Niort 1-3 Metz: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 6 May 2023

Result

Niort 1-3 Metz

Ligue 2 · Saturday 6 May 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Niort · Metz · Ligue 2 predictions

Niort 1-3 Metz: match report

Niort lost to Metz 1-3 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 6 May 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

N. Elphege opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Niort's goal came from N. Elphege (42'). Metz scored through Georges Mikautadze (45', penalty), Youssef Maziz (51') and Georges Mikautadze (83').

Discipline: Niort received no yellow cards; Metz received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Niort were 20th on 27 points from 33 and Metz 3rd on 59 points from 33. Niort went on to finish that season 20th with 29 points, and Metz 2nd with 72.

Niort lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Metz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Georges Mikautadze of Metz (8.5), ahead of Youssef Maziz (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Niort win, 5 draws and 3 for Metz.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · N. ElphegeNiort · 1-0
  • 45'Penalty goal · Georges MikautadzeMetz · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Youssef MazizMetz · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · D. Jean JacquesMetz
  • 76'Yellow card · K. KouaoMetz
  • 83'Goal · Georges MikautadzeMetz · 1-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Niort 1, draws 5, Metz 3.

Team news

Niort line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jean Louchet, Dylan Durivaux, Guy-Marcelin Kilama, Quentin Bernard, Lenny Vallier, Charles Kabore, Bilal Boutobba, Samuel Renel, Moataz Zemzemi, Amadou Sagna, Nesta Elphege

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

A. Oukidja, Koffi Kouao, I. Traoré, Fali Candé, Matthieu Udol, Kévin N'Doram, Danley Jean Jacques, Ablie Jallow, Youssef Maziz, Cheikh Sabaly, Georges Mikautadze