Metz vs Lyon

6 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Karim Abed

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Farid Boulaya 75’

Memphis Depay 17’
Karl Toko Ekambi 47’, 60’

Match summary

Lyon beat Metz 3-1 on the road. Lyon led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Memphis Depay put Lyon ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Karl Toko Ekambi. In the second half, Karl Toko Ekambi made it 0-2 in the 47th minute, set up by Houssem Aouar, Ekambi made it 0-3 in the 60th minute, and Farid Boulaya pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 75th minute, set up by Opa Nguette.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Metz's 1.24 from 12. Farid Boulaya had a penalty saved for Metz. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

12 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 0

1 Red Cards 1

1.24 xG 1.81

0.48 Non-penalty xG 1.81

6 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Metz Lyon

Kick-off

17’

Memphis Depay
Assist: Karl Toko Ekambi

0-1

Half-time0-1

47’

Karl Toko Ekambi
Assist: Houssem Aouar

0-2

60’

Karl Toko Ekambi

0-3

Farid Boulaya
Assist: Opa Nguette

1-3

75’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Metz

John Boye
Pape Sarr

Lyon

Mathis Cherki

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 1.24 xGLyon 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lyon 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			1	0.01	0.06	1
Dylan Bronn	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
John Boye	DEF	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Delaine	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Digbo Maiga	MID	90			2	0.07	0.07	1
Victorien Angban	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pape Sarr	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Farid Boulaya	FWD	90	1		3	0.89	0.07	3
Thierry Ambrose	FWD	46			1	0.05	0.00	0
Opa Nguette	FWD	90		1	2	0.14	0.16	3
Aaron Leya Iseka	Sub	44			1	0.03	0.06	1
Warren Tchimbembé	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiki Kouyate	Sub	27			1	0.03	0.00	0
Marc-Aurele Caillard	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia De Sciglio	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.21	2
Jason Denayer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Maxwel Cornet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Paquetá	MID	90			1	0.07	0.34	4
Bruno Guimarães	MID	82			0	0.00	0.00	0
Houssem Aouar	MID	64		1	3	0.22	0.27	3
Tinotenda Kadewere	FWD	63			2	0.21	0.00	0
Memphis Depay	FWD	79	1		5	0.38	0.34	5
Karl Toko Ekambi	FWD	90	2	1	5	0.79	0.06	1
Moussa Dembele	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Caqueret	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Dubois	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.06	1
Mathis Cherki	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sinaly Diomande	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 14% Avg odds 6.55

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.57

Lyon win 65% Avg odds 1.47

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

Form going into the game

Metz W W D D L

Lyon W D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Metz 0-2 Lyon, 21 Feb 20 Next meeting: Lyon 0-1 Metz, 17 Jan 21 All Metz vs Lyon 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.