Metz 1-1 Niort: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 23 August 2013
Result
Metz 1-1 Niort
Ligue 2 · Friday 23 August 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Metz 1-1 Niort: match report
Metz drew with Niort 1-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 23 August 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Diafra Sakho opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Metz's goal came from Diafra Sakho (51', penalty). Niort scored through Emiliano Sala (90+4').
Discipline: Metz received 1 yellow card; Niort received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Metz were 6th on 6 points from 3 and Niort 12th on 3 points from 3. Metz went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Niort 5th with 58.
Going into the match Metz's last five read W-L-W and Niort's D-D-D.
Key events
- 46'Yellow card · S. Marchal
- 51'Penalty goal · Diafra Sakho
- 55'Yellow card · Frédéric Bong
- 61'Yellow card · Nicolas Pallois
- 90+4'Goal · Emiliano Sala
Team news
Metz line-up
Kalifa Cissé, Sylvain Marchal, Romain Antony Métanire, Jérémy Choplin, Gaëtan Bussmann, Romain Rocchi, Ahmed Kashi, Kévin Lejeune, Thibault Bourgeois, Diafra Sakho, Nicolas Fauvergue
Niort line-up
Paul Delecroix, Quentin Bernard, Tristan Lahaye, Nicolas Pallois, Florian Martin, Mouhamadou Diaw, Jimmy Roye, Djiman Waidi Kokou, Simon Hébras, Emiliano Sala, Éric Chelle