Nice 3-1 Metz: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Nice 3-1 Metz

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 December 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Nice · Metz · Ligue 1 predictions

Nice 3-1 Metz: match report

Nice beat Metz 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 2 December 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alassane Plea opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Nice's goals came from Alassane Plea (26'), Mario Balotelli (56') and Allan Saint-Maximin (71'). Metz scored through N. Roux (29').

Discipline: Nice received no yellow cards; Metz received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 15th on 17 points from 15 and Metz 20th on 4 points from 15. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Metz 20th with 26.

Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Metz in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alassane Pléa of Nice (8.6), ahead of Adrien Tamèze (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Nice wins, 2 draws and 1 for Metz.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Alassane PleaNice · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · N. RouxMetz · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Iván BalliuMetz
  • 56'Goal · Mario BalotelliNice · 2-1
  • 71'Goal · Allan Saint-MaximinNice · 3-1
  • 76'Yellow card · O. NguetteMetz

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Nice 5, draws 2, Metz 1.

Team news

Nice line-up (4-4-2)

Walter Benítez, Arnaud Souquet, Marlon, Maxime Le Marchand, Christophe Jallet, Adrien Tamèze, Jean Michaël Seri, Allan Saint-Maximin, Pierre Lees-Melou, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa

Metz line-up (4-5-1)

Eiji Kawashima, Moussa Niakhaté, Iván Balliu, Jonathan Rivierez, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Fallou Diagne, I. Niane, Matthieu Dossevi, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Nolan Roux