Metz 1-2 Dijon: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 October 2017

Result

Metz 1-2 Dijon

Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 October 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Metz · Dijon · Ligue 1 predictions

Metz 1-2 Dijon: match report

Metz were beaten by Dijon 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Cédric Varrault opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Metz's goal came from N. Roux (45'). Dijon scored through Cédric Varrault (10') and Naïm Sliti (49').

Discipline: Metz received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Dijon received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 20th on 3 points from 9 and Dijon 18th on 6 points from 9. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Dijon 11th with 48.

Metz lined up in a 4-4-2 and Dijon in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Xeka of Dijon (7.8), level with Papy Djilobodji (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Metz win, 1 draw and 0 for Dijon.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Cédric VarraultDijon · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Naïm SlitiDijon
  • 45'Goal · N. RouxMetz · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Naïm SlitiDijon · 1-2
  • 56'Yellow card · N. RouxMetz
  • 69'Red card · Fallou DiagneMetz
  • 85'Yellow card · Oussama HaddadiDijon

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Metz 1, draws 1, Dijon 0.

Team news

Metz line-up (4-4-2)

Eiji Kawashima, Fallou Diagne, Moussa Niakhaté, Iván Balliu, Jonathan Rivierez, Opa Nguette, Matthieu Dossevi, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Nolan Roux, Emmanuel Rivière

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

Baptiste Reynet, Papy Djilobodji, Oussama Haddadi, Valentin Rosier, Cédric Varrault, Naïm Sliti, Jordan Marié, Romain Amalfitano, Chang-hoon Kwon, Xeka, Benjamin Jeannot