Evian Thonon Gaillard vs Metz, 2014/2015 French Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Evian Thonon Gaillard

62': Cheick Doukouré (OG)
75': Daniel Wass (P)
80': Gianni Bruno

FT
3 - 0

Metz

Evian move clear of drop zone

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Foul by Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
2': Sergei Krivets (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
5': Foul by Ahmed Kashi (Metz).
5': Olivier Sorlin (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Ahmed Kashi (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7': Foul by Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
7': Romain Métanire (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
7': Attempt missed. Juan Manuel Falcón (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Guirane N'Daw.
8': Hand ball by Olivier Sorlin (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
11': Foul by Cédric Mongongu (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
11': Juan Manuel Falcón (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Florent Malouda (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Djakaridja Kone (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
16': Foul by Guido Milan (Metz).
16': Modou Sougou (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick on the left wing.
19': Foul by Ahmed Kashi (Metz).
19': Modou Sougou (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Offside, Metz. Anthony Mfa Mezui tries a through ball, but Juan Manuel Falcón is caught offside.
20': Foul by Juan Manuel Falcón (Metz).
20': Kassim Abdallah (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Sabaly (Evian Thonon Gaillard) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cédric Barbosa.
21': Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Guirane N'Daw (Metz).
22': Foul by Romain Métanire (Metz).
22': Youssouf Sabaly (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick on the left wing.
22': Romain Métanire (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Foul by Djakaridja Kone (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
23': Sergei Krivets (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Attempt missed. Ahmed Kashi (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
28': Foul by Fabien Camus (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
28': Jérémy Choplin (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
28': Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick on the right wing.
28': Foul by Ahmed Kashi (Metz).
29': Foul by Kassim Abdallah (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
29': Juan Manuel Falcón (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
30': Offside, Metz. Romain Métanire tries a through ball, but Guido Milan is caught offside.
32': Hand ball by Sergei Krivets (Metz).
32': Foul by Modou Sougou (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
32': Gaëtan Bussmann (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Djakaridja Kone (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
33': Guirane N'Daw (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Attempt saved. Florent Malouda (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
37': Foul by Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
37': Yeni N'Gbakoto (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
38': Fabien Camus (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick on the right wing.
38': Foul by Sergei Krivets (Metz).
39': Attempt saved. Juan Manuel Falcón (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yeni N'Gbakoto with a headed pass.
41': Foul by Fabien Camus (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
41': Yeni N'Gbakoto (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Fabien Camus (Evian Thonon Gaillard) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Cédric Mongongu (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Juan Manuel Falcón (Metz).
44': Foul by Jonathan Mensah (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
44': Juan Manuel Falcón (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+1': First Half ends, Evian Thonon Gaillard 0, Metz 0.
0': Match ends, Evian Thonon Gaillard 3, Metz 0.
45': Second Half begins Evian Thonon Gaillard 0, Metz 0.
46': Foul by Youssouf Sabaly (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
46': Yeni N'Gbakoto (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
46': Foul by Jérémy Choplin (Metz).
46': Kassim Abdallah (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50': Foul by Guirane N'Daw (Metz).
51': Attempt missed. Guirane N'Daw (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
52': Foul by Modou Sougou (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
52': Guirane N'Daw (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Foul by Romain Métanire (Metz).
54': Youssouf Sabaly (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Offside, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Kassim Abdallah tries a through ball, but Fabien Camus is caught offside.
56': Substitution, Metz. Cheick Doukoure replaces Ahmed Kashi.
57': Offside, Metz. Gaëtan Bussmann tries a through ball, but Sergei Krivets is caught offside.
59': Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59': Foul by Florent Malouda (Metz).
60': Attempt missed. Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
61': Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick on the left wing.
61': Foul by Cheick Doukoure (Metz).
61': Cheick Doukoure (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Own Goal by Cheick Doukoure, Metz. Evian Thonon Gaillard 1, Metz 0.
64': Offside, Metz. Yeni N'Gbakoto tries a through ball, but Florent Malouda is caught offside.
65': Substitution, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Yeltsin Tejeda replaces Djakaridja Kone.
65': Foul by Fabien Camus (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
65': Sergei Krivets (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
66': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Jesper Hansen.
67': Offside, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Cédric Barbosa tries a through ball, but Fabien Camus is caught offside.
68': Foul by Modou Sougou (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
68': Guido Milan (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Foul by Guido Milan (Metz).
70': Fabien Camus (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick on the right wing.
70': Foul by Jérémy Choplin (Metz).
71': Substitution, Metz. Modibo Maiga replaces Guirane N'Daw.
71': Attempt blocked. Modou Sougou (Evian Thonon Gaillard) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabien Camus with a cross.
71': Corner, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Conceded by Jérémy Choplin.
73': Foul by Cheick Doukoure (Metz).
73': Yeltsin Tejeda (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Attempt saved. Sergei Krivets (Metz) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florent Malouda.
74': Attempt blocked. Modibo Maiga (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
74': Penalty Evian Thonon Gaillard. Modou Sougou draws a foul in the penalty area.
74': Penalty conceded by Anthony Mfa Mezui (Metz) after a foul in the penalty area.
74': Anthony Mfa Mezui (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Goal! Evian Thonon Gaillard 2, Metz 0. Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
76': Foul by Cheick Doukoure (Metz).
76': Youssouf Sabaly (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Foul by Cédric Barbosa (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
77': Yeni N'Gbakoto (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79': Substitution, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Gianni Bruno replaces Cédric Barbosa.
80': Goal! Evian Thonon Gaillard 3, Metz 0. Gianni Bruno (Evian Thonon Gaillard) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kassim Abdallah following a fast break.
81': Substitution, Metz. Bouna Sarr replaces Yeni N'Gbakoto.
83': Substitution, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Clarck N'Sikulu replaces Modou Sougou.
83': Foul by Jonathan Mensah (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
83': Modibo Maiga (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
84': Foul by Jérémy Choplin (Metz).
84': Kassim Abdallah (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Fabien Camus.
85': Bouna Sarr (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
85': Foul by Olivier Sorlin (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
86': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Daniel Wass.
87': Attempt missed. Gianni Bruno (Evian Thonon Gaillard) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a fast break.
87': Foul by Gianni Bruno (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
87': Guido Milan (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Bouna Sarr (Metz).
88': Olivier Sorlin (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Bouna Sarr (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Foul by Cheick Doukoure (Metz).
89': Yeltsin Tejeda (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Attempt missed. Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
90': Foul by Modibo Maiga (Metz).
90': Jonathan Mensah (Evian Thonon Gaillard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Corner, Evian Thonon Gaillard. Conceded by Romain Métanire.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Youssouf Sabaly (Evian Thonon Gaillard) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daniel Wass following a corner.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Sergei Krivets (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bouna Sarr.
90'+2': Foul by Fabien Camus (Evian Thonon Gaillard).
90'+2': Romain Métanire (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Evian Thonon Gaillard 3, Metz 0.

Statistics

METZ		EVN
24	Fouls	22
5	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	2
0	Saves	3
46.4	Possession	53.6
8	SHOTS	8
3	ON GOAL	2
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
222	Accurate Passes	282
340	Passes	384
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
1	Accurate Crosses	3
13	Crosses	20
0.1	Cross %	0.2
100	Long Balls	94
32	Accurate Long Balls	45
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	2
13	Effective Tackles	11
14	Tackles	15
0.9	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
23	Effective Clearances	47
23	Clearances	47

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Parc des Sports
Location: Annecy, France
Attendance: 10,937

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

Evian Thonon Gaillard (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
30	Jesper Hansen (GK)
25	Jonathan Mensah
21	Cédric Mongongu
19	Youssouf Sabaly
2	Kassim Abdallah
18	Daniel Wass
24	Olivier Sorlin
6	Djakaridja Koné
20	Modou Sougou
14	Cédric Barbosa
11	Fabien Camus

Evian Thonon Gaillard Substitutes:

Benjamin Leroy, Yeltsin Tejeda, Gaël Givet, Clarck Nsikulu, Nicolas Benezet, Gianni Bruno, Milos Ninkovic.

Metz (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Anthony Mfa Mezui (GK)
18	Jeremy Choplin
5	Guido Milán
24	Gaëtan Bussmann
15	Romain Métanire
29	Sergei Krivets
25	Guirane N'Daw
21	Ahmed Kashi
9	Juan Falcon
13	Florent Malouda
23	Yeni N'Gbakoto

Metz Substitutes:

Bouna Sarr, José Palomino, Cheick Doukouré, Modibo Maïga, Federico Andrada, David Oberhauser, Sylvain Marchal.

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