Metz 3-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 17 January 2018

Result

Metz 3-0 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 17 January 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Metz 3-0 Saint-Étienne: match report

Metz defeated Saint-Étienne 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 17 January 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Emmanuel Rivière opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Metz's goals came from Emmanuel Rivière (13', penalty), M. Dossevi (16') and N. Roux (77'). Saint-Étienne did not score.

Discipline: Metz received 1 yellow card; Saint-Étienne received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 20th on 12 points from 20 and Saint-Étienne 14th on 23 points from 20. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Saint-Étienne 7th with 55.

Metz lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nolan Roux of Metz (9.2), ahead of Matthieu Dossevi (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Metz wins, 2 draws and 7 for Saint-Étienne.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Jessy MoulinSaint-Étienne
  • 13'Penalty goal · Emmanuel RivièreMetz · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · M. DosseviMetz · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Renaud CohadeMetz
  • 37'Yellow card · Bryan DaboSaint-Étienne
  • 77'Goal · N. RouxMetz · 3-0
  • 83'Yellow card · HernaniSaint-Étienne

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Metz 0, draws 2, Saint-Étienne 7.

Team news

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

Eiji Kawashima, Fallou Diagne, Julian Palmieri, Moussa Niakhaté, Jonathan Rivierez, Georges Mandjeck, Nolan Roux, Danijel Miličević, Matthieu Dossevi, Renaud Cohade, Emmanuel Rivière

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-3-3)

Jessy Moulin, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Cheikh M'Bengue, Loïc Perrin, Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Yann M'Vila, Bryan Dabo, Assane Dioussé, Rémy Cabella, Jonathan Bamba, Romain Hamouma