Saint-Étienne 1-3 Metz: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 22 April 2023

Result

Saint-Étienne 1-3 Metz

Ligue 2 · Saturday 22 April 2023, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

Saint-Étienne · Metz · Ligue 2 predictions

Saint-Étienne 1-3 Metz: match report

Saint-Étienne lost to Metz 1-3 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 22 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-3.

Georges Mikautadze opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Saint-Étienne's goal came from N. Nkounkou (37'). Metz scored through Georges Mikautadze (10'), K. Kouao (12') and Georges Mikautadze (26', penalty).

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards; Metz received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 8th on 45 points from 31 and Metz 3rd on 55 points from 31. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and Metz 2nd with 72.

Saint-Étienne lined up in a 3-5-2 and Metz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jean-Philippe Krasso of Saint-Étienne (8.4), ahead of Georges Mikautadze (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Saint-Étienne wins, 2 draws and 5 for Metz.

Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Metz's W-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Georges MikautadzeMetz · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · K. KouaoMetz · 0-2
  • 25'Yellow card · Victor LobrySaint-Étienne
  • 26'Penalty goal · Georges MikautadzeMetz · 0-3
  • 37'Goal · N. NkounkouSaint-Étienne · 1-3
  • 74'Yellow card · Alexandre OukidjaMetz
  • 79'Red card · Lamine CamaraMetz
  • 79'Yellow card · Gautier LarsonneurSaint-Étienne
  • 90'Yellow card · Habib MaïgaMetz

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Saint-Étienne 3, draws 2, Metz 5.

Team news

Saint-Étienne line-up (3-5-2)

Gautier Larsonneur, Saïdou Sow, Jimmy Giraudon, Léo Pétrot, Mathieu Cafaro, Benjamin Bouchouari, Lamine Fomba, Victor Lobry, Niels Nkounkou, Jean-Philippe Krasso, Ibrahima Wadji

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

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