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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Cedric BarbosaMetz · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Miralem PjanicMetz · 2-0
  • 26'Yellow card · RomaricLe Mans
  • 34'Goal · Babacar GueyeMetz · 3-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Pascal DelhommeauMetz
  • 41'Red card · J. CalvéLe Mans
  • 49'Yellow card · Stéphane SessègnonLe Mans
  • 51'Goal · Túlio de MeloLe Mans · 3-1
  • 65'Goal · Mathieu CoutadeurLe Mans · 3-2
  • 84'Goal · Vincent BessatMetz · 4-2
  • 85'Goal · Ludovic BaalLe Mans · 4-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Modibo MaígaLe Mans
  • 89'Yellow card · Babacar GueyeMetz

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Metz 0, draws 1, Le Mans 2.

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