Lorient 2-3 Metz: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 November 2023

Result

Lorient 2-3 Metz

Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 November 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Lorient 2-3 Metz: match report

Lorient lost to Metz 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 26 November 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Cheick Tidiane Sabaly opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Lorient's goals came from Romain Faivre (7') and Eli Junior Kroupi (22'). Metz scored through Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (1'), Ismaël Traoré (65') and Ablie Jallow (83', penalty).

Discipline: Lorient received 2 yellow cards; Metz received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lorient were 16th on 11 points from 12 and Metz 12th on 13 points from 12. Lorient went on to finish that season 16th with 29 points, and Metz 17th with 29.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Metz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Siriné Doucouré of Lorient (8.2), ahead of Romain Faivre (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Lorient wins, 1 draw and 2 for Metz.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Cheick Tidiane SabalyMetz · 0-1
  • 7'Goal · Romain FaivreLorient · 1-1
  • 22'Goal · Eli Junior KroupiLorient · 2-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Matthieu UdolMetz
  • 48'Yellow card · Darlin YongwaLorient
  • 57'Yellow card · Siriné DoucouréLorient
  • 65'Goal · Ismaël TraoréMetz · 2-2
  • 83'Penalty goal · Ablie JallowMetz · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lorient 7, draws 1, Metz 2.

Team news

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Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Yvon Mvogo, Formose Mendy, Julien Laporte, Montassar Talbi, Darlin Yongwa, Romain Faivre, Laurent Abergel, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Jean-Victor Makengo, Siriné Doucouré, Junior Kroupi

Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)

A. Oukidja, Koffi Kouao, I. Traoré, Fali Candé, Matthieu Udol, Danley Jean Jacques, Lamine Camara, Kevin Van Den Kerkhof, Ablie Jallow, Cheikh Sabaly, Simon Elisor