French Ligue 1

Nantes vs Metz, 2025-26 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Nantes
    FT
    0 - 2
    Metz
    • 82': Giorgi Abuashvili
    • 89': Habib Diallo

    About

    Nantes are hosting Metz at La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes, France, 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.
    • 1': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Koffi Kouao.
    • 2': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Jessy Deminguet.
    • 3': Foul by Matthis Abline (Nantes).
    • 3': Koffi Kouao (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Offside, Metz. Habib Diallo is caught offside.
    • 4': Delay in match (Metz).
    • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 6': Attempt saved. Alpha Touré (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Anthony Lopes (Nantes). Assisted by Jean-Philippe Gbamin.
    • 9': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Jean-Philippe Gbamin.
    • 10': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Koffi Kouao.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Dehmaine Tabibou with a cross.
    • 14': Foul by Kelvin Amian (Nantes).
    • 14': Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Koffi Kouao (Metz) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Habib Diallo with a cross.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Matthis Abline (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.
    • 18': Foul by Ibou Sané (Metz).
    • 18': Youssef El-Arabi (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Louis Leroux (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Matthis Abline (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Junior Mwanga.
    • 26': Dehmaine Tabibou (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Foul by Ibou Sané (Metz).
    • 26': Ibou Sané (Metz) is shown the yellow card.
    • 27': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
    • 30': Foul by Junior Mwanga (Nantes).
    • 30': Habib Diallo (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Dehmaine Tabibou (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Louis Leroux.
    • 33': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Maxime Colin (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cheikh Sabaly with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 34': Foul by Kelvin Amian (Nantes).
    • 34': Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Habib Diallo (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Anthony Lopes (Nantes).
    • 38': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Anthony Lopes.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Terry Yegbe (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giorgi Tsitaishvili with a cross following a corner.
    • 39': Foul by Alpha Touré (Metz).
    • 39': Matthis Abline (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Offside, Nantes. Louis Leroux is caught offside.
    • 44': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem.
    • 45': Alpha Touré (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Nantes 0, Metz 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nantes 0, Metz 0.
    • 49': Attempt saved. Dehmaine Tabibou (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Jonathan Fischer (Metz).
    • 50': Dehmaine Tabibou (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Foul by Alpha Touré (Metz).
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Dehmaine Tabibou (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 51': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Habib Diallo.
    • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Ibou Sané (Metz).
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Youssef El-Arabi (Nantes) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Matthis Abline (Nantes) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.
    • 54': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Nicolas Cozza (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 56': Foul by Terry Yegbe (Metz).
    • 56': Youssef El-Arabi (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Ibou Sané (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Anthony Lopes (Nantes). Assisted by Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
    • 62': Offside, Metz. Giorgi Tsitaishvili is caught offside.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Koffi Kouao (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Anthony Lopes (Nantes). Assisted by Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
    • 65': Habib Diallo (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Tylel Tati (Nantes).
    • 65': Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Foul by Dehmaine Tabibou (Nantes).
    • 65': Dehmaine Tabibou (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Habib Diallo (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cheikh Sabaly with a cross.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Koffi Kouao (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
    • 67': Substitution, Nantes. Yassine Benhattab replaces Herba Guirassy.
    • 69': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Alpha Touré.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Junior Mwanga (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dehmaine Tabibou.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Habib Diallo (Metz) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Anthony Lopes (Nantes). Assisted by Ibou Sané.
    • 73': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Kelvin Amian.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Matthis Abline (Nantes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Nicolas Cozza.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Matthis Abline (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kelvin Amian with a cross.
    • 78': Substitution, Metz. Boubacar Traoré replaces Jessy Deminguet.
    • 78': Substitution, Metz. Giorgi Abuashvili replaces Ibou Sané.
    • 79': Substitution, Metz. Morgan Bokele replaces Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
    • 79': Substitution, Nantes. Bahmed Deuff replaces Dehmaine Tabibou.
    • 79': Substitution, Nantes. Mostafa Mohamed replaces Youssef El-Arabi.
    • 80': Handball by Alpha Touré (Metz).
    • 82': Goal! Nantes 0, Metz 1. Giorgi Abuashvili (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 83': Delay in match because of an injury Anthony Lopes (Nantes).
    • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Bahmed Deuff (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 86': Handball by Matthis Abline (Nantes).
    • 87': Foul by Cheikh Sabaly (Metz).
    • 87': Junior Mwanga (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 88': Offside, Metz. Habib Diallo is caught offside.
    • 89': Substitution, Nantes. Uros Radakovic replaces Nicolas Cozza.
    • 89': Substitution, Nantes. Patrik Carlgren replaces Anthony Lopes because of an injury.
    • 89': Goal! Nantes 0, Metz 2. Habib Diallo (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cheikh Sabaly with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Metz. Joel Asoro replaces Habib Diallo.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Metz. Benjamin Stambouli replaces Alpha Touré.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes).
    • 90'+3': Morgan Bokele (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
    • 90'+5': Koffi Kouao (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Joel Asoro (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giorgi Abuashvili.
    • 90'+7': Attempt blocked. Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benhattab with a cross.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Nantes 0, Metz 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Nantes 0, Metz 2.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 8
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 1
    5 Corner Kicks 8
    4 Saves 5
    47.8 Possession 52.2
    14 SHOTS 16
    7 ON GOAL 4
    0.5 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    275 Accurate Passes 302
    336 Passes 363
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 4
    16 Crosses 21
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    49 Long Balls 39
    22 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    0 Blocked Shots 6
    12 Effective Tackles 5
    25 Tackles 11
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    8 Interceptions 5
    31 Effective Clearances 23
    31 Clearances 23

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau
    Location: Nantes, France
    Attendance: 27,150

    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

    NAN Nantes (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anthony Lopes (GK)
    78 Tylel Tati
    6 Chidozie Awaziem
    80 Junior Mwanga
    3 Nicolas Cozza
    98 Kelvin Amian
    66 Louis Leroux
    17 Dehmaine Tabibou Yellow Card
    10 Matthis Abline
    11 Bahereba Guirassy
    19 Youssef El Arabi
    Nantes Substitutes:
    Kwon Hyeok-Kyu, Mostafa Mohamed, Sacha Ziani, Bahmed Deuff, Amady Camara, Yassine Benhattab, Fabien Centonze, Patrick Carlgren, Uros Radakovic.

    METZ Metz (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jonathan Fischer (GK)
    15 Terry Yegbe
    5 Jean-Philippe Gbamin
    2 Maxime Colin
    39 Koffi Kouao Yellow Card
    23 Ibou Sané Yellow Card
    20 Jessy Deminguet
    12 Alpha Touré Yellow Card
    30 Habib Diallo
    7 Giorgi Tsitaishvili
    14 Cheick Sabaly
    Metz Substitutes:
    Cleo Mélières, Joel Asoro, Benjamin Stambouli, Moustapha Diop, Morgan Bokele, Boubacar Traoré, Ismaël Guerti, Romain Jean Baptsiste, Giorgi Abuashvili.

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