Metz 1-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 April 2008

Result

Metz 1-2 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 April 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Metz 1-2 Olympique Marseille: match report

Metz were beaten by Olympique Marseille 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 12 April 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Cedric Barbosa opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Metz's goal came from Cedric Barbosa (3'). Olympique Marseille scored through Djibril Cissé (14') and Samir Nasri (57').

Discipline: Metz received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 20th on 19 points from 32 and Olympique Marseille 4th on 52 points from 32. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Olympique Marseille 3rd with 62.

Metz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Metz win, 0 draws and 2 for Olympique Marseille.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Cedric BarbosaMetz · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Djibril CisséOlympique Marseille · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Samir NasriOlympique Marseille · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · M. N'DiayeMetz
  • 87'Yellow card · Cedric BarbosaMetz

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Metz 1, draws 0, Olympique Marseille 2.

Team news

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

Christophe Marichez, Matheus Vivian, Sebastien Bassong, Eric Cubilier, Cheikh Matar Gueye, Vincent Bessat, Laurent Agouazi, Miralem Pjanić, Cedric Barbosa, Julien François, Babacar Gueye

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Julien Rodriguez, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Kanga Akale, Boudewijn Zenden, Modeste M'bami, Samir Nasri, Djibril Cissé, Mamadou Niang