Metz 2-0 Lens: result and report
Ligue 2 · Saturday 1 September 2018
Result
Metz 2-0 Lens
Ligue 2 · Saturday 1 September 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Metz 2-0 Lens: match report
Metz won against Lens 2-0 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 1 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Habib Diallo opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Metz's goals came from Habib Diallo (48') and I. Niane (90+4'). Lens did not score.
Discipline: Metz received 1 yellow card; Lens received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Metz were 1st on 15 points from 5 and Lens 3rd on 12 points from 4. Metz went on to finish that season 1st with 81 points, and Lens 5th with 65.
Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lens in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mamadou Fofana of Metz (8.6), ahead of I. Niane (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Metz wins, 1 draw and 5 for Lens.
Going into the match Metz's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Lens's W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 37'Red card · Fabien Centonze
- 42'Yellow card · J. Rivierez
- 47'Yellow card · Seif Teka
- 48'Goal · Habib Diallo
- 90+4'Goal · I. Niane
Head-to-head
Team news
Metz line-up (4-3-3)
A. Oukidja, Jonathan Rivierez, Stoppila Sunzu, Mamadou Fofana, Thomas Delaine, Renaud Cohade, Victorien Angban, Marvin Gakpa, Opa Nguette, Habib Diallo, Farid Boulaya
Lens line-up (4-3-3)
Jean-Louis Leca, Fabien Centonze, M. Tahrat, Aleksandar Radovanovic, Massadio Haïdara, El-Hadji Ba, Cheick Doucouré, Walid Mesloub, Thierry Ambrose, Yannick Gomis, Mounir Chouiar