter Benítez GK

2 A Arnaud Souquet DEF

4 M Marlon DEF

20 M Maxime Le Marchand DEF

24 C Christophe Jallet DEF

7 A Allan Saint-Maximin MID

6 J Jean Michaël Seri · Captain MID

5 A Adrien Tameze MID

8 P Pierre Lees Melou MID

9 M Mario Balotelli FWD

14 A Alassane Pléa FWD

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11 B Bassem Srarfi MID

26 V Vincent Koziello MID

30 Y Yoan Cardinale GK

23 M Malang Sarr DEF

15 P Patrick Burner DEF

21 N Nampalys Mendy MID

18 R Rémi Walter MID