Metz 3-1 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 February 2020

Result

Metz 3-1 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 February 2020, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Metz 3-1 Saint-Étienne: match report

Metz defeated Saint-Étienne 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 2 February 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Opa Nguette opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Metz's goals came from Opa Nguette (44'), Habib Diallo (63') and Opa Nguette (70'). Saint-Étienne scored through Romain Hamouma (89').

Discipline: Metz received no yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 17th on 23 points from 21 and Saint-Étienne 15th on 28 points from 21. This fixture belongs to an earlier Ligue 1 season and is kept for reference.

Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Opa Nguette of Metz (8.8), ahead of Habib Diallo (8.2).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Opa NguetteMetz · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Romain HamoumaSaint-Étienne
  • 63'Goal · Habib DialloMetz · 2-0
  • 70'Goal · Opa NguetteMetz · 3-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Yohan CabayeSaint-Étienne
  • 89'Goal · Romain HamoumaSaint-Étienne · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Metz 2, draws 2, Saint-Étienne 6.

Team news

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Metz line-up (4-3-3)

A. Oukidja, Fabien Centonze, Dylan Bronn, John Boye, Matthieu Udol, Habib Maïga, Kévin N'Doram, Vincent Pajot, Opa Nguette, Habib Diallo, I. Niane

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stéphane Ruffier, Mathieu Debuchy, William Saliba, Loïc Perrin, Miguel Trauco, Yohan Cabaye, Yann M'Vila, Franck Honorat, Wahbi Khazri, Denis Bouanga, Charles Abi