Toulouse vs Metz, 2014/2015 French Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Toulouse

3': Pantxi Sirieix
61': Wissam Ben Yedder
71': Aleksandar Pesic

FT
3 - 0

Metz

Toulouse too good for Metz

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Foul by Kévin Lejeune (Metz).
1': Pantxi Sirieix (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Goal! Toulouse 1, Metz 0. Pantxi Sirieix (Toulouse) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro with a cross.
4': Offside, Metz. Florent Malouda tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
5': Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Foul by Guido Milan (Metz).
8': Offside, Toulouse. Aleksandar Pesic tries a through ball, but Wissam Ben Yedder is caught offside.
9': Offside, Metz. Guirane N'Daw tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
10': Foul by Guirane N'Daw (Metz).
10': Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Toulouse) wins a free kick on the right wing.
11': Florent Malouda (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Toulouse).
11': Foul by Uros Spajic (Toulouse).
11': Thibaut Vion (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
13': Attempt blocked. José Luis Palomino (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
15': Foul by Thibaut Vion (Metz).
15': Uros Spajic (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Thibaut Vion (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17': Attempt blocked. Tongo Doumbia (Toulouse) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
17': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by José Luis Palomino.
18': Florent Malouda (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Tongo Doumbia (Toulouse).
19': Attempt saved. Pantxi Sirieix (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
19': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Johann Carrasso.
19': Attempt missed. Abel Aguilar (Toulouse) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder with a cross following a corner.
20': Attempt missed. Thibaut Vion (Metz) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is too high. Assisted by Ahmed Kashi.
21': Hand ball by Dusan Veskovac (Toulouse).
22': Attempt saved. Jérémy Choplin (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
22': Adrien Regattin (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Romain Métanire (Metz).
25': Attempt missed. Romain Métanire (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ahmed Kashi.
25': Dusan Veskovac (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Modibo Maiga (Metz).
27': Foul by Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse).
27': Guido Milan (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Offside, Metz. Thibaut Vion tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
29': Offside, Toulouse. Aleksandar Pesic tries a through ball, but Pantxi Sirieix is caught offside.
30': Adrien Regattin (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Romain Métanire (Metz).
31': Foul by Ahmed Kashi (Metz).
31': Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Tongo Doumbia (Toulouse).
32': Thibaut Vion (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Offside, Metz. Guido Milan tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
34': Florent Malouda (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
34': Foul by Abel Aguilar (Toulouse).
34': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Aleksandar Pesic.
36': Ahmed Kashi (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Toulouse).
37': Foul by Ahmed Kashi (Metz).
37': Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse) wins a free kick on the right wing.
38': Foul by Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse).
38': Guido Milan (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Attempt saved. Kévin Lejeune (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Guido Milan.
39': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Kashi (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
40': Foul by Modibo Maiga (Metz).
40': Uros Spajic (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Hand ball by Modibo Maiga (Metz).
42': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Abel Aguilar.
42': Foul by Modibo Maiga (Metz).
42': François Moubandje (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Kashi (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45': Foul by Adrien Regattin (Toulouse).
45': Jérémy Choplin (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': First Half ends, Toulouse 1, Metz 0.
90'+4': Match ends, Toulouse 3, Metz 0.
45': Second Half begins Toulouse 1, Metz 0.
46': Foul by Tongo Doumbia (Toulouse).
46': Jérémy Choplin (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Delay in match Thibaut Vion (Metz) because of an injury.
50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
51': Offside, Toulouse. Adrien Regattin tries a through ball, but Wissam Ben Yedder is caught offside.
52': Foul by Pantxi Sirieix (Toulouse).
52': Kévin Lejeune (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Pantxi Sirieix (Toulouse) is shown the yellow card.
56': Attempt blocked. Modibo Maiga (Metz) header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Romain Métanire with a cross.
57': Foul by Jérémy Choplin (Metz).
57': Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse) wins a free kick on the right wing.
58': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder with a cross following a set piece situation.
61': Goal! Toulouse 2, Metz 0. Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Pesic.
63': Foul by José Luis Palomino (Metz).
63': Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Toulouse) wins a free kick on the right wing.
65': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Guido Milan.
65': Attempt missed. Uros Spajic (Toulouse) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder with a cross following a corner.
66': Substitution, Metz. Sergei Krivets replaces Thibaut Vion.
66': Substitution, Metz. Bouna Sarr replaces Kévin Lejeune.
67': Foul by Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse).
67': Jérémy Choplin (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Attempt blocked. Abel Aguilar (Toulouse) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
70': Foul by Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse).
70': Jérémy Choplin (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Goal! Toulouse 3, Metz 0. Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
73': Attempt blocked. Modibo Maiga (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guirane N'Daw.
75': Foul by Florent Malouda (Metz).
75': Uros Spajic (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Attempt missed. Guirane N'Daw (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florent Malouda.
76': Ahmed Kashi (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Foul by Aleksandar Pesic (Toulouse).
77': Corner, Metz. Conceded by François Moubandje.
78': Attempt missed. Sergei Krivets (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
78': Substitution, Toulouse. Martin Braithwaite replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
80': Hand ball by Bouna Sarr (Metz).
81': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Romain Métanire.
81': Attempt blocked. Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Toulouse) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
81': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Sergei Krivets.
82': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Guido Milan.
82': Attempt missed. Uros Spajic (Toulouse) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Adrien Regattin with a cross following a corner.
84': Foul by Dusan Veskovac (Toulouse).
84': Sergei Krivets (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
85': Attempt missed. Guido Milan (Metz) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bouna Sarr with a cross following a set piece situation.
86': Offside, Metz. Florent Malouda tries a through ball, but Romain Métanire is caught offside.
86': Substitution, Metz. Cheick Doukoure replaces Romain Métanire.
87': Substitution, Toulouse. Pavle Ninkov replaces Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro.
87': Offside, Metz. Bouna Sarr tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
88': Foul by Guirane N'Daw (Metz).
88': Tongo Doumbia (Toulouse) wins a free kick on the left wing.
89': Substitution, Toulouse. Óscar Trejo replaces Adrien Regattin.
89': Florent Malouda (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
89': Foul by Uros Spajic (Toulouse).
90': Florent Malouda (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Foul by Pavle Ninkov (Toulouse).
90': Attempt blocked. Bouna Sarr (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florent Malouda.
90'+1': Foul by Bouna Sarr (Metz).
90'+1': François Moubandje (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Toulouse 3, Metz 0.

Statistics

METZ		TOU
18	Fouls	18
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
6	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	6
1	Saves	2
51.8	Possession	48.2
13	SHOTS	12
2	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
268	Accurate Passes	227
384	Passes	354
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.6
4	Accurate Crosses	6
15	Crosses	15
0.3	Cross %	0.4
74	Long Balls	99
33	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.4	Long Balls %	0.3
6	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	13
16	Tackles	17
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
39	Effective Clearances	30
39	Clearances	30

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stadium de Toulouse
Location: Toulouse, France
Attendance: 16,412

Ligue 1 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	AS Monaco	5	+5	13
2	Lyon	5	+8	11
3	Paris FC	5	+5	11
4	Lille	5	+4	10

Full Table

Line-Ups

Toulouse (3-5-2)

No.	Name
30	Ali Ahamada (GK)
22	Dusan Veskovac
29	Francois Moubandje
15	Uros Spajic
4	Tongo Doumbia
17	Adrien Regattin
21	Abel Aguilar
14	Pantxi Sirieix
7	Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
11	Aleksandar Pesic
10	Wissam Ben Yedder

Toulouse Substitutes:

Issiaga Sylla, Zacharie Boucher, Martin Braithwaite, Óscar Trejo, Youssef Ben Ali, Pavle Ninkov, Étienne Didot.

Metz (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Johann Carrasso (GK)
18	Jeremy Choplin
5	Guido Milán
27	José Palomino
15	Romain Métanire
21	Ahmed Kashi
25	Guirane N'Daw
13	Florent Malouda
22	Kevin Lejeune
20	Modibo Maïga
19	Thibaut Vion

Metz Substitutes:

Anthony Mfa Mezui, Fadil Sido, Cheick Doukouré, Jonathan Rivierez, Sergei Krivets, Sylvain Marchal, Bouna Sarr.

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