Lorient 1-1 Metz: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 January 2026

Result

Lorient 1-1 Metz

Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 January 2026, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

Lorient · Metz · Ligue 1 predictions

Lorient 1-1 Metz: match report

Lorient drew with Metz 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Sadibou Sané opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Lorient's goal came from Bamba Dieng (73'). Metz scored through Sadibou Sané (29').

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

Going into the game Lorient were 12th on 18 points from 16 and Metz 18th on 11 points from 16. Lorient went on to finish that season 9th with 45 points, and Metz 18th with 17.

Lorient lined up in a 3-4-3 and Metz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sadibou Sané of Metz (7.9), ahead of Gauthier Hein (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Lorient wins, 1 draw and 3 for Metz.

Going into the match Lorient's last five read D-W-W-D-D and Metz's L-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Sadibou SanéMetz · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ibou SanéMetz
  • 62'Yellow cardLorient
  • 63'Yellow card · Mohamed BambaLorient
  • 69'Yellow card · Koffi KouaoMetz
  • 73'Goal · Bamba DiengLorient · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lorient 6, draws 1, Metz 3.

Team news

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Lorient line-up (3-4-3)

Yvon Mvogo, Bamo Meïté, Nathaniel Adjei, Igor Silva, Joel Mvuka, Laurent Abergel, Noah Cadiou, Théo Le Bris, Jean-Victor Makengo, Sambou Soumano, Pablo Pagis

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

Jonathan Fischer, Koffi Kouao, Sadibou Sané, Michel Mboula, Maxime Colin, Jessy Deminguet, Boubacar Traoré, Malick Mbaye, Gauthier Hein, Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Ibou Sané