Lorient vs Metz

26 November 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Romain Faivre 7’
Eli Junior Kroupi 22’

Cheick Tidiane Sabaly 1’
Ismael Traoré 65’
Ablie Jallow 83’ (pen)

Match summary

Metz came from behind to win 3-2 away at Lorient. Lorient led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Cheick Tidiane Sabaly put Metz ahead in the first minute, set up by Kévin Van Den Kerkhof, Romain Faivre equalised in the 7th minute, set up by Siriné Doucouré, and Eli Junior Kroupi put Lorient in front in the 22nd minute. In the second half, Ismael Traoré equalised with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Matthieu Udol and Ablie Jallow won it from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Metz created 1.85 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Lorient's 1.37 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 14

5 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.37 xG 1.85

1.37 Non-penalty xG 1.09

5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lorient Metz

Kick-off

1’

Cheick Tidiane Sabaly
Assist: Kévin Van Den Kerkhof

0-1

Romain Faivre
Assist: Siriné Doucouré

1-1

7’

Eli Junior Kroupi

2-1

22’

Half-time2-1

65’

Ismael Traoré
Assist: Matthieu Udol

2-2

83’

Ablie Jallow
Penalty

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lorient

Darline Yongwa
Siriné Doucouré

Metz

Matthieu Udol

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Lorient 1.37 xGMetz 1.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Metz attacking Lorient attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yvon Mvogo	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Formose Mendy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julien Laporte	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.04	1
Montassar Talbi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Darline Yongwa	DEF	62			1	0.01	0.07	1
Romain Faivre	MID	90	1		2	0.54	0.00	0
Laurent Abergel	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Tiemoué Bakayoko	MID	86			1	0.38	0.00	0
Jean-Victor Makengo	MID	86			1	0.03	0.00	0
Siriné Doucouré	FWD	62		1	1	0.07	0.43	1
Eli Junior Kroupi	FWD	62	1		2	0.18	0.38	1
Adrian Grbic	Sub	28			2	0.11	0.00	0
Benjamin Mendy	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.16	2
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julien Ponceau	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Théo Le Bris	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alexandre Oukidja	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Koffi Kouao	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Fali Candé	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Ismael Traoré	DEF	90	1		1	0.35	0.00	0
Matthieu Udol	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.47	4
Danley Jean Jacques	MID	90			4	0.06	0.00	0
Lamine Camara	MID	90			2	0.05	0.03	2
Kévin Van Den Kerkhof	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.41	1
Ablie Jallow	MID	90	1		1	0.76	0.11	2
Cheick Tidiane Sabaly	MID	69	1		2	0.43	0.00	0
Simon Elisor	FWD	68			2	0.10	0.02	1
Benjamin Tetteh	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.01	1
Joel Asoro	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Digbo Maiga	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lorient win 47% Avg odds 2.05

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.34

Metz win 25% Avg odds 3.87

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lorient D W L D L

Metz L L D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Lorient 1-0 Metz, 20 Apr 22 Next meeting: Metz 1-2 Lorient, 04 Feb 24 All Lorient vs Metz meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.