Metz 4-1 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 12 December 2021

Result

Metz 4-1 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Sunday 12 December 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Metz 4-1 Lorient: match report

Metz won against Lorient 4-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 12 December 2021. The half-time score was 3-0.

Pape Matar Sarr opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Metz's goals came from Pape Matar Sarr (5'), an own goal by Moritz Jenz (9'), Farid Boulaya (19') and I. Niane (80'). Lorient scored through Moritz Jenz (69').

Discipline: Metz received 2 yellow cards; Lorient received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 19th on 12 points from 17 and Lorient 16th on 15 points from 17. Metz went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Lorient 16th with 36.

Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lorient in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Farid Boulaya of Metz (8.1), ahead of Marc-Aurèle Caillard (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Metz win, 1 draw and 6 for Lorient.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Pape Matar SarrMetz · 1-0
  • 9'Own goal · Moritz JenzMetz · 2-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Laurent AbergelLorient
  • 19'Goal · Farid BoulayaMetz · 3-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Julien LaporteLorient
  • 49'Yellow card · Vincent PajotMetz
  • 69'Goal · Moritz JenzLorient · 3-1
  • 80'Goal · I. NianeMetz · 4-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Pape Matar SarrMetz

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Metz 1, draws 1, Lorient 6.

Team news

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Metz line-up (4-3-3)

Marc-Aurèle Caillard, Fabien Centonze, Dylan Bronn, Kiki Kouyaté, Thomas Delaine, Vincent Pajot, Habib Maïga, Pape Matar Sarr, Opa Nguette, N. de Préville, Farid Boulaya

Lorient line-up (5-4-1)

Paul Nardi, Igor Silva, Houboulang Mendes, Julien Laporte, Moritz Jenz, Vincent Le Goff, Stéphane Diarra, Enzo Le Fée, Laurent Abergel, Dango Ouattara, Terem Moffi