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 · Metz · Ligue 1 predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Wylan CyprienNice · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · John BoyeMetz
  • 41'Penalty goal · Wylan CyprienNice · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Ignatius GanagoNice · 3-0
  • 74'Goal · I. NianeMetz · 3-1
  • 75'Goal · Pierre Lees-MelouNice · 4-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Fabien CentonzeMetz

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 6, draws 2, Metz 2.

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