Nîmes 2-0 Metz: result and report
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 21 December 2010
Result
Nîmes 2-0 Metz
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 21 December 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nîmes 2-0 Metz: match report
Nîmes beat Metz 2-0 in Ligue 2 on Tuesday 21 December 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Benjamin Moukandjo opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Benjamin Moukandjo (34') and Nicolas Benezet (51'). Metz did not score.
Discipline: Nîmes received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Metz received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Nîmes were 10th on 23 points from 18 and Metz 18th on 16 points from 17. Nîmes went on to finish that season 19th with 38 points, and Metz 17th with 46.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Metz's W-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Frechaut
- 29'Yellow card · Olivier Davidas
- 34'Goal · Benjamin Moukandjo
- 34'Yellow card · Abderraouf Zarabi
- 51'Goal · Nicolas Benezet
- 53'Red card · D. Gigliotti
- 53'Red card · Mahamane Traore
- 53'Yellow card · Jonathan Ayite
- 68'Yellow card · Kalidou Koulibaly
Team news
Nîmes line-up
Ludovic Jean-Luc Butelle, Miodrag Stosic, Benoît Poulain, Moussa Sidibé, Abderraouf Zarabi, Komlan Amewou, Olivier Davidas, Nicolas Benezet, Benjamin Moukandjo, David Gigliotti, Jonathan Ayite
Metz line-up
Joris Delle, Cheikh Matar Gueye, Fallou Diagne, Adama Tamboura, Kalidou Koulibaly, Frechaut, David Fleurival, Mahamane Traore, Ludovic Guerriero, Diafra Sakho, Mario Mutsch