Metz vs Lorient

4 October 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jérôme Miguelgorry

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Ibrahima Niane 44’ (pen), 59’, 64’

Pierre-Yves Hamel 36’

Match summary

Metz came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Lorient. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Pierre-Yves Hamel put Lorient ahead with a header in the 36th minute and Ibrahima Niane equalised from the penalty spot in the 44th minute. In the second half, Niane put Metz in front in the 59th minute, set up by Digbo Maiga and Niane made it 3-1 with a header in the 64th minute, set up by Victorien Angban.

The chances backed that up: Metz created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Lorient's 0.90 from 10.

Match stats

16 Shots 10

8 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.60 xG 0.85

0.84 Non-penalty xG 0.85

6 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Metz Lorient

Kick-off

36’

Pierre-Yves Hamel

0-1

Ibrahima Niane
Penalty

1-1

44’

Half-time1-1

Ibrahima Niane
Assist: Digbo Maiga

2-1

59’

Ibrahima Niane
Assist: Victorien Angban

3-1

64’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Metz

Victorien Angban

Lorient

Yoane Wissa
Laurent Abergel

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 1.61 xGLorient 0.90 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lorient 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
Fabien Centonze	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.03	1
John Boye	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dylan Bronn	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Matthieu Udol	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.05	1
Digbo Maiga	MID	90		1	1	0.13	0.08	1
Victorien Angban	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.13	1
Opa Nguette	MID	84			4	0.24	0.07	3
Vincent Pajot	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Thierry Ambrose	MID	65			0	0.00	0.12	3
Ibrahima Niane	FWD	90	3		5	1.04	0.10	1
Papa Ndiaga Yade	Sub	25			1	0.03	0.00	0
Warren Tchimbembé	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youssef Maziz	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Paul Nardi	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Houboulang Mendes	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Julien Laporte	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérémy Morel	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Fontaine	DEF	70		0	0.00	0.00	0
Vincent Le Goff	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Yoane Wissa	MID	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Laurent Abergel	MID	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Fabien Lemoine	MID	70		0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Monconduit	MID	81		2	0.11	0.12	1
Pierre-Yves Hamel	FWD	70	1	3	0.64	0.00	0
Adrian Grbic	Sub	20		1	0.04	0.00	0
Stéphane Diarra	Sub	20		1	0.01	0.02	1
Enzo Le Fée	Sub	20		1	0.02	0.06	1
Sylvain Marveaux	Sub	9		1	0.06	0.00	0
Umut Bozok	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 40% Avg odds 2.35

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.13

Lorient win 30% Avg odds 3.23

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

Form going into the game

Metz L L L W D

Lorient W L L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lorient 2-1 Metz, 16 May 21 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.