Metz 2-0 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

Metz 2-0 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 December 2020, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Metz 2-0 Lens: match report

Metz beat Lens 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 19 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

O. Nguette opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Metz's goals came from O. Nguette (30') and F. Boulaya (90+4'). Lens did not score.

Discipline: Metz received 1 yellow card; Lens received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Metz were 12th on 20 points from 15 and Lens 7th on 24 points from 14. Metz went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Lens 7th with 57.

Metz lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Lens in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Farid Boulaya of Metz (8.8), ahead of Kiki Kouyaté (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Metz wins, 2 draws and 4 for Lens.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · O. NguetteMetz · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · F. BoulayaMetz
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Florian SotocaLens
  • 90+4'Goal · F. BoulayaMetz · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Metz 4, draws 2, Lens 4.

Team news

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

A. Oukidja, Dylan Bronn, Kiki Kouyaté, John Boye, Fabien Centonze, Victorien Angban, Habib Maïga, Thomas Delaine, Farid Boulaya, Opa Nguette, Papa Ndiaga Yade

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

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Loïc Badé, Massadio Haïdara, Jonathan Clauss, Yannick Cahuzac, Cheick Doucouré, Issiaga Sylla, Gaël Kakuta, Ignatius Ganago, Florian Sotoca