French Ligue 1

Metz vs Nantes, 2025-26 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Metz
    FT
    0 - 0
    Nantes
    • Red Card 39': Tylel Tati

    About

    Metz are hosting Nantes at Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz, 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': Bouna Sarr (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 1': Foul by Johann Lepenant (Nantes).
    • 1': Attempt blocked. Jessy Deminguet (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Habib Diallo.
    • 1': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Mohamed Kaba.
    • 2': Attempt saved. Koffi Kouao (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Anthony Lopes (Nantes).
    • 2': Offside, Metz. Habib Diallo is caught offside.
    • 6': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Fabien Centonze (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ignatius Ganago.
    • 9': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Nicolas Cozza.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Habib Diallo (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gauthier Hein with a cross.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Jessy Deminguet (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Anthony Lopes (Nantes). Assisted by Giorgi Tsitaishvili with a cross.
    • 12': Offside, Metz. Bouna Sarr is caught offside.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gauthier Hein.
    • 16': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Sadibou Sané.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Francis Coquelin (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mohamed Kaba with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Ignatius Ganago (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthis Abline.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Gauthier Hein (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bouna Sarr following a fast break.
    • 20': Delay in match because of an injury Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Metz).
    • 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 21': Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
    • 21': Nicolas Cozza (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 23': Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
    • 23': Nicolas Cozza (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Delay in match because of an injury Koffi Kouao (Metz).
    • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 28': Offside, Metz. Gauthier Hein is caught offside.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Ignatius Ganago (Nantes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 31': Foul by Jessy Deminguet (Metz).
    • 31': Mohamed Kaba (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 31': Foul by Matthis Abline (Nantes).
    • 31': Koffi Kouao (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes).
    • 34': Habib Diallo (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 38': Foul by Maxime Colin (Metz).
    • 38': Johann Lepenant (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Bouna Sarr (Metz) is shown the yellow card.
    • 39': Foul by Tylel Tati (Nantes).
    • 39': Koffi Kouao (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Tylel Tati (Nantes) is shown the red card.
    • 39': Delay in match because of an injury Koffi Kouao (Metz).
    • 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Bouna Sarr (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Anthony Lopes (Nantes).
    • 43': Attempt saved. Bouna Sarr (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Anthony Lopes (Nantes).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Bouna Sarr (Metz).
    • 45'+3': Mohamed Kaba (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Metz 0, Nantes 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Metz 0, Nantes 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Nantes. Ali Youssif replaces Fabien Centonze.
    • 45': Substitution, Nantes. Deiver Machado replaces Ignatius Ganago.
    • 46': Ali Youssif (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 46': Foul by Gauthier Hein (Metz).
    • 47': Ali Youssif (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Gauthier Hein (Metz).
    • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Michel Mboula (Metz).
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Gauthier Hein (Metz) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
    • 52': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Sadibou Sané (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Habib Diallo with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 54': Foul by Sadibou Sané (Metz).
    • 54': Matthis Abline (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 55': Foul by Mohamed Kaba (Nantes).
    • 55': Pape Sy (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Habib Diallo (Metz).
    • 59': Frédéric Guilbert (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
    • 61': Nicolas Cozza (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 62': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Sadibou Sané.
    • 63': Foul by Francis Coquelin (Nantes).
    • 63': Gauthier Hein (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Francis Coquelin (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 63': Substitution, Metz. Nathan Mbala replaces Maxime Colin.
    • 63': Substitution, Metz. Believe Munongo replaces Michel Mboula.
    • 64': Offside, Metz. Koffi Kouao is caught offside.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Believe Munongo (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 67': Offside, Metz. Habib Diallo is caught offside.
    • 70': Delay in match because of an injury Johann Lepenant (Nantes).
    • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 72': Foul by Frédéric Guilbert (Nantes).
    • 72': Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 72': Deiver Machado (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Foul by Believe Munongo (Metz).
    • 72': Believe Munongo (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Substitution, Nantes. Herba Guirassy replaces Matthis Abline.
    • 74': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem.
    • 75': Foul by Ali Youssif (Nantes).
    • 75': Nathan Mbala (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Gauthier Hein (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Gauthier Hein (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Anthony Lopes (Nantes).
    • 77': Offside, Nantes. Deiver Machado is caught offside.
    • 78': Foul by Believe Munongo (Metz).
    • 78': Frédéric Guilbert (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Johann Lepenant (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Pape Sy (Metz). Assisted by Nicolas Cozza with a cross.
    • 79': Foul by Believe Munongo (Metz).
    • 79': Johann Lepenant (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Substitution, Metz. Lucas Michal replaces Bouna Sarr.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Habib Diallo (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nathan Mbala with a cross.
    • 84': Substitution, Nantes. Ibrahima Sissoko replaces Francis Coquelin.
    • 85': Foul by Ibrahima Sissoko (Nantes).
    • 85': Jessy Deminguet (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Frédéric Guilbert.
    • 87': Substitution, Metz. Giorgi Abuashvili replaces Jessy Deminguet.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Sadibou Sané (Metz) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gauthier Hein with a cross.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Habib Diallo (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Herba Guirassy (Nantes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Pape Sy (Metz). Assisted by Nicolas Cozza.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Giorgi Abuashvili (Metz) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gauthier Hein.
    • 88': Foul by Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Metz).
    • 88': Frédéric Guilbert (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Deiver Machado.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Lucas Michal (Metz) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Gbamin with a cross.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Nantes. Kelvin Amian replaces Mohamed Kaba.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Lucas Michal (Metz) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Nathan Mbala with a cross.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Ibrahima Sissoko (Nantes).
    • 90'+4': Nathan Mbala (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Offside, Metz. Gauthier Hein is caught offside.
    • 90'+5': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Gauthier Hein (Metz) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 90'+6': VAR Decision: No Goal Metz 0-0 Nantes.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Metz 0, Nantes 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Metz 0, Nantes 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/165.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originNAN METZhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/177.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    10 Fouls 14
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    1 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 6
    3 Corner Kicks 6
    5 Saves 2
    33.6 Possession 66.4
    6 SHOTS 19
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    227 Accurate Passes 499
    291 Passes 568
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 10
    13 Crosses 28
    0.2 Cross % 0.4
    45 Long Balls 32
    13 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    1 Blocked Shots 5
    11 Effective Tackles 16
    17 Tackles 23
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    15 Interceptions 7
    27 Effective Clearances 18
    27 Clearances 18

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien
    Location: Metz, France
    Attendance: 20,591

    Ligue 1 Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Paris Saint-Germain 29 +40 66
    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
    61 Pape Sy (GK)
    4 Urie-Michel Mboula
    38 Sadibou Sané
    2 Maxime Colin
    39 Koffi Kouao
    10 Gauthier Hein
    20 Jessy Deminguet
    5 Jean-Philippe Gbamin
    30 Habib Diallo
    7 Giorgi Tsitaishvili
    70 Bouna Sarr Yellow Card
    Metz Substitutes:
    Giorgi Kvilitaia, Believe Munongo, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Terry Yegbe, Giorgi Abuashvili, Jonathan Fischer, Nathan Mbala, Moustapha Diop, Lucas Michel.

    NAN Nantes (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anthony Lopes (GK)
    78 Tylel Tati Red Card
    6 Chidozie Awaziem
    13 Francis Coquelin Yellow Card
    3 Nicolas Cozza
    24 Frédéric Guilbert
    8 Johann Lepenant
    21 Mohamed Drame
    10 Matthis Abline
    18 Fabien Centonze
    37 Ignatius Ganago
    Nantes Substitutes:
    Ibrahima Sissoko, Youssef El Arabi, Bahereba Guirassy, Deiver Machado, Patrick Carlgren, Rémy Cabella, Mostafa Mohamed, Ali Almusrat, Kelvin Amian.

    Ligue 1 News

    Transfer rumors, news: Liverpool eye move for Kolo Muani
    Transfer rumors, news: Liverpool eye move for Kolo Muani

    Liverpool are looking at possibly signing Randal Kolo Muani. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.

    Kvaratskhelia double puts PSG back on track for Ligue 1 title
    Kvaratskhelia double puts PSG back on track for Ligue 1 title

    Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain recovered from its Ligue 1 loss to Lyon with a 3-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nantes on Wednesday.

    Tracking Europe's top soccer leagues: Title races, UCL, relegation
    Tracking Europe's top soccer leagues: Title races, UCL, relegation

    How are the battles for major honors, Champions League spots and relegation shaping up across the continent? Here's everything you need to know.

    Has Balogun's Ligue 1 hot streak secured his USMNT starting spot?
    Has Balogun's Ligue 1 hot streak secured his USMNT starting spot?

    Gab & Juls react to Folarin Balogun scoring in eight consecutive Ligue 1 games for Monaco.

    PSG suffer huge blow as Lyon victory opens up title race
    PSG suffer huge blow as Lyon victory opens up title race

    Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain suffered a shock defeat as Lyon boosted their hopes of playing Champions League football next season with a 2-1 success at Parc des Princes.