Metz 4-3 Le Mans: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 May 2008
Result
Metz 4-3 Le Mans
Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 May 2008, 18:50 UTC · half-time 3-0
Metz 4-3 Le Mans: match report
Metz beat Le Mans 4-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 17 May 2008. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Cedric Barbosa opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Metz's goals came from Cedric Barbosa (4'), Miralem Pjanic (13'), Babacar Gueye (34') and Vincent Bessat (84'). Le Mans scored through Túlio de Melo (51'), Mathieu Coutadeur (65') and Ludovic Baal (85').
Discipline: Metz received 2 yellow cards; Le Mans received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Metz were 20th on 21 points from 37 and Le Mans 8th on 53 points from 37. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Le Mans 9th with 53.
Metz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Le Mans in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Metz wins, 1 draw and 2 for Le Mans.
Going into the match Metz's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Le Mans's D-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Cedric Barbosa
- 13'Goal · Miralem Pjanic
- 26'Yellow card · Romaric
- 34'Goal · Babacar Gueye
- 37'Yellow card · Pascal Delhommeau
- 41'Red card · J. Calvé
- 49'Yellow card · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 51'Goal · Túlio de Melo
- 65'Goal · Mathieu Coutadeur
- 84'Goal · Vincent Bessat
- 85'Goal · Ludovic Baal
- 88'Yellow card · Modibo Maíga
- 89'Yellow card · Babacar Gueye
Head-to-head
Team news
Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christophe Marichez, Pascal Delhommeau, Arnaud Anastassowa, Laurent Agouazi, Daniel Gygax, Miralem Pjanić, Cedric Barbosa, Julien François, Babacar Gueye, Gaëtan Bong, Jeff Strasser
Le Mans line-up (4-3-3)
Yohann Pelé, Géder, Saber Ben Frej, Ibrahima Camara, Romaric, Cyriaque Louvion, Mathieu Coutadeur, Stéphane Sessègnon, Túlio de Melo, Anthony Le Tallec, Gervinho