French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, September 16, 2023
Metz WLDWD 1
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Lens LLDLL 0
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Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis · 37,988 att.

Match Report

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Asoro goal gives clinical Metz 1-0 win at Lens

Joel Asoro netted a first-half goal to seal a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory for Metz over a wasteful RC Lens in Ligue 1 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
9
10
Saves
1
25
Possession
75
2
SHOTS
31
2
ON GOAL
10
1.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
158
Accurate Passes
614
238
Passes
700
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
10
5
Crosses
36
0.0
Cross %
0.3
72
Long Balls
40
32
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
10
6
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
13
Interceptions
5
38
Effective Clearances
9
38
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

RCL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 30Brice SambaG
  2. 4Kevin DansoCD
  3. 25Abdukodir KhusanovCD-L
  4. 24Jonathan GraditCD-R
  5. 28Adrien ThomassonCM-L
  6. 6Salis Abdul SamedCM-R
  7. 3Deiver MachadoLM
  8. 2Ruben AguilarRM
  9. 9Elye WahiF
  10. 11Angelo FulginiCF-L
  11. 7Florian SotocaCF-R

METZ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Alexandre OukidjaG
  2. 5Fali CandéCD-L
  3. 29Christophe HérelleCD-R
  4. 3Matthieu UdolLB
  5. 39Koffi KouaoRB
  6. 18Lamine CamaraAM
  7. 6Kevin N'DoramLM
  8. 34Joseph N'DuquidiRM
  9. 9Óscar EstupiñánF
  10. 14Cheick SabalyAM-L
  11. 99Joel AsoroAM-R

Timeline

  1. 33' Joel Asoro (Metz) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 37' Goal! Lens 0, Metz 1. Joel Asoro (Metz) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  3. 62' Substitution, Metz. Kévin Van Den Kerkhof replaces Joel Asoro.
  4. 62' Substitution, Lens. Przemyslaw Frankowski replaces Ruben Aguilar.
  5. 62' Substitution, Metz. Simon Elisor replaces Óscar Estupiñán.
  6. 62' Substitution, Lens. Faitout Maouassa replaces Deiver Machado.
  7. 63' Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Angelo Fulgini.
  8. 64' Elye Wahi (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 64' Fali Candé (Metz) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 72' Substitution, Lens. Andy Diouf replaces Abduqodir Khusanov.
  11. 72' Substitution, Lens. Morgan Guilavogui replaces Elye Wahi.
  12. 73' Substitution, Metz. Habib Maïga replaces Lamine Camara.
  13. 73' Substitution, Metz. Danley Jean-Jacques replaces Cheikh Sabaly.

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