Lens 1-1 Metz: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 April 2008

Result

Lens 1-1 Metz

Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 April 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lens 1-1 Metz: match report

Lens drew with Metz 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 5 April 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Olivier Monterrubio opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Lens's goal came from Olivier Monterrubio (34', penalty). Metz scored through M. N'Diaye (90+1').

Discipline: Lens received 2 yellow cards; Metz received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lens were 18th on 34 points from 30 and Metz 20th on 18 points from 31. Lens went on to finish that season 18th with 40 points, and Metz 20th with 24.

Lens lined up in a 4-4-2 and Metz in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lens wins, 1 draw and 0 for Metz.

Going into the match Lens's last five read L-D-L-D-D and Metz's L-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Penalty goal · Olivier MonterrubioLens · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Nenad KovacevicLens
  • 75'Yellow card · Cedric BarbosaMetz
  • 89'Yellow card · Vitorino HiltonLens
  • 90+1'Goal · M. N'DiayeMetz · 1-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Lens 2, draws 1, Metz 0.

Team news

Lens line-up (4-4-2)

Vedran Runje, Adama Coulibaly, Fabien Laurenti, Nadir Belhadj, Olivier Monterrubio, Sidi Keita, Toifilou Maoulida, Aruna Dindane, Vitorino Hilton, Nenad Kovacevic, Yohan Demont

Metz line-up (4-4-2)

Christophe Marichez, Matheus Vivian, Sebastien Bassong, Eric Cubilier, Laurent Agouazi, Daniel Gygax, Miralem Pjanić, Cedric Barbosa, Julien François, Babacar Gueye, Jeff Strasser