Olympique Marseille 3-1 Metz: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 November 2007

Result

Olympique Marseille 3-1 Metz

Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 November 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Olympique Marseille · Metz · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Marseille 3-1 Metz: match report

Olympique Marseille defeated Metz 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 24 November 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Boudewijn Zenden opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Boudewijn Zenden (29'), Mamadou Niang (36') and Mamadou Niang (69'). Metz scored through Cheikh Matar Gueye (87').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Metz received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 17th on 14 points from 14 and Metz 20th on 7 points from 14. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Metz 20th with 24.

Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-4-2 and Metz in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Olympique Marseille win, 0 draws and 1 for Metz.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Pascal DelhommeauMetz
  • 29'Goal · Boudewijn ZendenOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Pape DiopMetz
  • 36'Goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Cheikh Matar GueyeMetz
  • 51'Yellow card · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille
  • 64'Yellow card · Flavien BelsonMetz
  • 64'Yellow card · Flavien Belson BengaberMetz
  • 69'Goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 3-0
  • 87'Goal · Cheikh Matar GueyeMetz · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Olympique Marseille 1, draws 0, Metz 1.

Team news

Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-4-2)

Steve Mandanda, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Julien Rodriguez, Mathieu Valbuena, Samir Nasri, Mamadou Niang

Metz expected line-up (4-4-2)

Christophe Marichez, Sebastien Bassong, Pape Diop, Eric Cubilier, Laurent Agouazi, Daniel Gygax, Cedric Barbosa, Miralem Pjanić, Stéphane Léoni, Julien François