Metz vs Lille

9 April 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Burak Yilmaz 60’
  • Mehmet Zeki Çelik 89’

Match summary

Lille beat Metz 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Burak Yilmaz put Lille ahead in the 60th minute, set up by Renato Sanches and Mehmet Zeki Çelik made it 0-2 from a corner in the 89th minute, set up by Domagoj Bradaric.

Metz can feel hard done by, creating 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Lille's 0.56 from 9. Aaron Leya Iseka had a penalty saved for Metz.

Match stats

Metz Lille
18 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 6
10 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.96 xG 0.56
1.20 Non-penalty xG 0.56
2 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Metz Lille
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
60’
Burak Yilmaz
Assist: Renato Sanches0-1 (Lille)
89’
Mehmet Zeki Çelik
Assist: Domagoj Bradaric0-2 (Lille)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Metz
  • Kiki Kouyate
  • Pape Sarr
Lille
  • José Fonte
  • Burak Yilmaz

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.56 60’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), 0-1 60’ 89’ Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille), 0-2 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.56 60’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), 0-1 Yilmaz 60’ 89’ Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille), 0-2 Çelik 89’
Metz 1.99 xGLille 0.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lille attacking Metz attacking 
17’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 58’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.58 xG, saved 60’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 32’ Digbo Maiga (Metz), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 13’ John Boye (Metz), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 71’ Benjamin André (Lille), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 50’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 31’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 58’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 67’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Digbo Maiga (Metz), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Fabien Centonze (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Jonathan Ikone (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Benjamin André (Lille), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Fabien Centonze (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Jonathan Ikone (Lille), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ Jonathan Ikone (Lille), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Boubakary Soumare (Lille), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 17’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 58’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.58 xG, saved 60’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 32’ Digbo Maiga (Metz), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 13’ John Boye (Metz), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 71’ Benjamin André (Lille), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 50’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 31’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 58’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 13’ Digbo Maiga (Metz), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Fabien Centonze (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Jonathan Ikone (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Benjamin André (Lille), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Fabien Centonze (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Jonathan Ikone (Lille), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ Jonathan Ikone (Lille), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Boubakary Soumare (Lille), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexandre Oukidja GK900 0.000.000
John Boye DEF901 0.080.000
Kiki Kouyate DEF900 0.000.021
Dylan Bronn DEF900 0.000.000
Fabien Centonze MID902 0.050.021
Matthieu Udol MID670 0.000.000
Pape Sarr MID903 0.090.001
Digbo Maiga MID902 0.140.000
Lamine Gueye FWD671 0.580.103
Aaron Leya Iseka FWD903 0.880.103
Farid Boulaya FWD904 0.110.224
Thomas Delaine Sub230 0.000.000
Papa Ndiaga Yade Sub232 0.060.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 16% Avg odds 6.10
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.60
Lille win 58% Avg odds 1.65

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

Form going into the game

Metz WLDLL
Lille DWDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lille 1-0 Metz, 13 Sep 20 Next meeting: Metz 3-3 Lille, 08 Aug 21  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.