Metz 2-1 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 March 2020

Result

Metz 2-1 Nîmes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 March 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Metz 2-1 Nîmes: match report

Metz defeated Nîmes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 7 March 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Opa Nguette opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Metz's goals came from Opa Nguette (7') and John Boye (81'). Nîmes scored through Lucas Deaux (49').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Metz were 15th on 31 points from 27 and Nîmes 18th on 27 points from 27. This fixture belongs to an earlier Ligue 1 season and is kept for reference.

Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nîmes in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Habib Maïga of Metz (7.9), ahead of Lucas Deaux (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Opa NguetteMetz · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Lucas DeauxNîmes · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · John BoyeMetz · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Metz 0, draws 1, Nîmes 0.

Team news

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Metz line-up (4-3-3)

A. Oukidja, Fabien Centonze, Dylan Bronn, John Boye, Matthieu Udol, Habib Maïga, Kévin N'Doram, Vincent Pajot, Farid Boulaya, I. Niane, Opa Nguette

Nîmes line-up (4-2-2-2)

Paul Bernardoni, Gaëtan Paquiez, Loïck Landre, Pablo Martinez, Renaud Ripart, Lucas Deaux, Sidy Sarr, Yassine Benrahou, Zinedine Ferhat, Moussa Koné, Nolan Roux