Nice 4-1 Metz: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 December 2019
Result
Nice 4-1 Metz
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 December 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Nice 4-1 Metz: match report
Nice defeated Metz 4-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 7 December 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Wylan Cyprien opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Nice's goals came from Wylan Cyprien (9'), Wylan Cyprien (41', penalty), Ignatius Ganago (59') and Pierre Lees-Melou (75'). Metz scored through I. Niane (74').
Discipline: Nice received no yellow cards; Metz received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 14th on 20 points from 16 and Metz 18th on 15 points from 16. This fixture belongs to an earlier Ligue 1 season and is kept for reference.
Nice lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Metz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wylan Cyprien of Nice (9.2), ahead of Pierre Lees-Melou (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Nice wins, 2 draws and 2 for Metz.
Going into the match Nice's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Metz's L-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Wylan Cyprien
- 35'Yellow card · John Boye
- 41'Penalty goal · Wylan Cyprien
- 59'Goal · Ignatius Ganago
- 74'Goal · I. Niane
- 75'Goal · Pierre Lees-Melou
- 82'Yellow card · Fabien Centonze
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-4-1-1)
Walter Benítez, Patrick Burner, Dante, Malang Sarr, Stanley Nsoki, Youcef Atal, Wylan Cyprien, Pierre Lees-Melou, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Adam Ounas, Kasper Dolberg
Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paul Delecroix, Fabien Centonze, Stoppila Sunzu, John Boye, Matthieu Udol, Mamadou Fofana, Habib Maïga, Thierry Ambrose, Adama Traoré, Thomas Delaine, Habib Diallo