Metz vs Lille

8 August 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Fabien Centonze 31’, 52’
Matthieu Udol 41’

Sven Botman 23’
Jonathan Ikone 81’
Burak Yilmaz 90+7’

Match summary

Metz and Lille drew 3-3. Metz led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Sven Botman put Lille ahead with a header in the 23rd minute, set up by Yusuf Yazici, Fabien Centonze equalised with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Thomas Delaine, and Matthieu Udol put Metz in front in the 41st minute, set up by Ibrahima Niane. In the second half, Centonze made it 3-1 in the 52nd minute, Jonathan Ikone pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 81st minute, set up by Isaac Lihadji, and Burak Yilmaz equalised in stoppage time, set up by Isaac Lihadji.

Lille had the better of the chances, with 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Metz's 1.02 from 12. Metz had a player sent off.

Match stats

12 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 7

4 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

1 Red Cards 0

1.02 xG 1.62

1.02 Non-penalty xG 1.62

3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Metz Lille

Kick-off

23’

Sven Botman
Assist: Yusuf Yazici

0-1

Fabien Centonze
Assist: Thomas Delaine

1-1

31’

Matthieu Udol
Assist: Ibrahima Niane

2-1

41’

Half-time2-1

Fabien Centonze

3-1

52’

81’

Jonathan Ikone
Assist: Isaac Lihadji

3-2

90+7’

Burak Yilmaz
Assist: Isaac Lihadji

3-3

Full-time3-3

Bookings

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

Metz

Kiki Kouyate
Dylan Bronn

Lille

Burak Yilmaz
Jonathan Ikone

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.

Metz 1.02 xGLille 1.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lille attacking Metz 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
Alexandre Oukidja	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthieu Udol	DEF	90	1		1	0.44	0.02	1
Dylan Bronn	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiki Kouyate	DEF	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabien Centonze	MID	90	2		3	0.17	0.07	1
Kevin N'Doram	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Digbo Maiga	MID	90			0	0.00	0.15	2
Thomas Delaine	MID	90		1	1	0.11	0.03	1
Pape Sarr	MID	90			4	0.12	0.14	2
Ibrahima Niane	FWD	73		1	1	0.02	0.44	1
Cheick Tidiane Sabaly	FWD	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mamadou Fofana	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lenny Joseph	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Georges Mikautadze	Sub	1			2	0.17	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Léo Jardim	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mehmet Zeki Çelik	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Sven Botman	DEF	90	1		2	0.61	0.02	1
José Fonte	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Reinildo	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Renato Sanches	MID	90			2	0.03	0.05	2
Benjamin André	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Yusuf Yazici	MID	62		1	0	0.00	0.61	2
Jonathan Bamba	MID	90			2	0.11	0.53	4
Burak Yilmaz	FWD	90	1		2	0.09	0.09	1
Jonathan Christian David	FWD	62			1	0.46	0.00	0
Jonathan Ikone	Sub	28	1		3	0.20	0.05	2
Timothy Weah	Sub	28			1	0.02	0.00	0
Isaac Lihadji	Sub	11		2	2	0.04	0.18	3

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 19% Avg odds 4.96

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30

Lille win 52% Avg odds 1.84

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

Form going into the game

Metz L W L L D

Lille W W W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Metz 0-2 Lille, 09 Apr 21 Next meeting: Lille 0-0 Metz, 18 Feb 22 All Metz vs Lille 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.