Nîmes 1-4 Metz: result and report
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 10 January 2023
Result
Nîmes 1-4 Metz
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 10 January 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nîmes 1-4 Metz: match report
Nîmes lost to Metz 1-4 in Ligue 2 on Tuesday 10 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
L. Joseph opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Nîmes's goal came from Rafiki Saïd (54'). Metz scored through L. Joseph (48'), C. Sabaly (56'), L. Joseph (60') and Georges Mikautadze (89').
Discipline: Nîmes received 1 yellow card; Metz received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 18th on 16 points from 17 and Metz 6th on 25 points from 17. Nîmes went on to finish that season 19th with 36 points, and Metz 2nd with 72.
Nîmes lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Metz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lenny Joseph of Metz (8.5), ahead of Cheikh Sabaly (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nîmes win, 1 draw and 2 for Metz.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read D-L-D-W-L and Metz's W-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Kiki Kouyaté
- 45+2'Yellow card · Lamine Fomba
- 48'Goal · L. Joseph
- 54'Goal · Rafiki Saïd
- 56'Goal · C. Sabaly
- 60'Goal · L. Joseph
- 74'Yellow card · C. Sabaly
- 89'Goal · Georges Mikautadze
Head-to-head
Team news
Nîmes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Axel Maraval, Ronny Labonne, Benoît Poulain, Nasser Djiga, Patrick Burner, Lamine Fomba, Pablo Pagis, Yassine Benrahou, Jean N'Guessan, Rafiki Saïd, Malik Tchokounté
Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)
A. Oukidja, Koffi Kouao, Kiki Kouyaté, Fali Candé, Matthieu Udol, Danley Jean Jacques, Habib Maïga, Ablie Jallow, Youssef Maziz, Cheikh Sabaly, Lenny Joseph