Metz 2-1 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 January 2018
Result
Metz 2-1 Nice
Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 January 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Metz 2-1 Nice: match report
Metz beat Nice 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 27 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
N. Roux opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Metz's goals came from N. Roux (50') and N. Roux (62'). Nice scored through Mario Balotelli (57').
Discipline: Metz received 4 yellow cards; Nice received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Metz were 20th on 15 points from 22 and Nice 6th on 34 points from 22. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Nice 8th with 54.
Metz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nice in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nolan Roux of Metz (8.7), ahead of Mario Balotelli (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Metz win, 2 draws and 6 for Nice.
Going into the match Metz's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Nice's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Jean Michaël Seri
- 31'Yellow card · Patrick Burner
- 33'Yellow card · Fallou Diagne
- 45+2'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 50'Goal · N. Roux
- 51'Yellow card · N. Roux
- 57'Missed penalty · Mario Balotelli
- 57'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 57'Yellow card · Moussa Niakhaté
- 62'Goal · N. Roux
- 66'Yellow card · Renaud Cohade
- 79'Yellow card · Dante
- 87'Yellow card · Ignatius Ganago
Head-to-head
Team news
Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)
Eiji Kawashima, Fallou Diagne, Julian Palmieri, Moussa Niakhaté, Jonathan Rivierez, Georges Mandjeck, Nolan Roux, Danijel Miličević, Florent Mollet, Renaud Cohade, Emmanuel Rivière
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Walter Benítez, Racine Coly, Patrick Burner, Malang Sarr, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Nampalys Mendy, Mario Balotelli, Bassem Srarfi, Alassane Pléa