Nîmes 1-1 Metz: result and report
Ligue 2 · Sunday 30 August 2009
Result
Nîmes 1-1 Metz
Ligue 2 · Sunday 30 August 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nîmes 1-1 Metz: match report
Nîmes drew with Metz 1-1 in Ligue 2 on Sunday 30 August 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jean-Jacques Mandrichi opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Nîmes's goal came from Jean-Jacques Mandrichi (51'). Metz scored through Papiss Cissé (59').
Discipline: Nîmes received 1 yellow card; Metz received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 20th on 2 points from 4 and Metz 10th on 6 points from 4. Nîmes went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Metz 4th with 56.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read L-L-D-D and Metz's W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Jérémy Pied
- 45'Yellow card · Benoît Poulain
- 51'Goal · Jean-Jacques Mandrichi
- 59'Goal · Papiss Cissé
- 79'Yellow card · Matheus Vivian
Team news
Metz expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christophe Marichez, Matheus Vivian, Sebastien Bassong, Eric Cubilier, Laurent Agouazi, Miralem Pjanić, Cedric Barbosa, Daniel Gygax, Jeff Strasser, Julien François, Babacar Gueye