Olympique Marseille 3-1 Metz: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 November 2007
Result
Olympique Marseille 3-1 Metz
Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 November 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Olympique Marseille 3-1 Metz: match report
Olympique Marseille defeated Metz 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 24 November 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Boudewijn Zenden opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Boudewijn Zenden (29'), Mamadou Niang (36') and Mamadou Niang (69'). Metz scored through Cheikh Matar Gueye (87').
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Metz received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 17th on 14 points from 14 and Metz 20th on 7 points from 14. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Metz 20th with 24.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-4-2 and Metz in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Olympique Marseille win, 0 draws and 1 for Metz.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Metz's L-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Pascal Delhommeau
- 29'Goal · Boudewijn Zenden
- 32'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 36'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 38'Yellow card · Cheikh Matar Gueye
- 51'Yellow card · Mamadou Niang
- 64'Yellow card · Flavien Belson
- 64'Yellow card · Flavien Belson Bengaber
- 69'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 87'Goal · Cheikh Matar Gueye
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-4-2)
Steve Mandanda, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Julien Rodriguez, Mathieu Valbuena, Samir Nasri, Mamadou Niang
Metz expected line-up (4-4-2)
Christophe Marichez, Sebastien Bassong, Pape Diop, Eric Cubilier, Laurent Agouazi, Daniel Gygax, Cedric Barbosa, Miralem Pjanić, Stéphane Léoni, Julien François