Nantes 1-0 Metz: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 September 2017

Result

Nantes 1-0 Metz

Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 September 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nantes 1-0 Metz: match report

Nantes defeated Metz 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 30 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Emiliano Sala of Nantes in the 3rd minute.

Discipline: Nantes received 2 yellow cards; Metz received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nantes were 6th on 13 points from 7 and Metz 20th on 3 points from 7. Nantes went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Metz 20th with 26.

Nantes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Metz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Valentin Rongier of Nantes (8.0), ahead of Abdoulaye Touré (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nantes win, 4 draws and 1 for Metz.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Emiliano SalaNantes · 1-0
  • 46'Yellow card · Benoît Assou-EkottoMetz
  • 52'Second yellow · Benoît Assou-EkottoMetz
  • 63'Yellow card · Renaud CohadeMetz
  • 90'Yellow card · Lucas LimaNantes
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Andrei GirottoNantes
  • 90+5'Missed penalty · N. RouxMetz
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Iván BalliuMetz

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Nantes 1, draws 4, Metz 1.

Team news

Nantes line-up (4-4-2)

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Diego Carlos, Koffi Djidji, Lucas Lima, Léo Dubois, Adrien Thomasson, Yassine El Ghanassy, Abdoulaye Touré, Valentin Rongier, Emiliano Sala, Préjuce Nakoulma

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

Eiji Kawashima, Milan Biševac, Moussa Niakhaté, Iván Balliu, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Gerónimo Poblete, Opa Nguette, Matthieu Dossevi, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Nolan Roux