Metz 2-0 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 24 January 2021

Result

Metz 2-0 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 24 January 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Metz 2-0 Nantes: match report

Metz defeated Nantes 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 24 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Leya opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Metz's goals came from A. Leya (35') and F. Boulaya (90+4'). Nantes did not score.

Discipline: Metz received 3 yellow cards; Nantes received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Metz were 10th on 28 points from 20 and Nantes 17th on 18 points from 20. Metz went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Nantes 18th with 40.

Metz lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Nantes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Farid Boulaya of Metz (8.8), ahead of Kiki Kouyaté (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Metz wins, 6 draws and 2 for Nantes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · VagnerMetz
  • 35'Goal · A. LeyaMetz · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Marcus CocoNantes
  • 85'Yellow card · P. SarrMetz
  • 89'Yellow card · F. BoulayaMetz
  • 90+4'Goal · F. BoulayaMetz · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Metz 2, draws 6, Nantes 2.

Team news

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

A. Oukidja, Dylan Bronn, Kiki Kouyaté, John Boye, Fabien Centonze, Victorien Angban, Pape Matar Sarr, Matthieu Udol, Farid Boulaya, Aaron Leya Iseka, Vágner Dias

Nantes line-up (4-4-2)

Alban Lafont, Sébastien Corchia, Andrei Girotto, Nicolas Pallois, Charles Traoré, Marcus Coco, M. Abeid, Abdoulaye Touré, Ludovic Blas, Randal Kolo Muani, Kalifa Coulibaly