Metz 2-0 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

Metz 2-0 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 January 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Metz 2-0 Montpellier: match report

Metz won against Montpellier 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 21 January 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

C. Diabaté opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Metz's goals came from C. Diabaté (14') and C. Diabaté (19'). Montpellier did not score.

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

Going into the game Metz were 19th on 20 points from 19 and Montpellier 13th on 23 points from 20. Metz went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Montpellier 15th with 39.

Metz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Renaud Cohade of Metz (8.6), ahead of Cheick Diabaté (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Metz win, 0 draws and 2 for Montpellier.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · C. DiabatéMetz · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · C. DiabatéMetz · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Mathieu DeplagneMontpellier
  • 65'Yellow card · O. NguetteMetz
  • 88'Yellow card · Steve MouniéMontpellier

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Guido Milan, Simon Falette, Franck Signorino, Iván Balliu, Fallou Diagne, Opa Nguette, Florent Mollet, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Cheick Diabaté

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

Laurent Pionnier, Vitorino Hilton, William Rémy, Jérôme Roussillon, Mathieu Deplagne, Joris Marveaux, Paul Lasne, Jonathan Ikoné, Ellyes Skhiri, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steve Mounié