French Ligue 1

Metz vs Lorient, 2020-21 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Metz
  • 44': Ibrahima Niane (P)
  • 59': Ibrahima Niane
  • 64': Ibrahima Niane
FT
3 - 1
Lorient
  • 36': Pierre-Yves Hamel

About

Metz are hosting Lorient at , , , starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Fabien Centonze (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 2': Foul by Thomas Monconduit (Lorient).
  • 5': Attempt saved. Pierre-Yves Hamel (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Yoane Wissa.
  • 5': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Alexandre Oukidja.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Pierre-Yves Hamel (Lorient) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Monconduit with a cross following a corner.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Opa Nguette (Metz) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Thierry Ambrose with a cross.
  • 6': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Thomas Fontaine.
  • 7': Attempt saved. Dylan Bronn (Metz) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thierry Ambrose with a cross.
  • 10': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (Lorient).
  • 10': Opa Nguette (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Dylan Bronn (Metz).
  • 11': Julien Laporte (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Matthieu Udol.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Vincent Le Goff (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 18': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (Lorient).
  • 18': Habib Maïga (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 20': Foul by Pierre-Yves Hamel (Lorient).
  • 20': Habib Maïga (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Fabien Centonze (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Opa Nguette.
  • 25': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (Lorient).
  • 25': Thierry Ambrose (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 29': Offside, Lorient. Vincent Le Goff tries a through ball, but Yoane Wissa is caught offside.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Vincent Pajot (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fabien Centonze with a cross.
  • 31': Foul by Thomas Monconduit (Lorient).
  • 31': Opa Nguette (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Fabien Lemoine (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Ibrahima Niane (Metz).
  • 34': Foul by John Boye (Metz).
  • 34': Pierre-Yves Hamel (Lorient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Opa Nguette (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ibrahima Niane.
  • 35': Foul by Dylan Bronn (Metz).
  • 35': Yoane Wissa (Lorient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Thomas Monconduit (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 36': Goal! Metz 0, Lorient 1. Pierre-Yves Hamel (Lorient) header from very close range to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 38': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (Lorient).
  • 38': Thierry Ambrose (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 39': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Paul Nardi.
  • 40': Foul by Victorien Angban (Metz).
  • 40': Laurent Abergel (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Victorien Angban (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Thomas Fontaine.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Matthieu Udol (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 42': Penalty Metz. Ibrahima Niane draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 42': Penalty conceded by Thomas Fontaine (Lorient) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 44': Goal! Metz 1, Lorient 1. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Opa Nguette.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Metz 1, Lorient 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Metz 1, Lorient 1.
  • 46': Hand ball by Fabien Lemoine (Lorient).
  • 48': Foul by Victorien Angban (Metz).
  • 48': Yoane Wissa (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Opa Nguette (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Matthieu Udol.
  • 51': Foul by Laurent Abergel (Lorient).
  • 51': Vincent Pajot (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Laurent Abergel (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': Foul by Houboulang Mendes (Lorient).
  • 54': Habib Maïga (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Opa Nguette (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thierry Ambrose.
  • 59': Goal! Metz 2, Lorient 1. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Habib Maïga following a fast break.
  • 64': Goal! Metz 3, Lorient 1. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victorien Angban with a cross.
  • 65': Substitution, Metz. Papa Ndiaga Yade replaces Thierry Ambrose.
  • 65': Foul by Ibrahima Niane (Metz).
  • 65': Thomas Fontaine (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Thomas Monconduit (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Houboulang Mendes.
  • 67': Foul by Pierre-Yves Hamel (Lorient).
  • 67': Habib Maïga (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Foul by Victorien Angban (Metz).
  • 69': Yoane Wissa (Lorient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Substitution, Lorient. Enzo Le Fée replaces Fabien Lemoine.
  • 70': Substitution, Lorient. Adrian Grbic replaces Pierre-Yves Hamel.
  • 70': Substitution, Lorient. Stéphane Diarra replaces Thomas Fontaine.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Adrian Grbic (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 70': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Alexandre Oukidja.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Habib Maïga (Metz) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Fabien Centonze (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 73': Foul by Enzo Le Fée (Lorient).
  • 73': Victorien Angban (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Houboulang Mendes.
  • 74': Adrian Grbic (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Dylan Bronn (Metz).
  • 79': Attempt saved. Stéphane Diarra (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Laurent Abergel.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stéphane Diarra.
  • 80': Substitution, Lorient. Sylvain Marveaux replaces Thomas Monconduit.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Opa Nguette.
  • 82': Foul by Stéphane Diarra (Lorient).
  • 82': Matthieu Udol (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Substitution, Metz. Warren Tchimbembé replaces Opa Nguette.
  • 84': Foul by Houboulang Mendes (Lorient).
  • 84': Ibrahima Niane (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Yoane Wissa (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Foul by Habib Maïga (Metz).
  • 90': Substitution, Lorient. Umut Bozok replaces Yoane Wissa.
  • 90': Substitution, Metz. Youssef Maziz replaces Vincent Pajot because of an injury.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Sylvain Marveaux (Lorient) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Metz 3, Lorient 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Metz 3, Lorient 1.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 3
41.9 Possession 58.1
10 SHOTS 16
4 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
295 Accurate Passes 456
386 Passes 534
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 7
15 Crosses 24
0.2 Cross % 0.3
53 Long Balls 62
20 Accurate Long Balls 38
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 1
13 Effective Tackles 8
19 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 21
13 Effective Clearances 10
13 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 5,000

Ligue 1 Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 28 +37 63
2 Lens 29 +28 62
3 Lyon 30 +15 54
4 Lille 30 +15 54
Full Table

Line-Ups

METZ Metz (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
16 Alexandre Oukidja (GK)
21 John Boye
2 Dylan Bronn
3 Matthieu Udol
18 Fabien Centonze
14 Vincent Pajot
5 Victorien Angban Yellow Card
19 Habib Maïga
7 Ibrahima Niane
9 Thierry Ambrose
11 Opa Nguette
Metz Substitutes:
Thomas Delaine, Boubakar Kiki Kouyate, Laurent Jans, Papa Ndiaga Yade, Warren Tchimbembé, Mamadou Fofana, Youssef Maziz, Marc-Aurele Caillard.

LOR Lorient (5-4-1)

No. Name
30 Paul Nardi (GK)
5 Thomas Fontaine
21 Jérémy Morel
15 Julien Laporte
25 Vincent Le Goff
17 Houboulang Mendes
6 Laurent Abergel Yellow Card
18 Fabien Lemoine
23 Thomas Monconduit
19 Yoane Wissa Yellow Card
29 Pierre-Yves Hamel
Lorient Substitutes:
Sylvain Marveaux, Franklin Wadja, Jonathan Delaplace, Stephan Diarra, Enzo Le Fée, Andreaw Gravillon, Umut Bozok, Adrian Grbic, Mathieu Dreyer.

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