Metz 1-1 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 January 2021

Result

Metz 1-1 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Metz 1-1 Nice: match report

Metz drew with Nice 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 9 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

A. Gouiri opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Metz's goal came from John Boye (79'). Nice scored through A. Gouiri (18', penalty).

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

Going into the game Metz were 11th on 24 points from 18 and Nice 13th on 22 points from 17. Metz went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Nice 9th with 52.

Metz lined up in a 5-4-1 and Nice in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Youcef Atal of Nice (7.8), ahead of Walter Benítez (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Metz win, 2 draws and 7 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Kiki KouyatéMetz
  • 18'Penalty goal · A. GouiriNice · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Youssef MazizMetz
  • 67'Yellow card · Stanley NsokiNice
  • 76'Yellow card · Hicham BoudaouiNice
  • 79'Goal · John BoyeMetz · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Metz 1, draws 2, Nice 7.

Team news

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Metz line-up (5-4-1)

A. Oukidja, Fabien Centonze, Dylan Bronn, Kiki Kouyaté, John Boye, Thomas Delaine, Lamine Gueye, Habib Maïga, Victorien Angban, Youssef Maziz, Aaron Leya Iseka

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

Walter Benítez, Flavius Daniliuc, William Saliba, Stanley Nsoki, Khéphren Thuram, Youcef Atal, Hicham Boudaoui, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Hassane Kamara, Rony Lopes, Amine Gouiri