Metz 2-1 Dijon: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 8 February 2017

Result

Metz 2-1 Dijon

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 8 February 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Metz 2-1 Dijon: match report

Metz beat Dijon 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 8 February 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ismaïla Sarr opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Metz's goals came from Ismaïla Sarr (46') and C. Diabaté (66', penalty). Dijon scored through Cédric Varrault (78').

Discipline: Metz received 1 yellow card; Dijon received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Metz were 14th on 26 points from 22 and Dijon 17th on 24 points from 23. Metz went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Dijon 16th with 37.

Metz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Dijon in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cédric Varrault of Dijon (8.4), ahead of Renaud Cohade (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · J. LotièsDijon
  • 43'Yellow card · C. PhilippsMetz
  • 46'Goal · Ismaïla SarrMetz · 1-0
  • 60'Second yellow · J. LotièsDijon
  • 66'Penalty goal · C. DiabatéMetz · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Florent BalmontDijon
  • 67'Yellow card · Florent BalmontDijon
  • 73'Yellow card · J. MariéDijon
  • 78'Goal · Cédric VarraultDijon · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Metz 0, draws 1, Dijon 0.

Team news

Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Milan Biševac, Simon Falette, Iván Balliu, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Yann Jouffre, Cheick Doukouré, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Ismaïla Sarr, Cheick Diabaté

Dijon line-up (4-2-3-1)

Baptiste Reynet, Jordan Lotiès, Arnold Bouka Moutou, Fouad Chafik, Cédric Varrault, Pierre Lees-Melou, Marvin Martin, Jordan Marié, M. Abeid, Romain Amalfitano, Julio Tavarès