Montpellier 1-3 Metz: result and report

Montpellier 1-3 Metz

Ligue 1 · Saturday 16 December 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Montpellier were beaten by Metz 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 16 December 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jérôme Roussillon opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Montpellier's goal came from Jérôme Roussillon (20'). Metz scored through Renaud Cohade (28'), Emmanuel Rivière (84') and Nicolas Basin (90+4').

Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Metz received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 7th on 23 points from 17 and Metz 20th on 5 points from 17. Montpellier went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Metz 20th with 26.

Montpellier lined up in a 5-3-2 and Metz in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Renaud Cohade of Metz (7.8), level with Nicolas Basin (7.8).

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

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