Metz 3-0 Niort: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 19 October 2018

Result

Metz 3-0 Niort

Ligue 2 · Friday 19 October 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Metz · Niort · Ligue 2 predictions

Metz 3-0 Niort: match report

Metz won against Niort 3-0 in Ligue 2 on Friday 19 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Habib Diallo opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Metz's goals came from Habib Diallo (29'), Stoppila Sunzu (80') and O. Nguette (90+4'). Niort did not score.

Discipline: Metz received 2 yellow cards; Niort received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 1st on 24 points from 10 and Niort 5th on 17 points from 10. Metz went on to finish that season 1st with 81 points, and Niort 12th with 47.

Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Niort in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Renaud Cohade of Metz (8.5), ahead of Stoppila Sunzu (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Habib DialloMetz
  • 11'Yellow card · Brahim KonateNiort
  • 29'Goal · Habib DialloMetz · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Julien Da CostaNiort
  • 77'Yellow card · H. GuèyeNiort
  • 80'Goal · Stoppila SunzuMetz · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Renaud CohadeMetz
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Dylan LouiserreNiort
  • 90+4'Goal · O. NguetteMetz · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Metz 1, draws 1, Niort 0.

Team news

Metz line-up (4-3-3)

A. Oukidja, Iván Balliu, Stoppila Sunzu, John Boye, Thomas Delaine, Renaud Cohade, Habib Maïga, Marvin Gakpa, Farid Boulaya, Habib Diallo, I. Niane

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

Saturnin Allagbé, Julien Dacosta, Ibrahima Conté, Habib Guèye, Guy-Marcelin Kilama, Tom Lebeau, Brahim Konaté, Thibaut Vion, Dylan Louiserre, David Djigla, Ande Dona Ndoh