Metz vs Lorient

4 February 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Romain Lissorgue

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Didier Lamkel Zé 22’
  • Mohamed Bamba 19’
  • Panos Katseris 58’

Match summary

Lorient beat Metz 2-1 on the road. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mohamed Bamba put Lorient ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Imran Louza, Didier Lamkel Zé equalised in the 22nd minute, set up by Georges Mikautadze, and Panos Katseris won it in the 58th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lorient created 1.39 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Metz's 0.83 from 10.

Match stats

Metz Lorient
10 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.82 xG 1.37
0.82 Non-penalty xG 1.37
3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Metz Lorient
Kick-off
19’
Mohamed Bamba
Assist: Imran Louza0-1 (Lorient)
Didier Lamkel Zé
Assist: Georges Mikautadze1-1 (Metz)
22’
Half-time1-1
58’
Panos Katseris1-2 (Lorient)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Metz
  • Maxime Colin
  • Kevin N'Doram
  • Cheick Tidiane Sabaly
Lorient
  • Formose Mendy

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 1.39 19’ Mohamed Bamba (Lorient), 0-1 19’ 22’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), 1-1 22’ 58’ Panos Katseris (Lorient), 1-2 58’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 1.39 19’ Mohamed Bamba (Lorient), 0-1 Bamba 19’ 22’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), 1-1 Zé 22’ 58’ Panos Katseris (Lorient), 1-2 Katseris 58’
Metz 0.83 xGLorient 1.39 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lorient attacking Metz attacking 
37’ Souleymane Isaak Touré (Lorient), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 19’ Mohamed Bamba (Lorient), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 22’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 58’ Panos Katseris (Lorient), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 90+6’ Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (Metz), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 53’ Théo Le Bris (Lorient), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+6’ Kevin N'Doram (Metz), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 62’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 58’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 76’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ Joel Asoro (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ Georges Mikautadze (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Kévin Van Den Kerkhof (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Mohamed Bamba (Lorient), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sadibou Sané (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Souleymane Isaak Touré (Lorient), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 19’ Mohamed Bamba (Lorient), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 22’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 58’ Panos Katseris (Lorient), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 90+6’ Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (Metz), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 53’ Théo Le Bris (Lorient), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+6’ Kevin N'Doram (Metz), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 62’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 58’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Joel Asoro (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 76’ Didier Lamkel Zé (Metz), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Georges Mikautadze (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Kévin Van Den Kerkhof (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Imran Louza (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Mohamed Bamba (Lorient), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Julien Ponceau (Lorient), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sadibou Sané (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexandre Oukidja GK900 0.000.000
Maxime Colin DEF850 0.000.000
Ismael Traoré DEF900 0.000.000
Fali Candé DEF760 0.000.000
Matthieu Udol DEF900 0.000.051
Kevin N'Doram MID901 0.090.101
Kévin Van Den Kerkhof MID861 0.040.000
Danley Jean Jacques MID900 0.000.000
Lamine Camara MID610 0.000.000
Didier Lamkel Zé MID9013 0.430.061
Georges Mikautadze FWD8611 0.050.352
Cheick Tidiane Sabaly Sub292 0.160.051
Arthur Atta Sub140 0.000.041
Sadibou Sané Sub51 0.020.000
Benjamin Tetteh Sub40 0.000.000
Joel Asoro Sub41 0.050.091

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 46% Avg odds 2.06
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.17
Lorient win 24% Avg odds 4.05

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

Form going into the game

Metz LLLLL
Lorient LLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lorient 2-3 Metz, 26 Nov 23 Next meeting: Lorient 1-1 Metz, 04 Jan 26  All Metz vs Lorient 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.