Metz vs Nantes

12 November 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Florent Batta

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Kévin Van Den Kerkhof 3’
Simon Elisor 28’
Joel Asoro 85’

Moses Simon 12’

Match summary

Metz saw off Nantes 3-1. Metz led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Kévin Van Den Kerkhof put Metz ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Matthieu Udol, Moses Simon equalised in the 12th minute, set up by Nicolas Pallois, and Simon Elisor put Metz back in front in the 28th minute, set up by Ablie Jallow. In the second half, Joel Asoro made it 3-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Kévin Van Den Kerkhof.

Nantes can feel hard done by, creating 1.76 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Metz's 0.94 from 9.

Match stats

9 Shots 16

4 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.94 xG 1.75

0.94 Non-penalty xG 1.75

4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Metz Nantes

Kick-off

Kévin Van Den Kerkhof
Assist: Matthieu Udol

1-0

3’

12’

Moses Simon
Assist: Nicolas Pallois

1-1

Simon Elisor
Assist: Ablie Jallow

2-1

28’

Half-time2-1

Joel Asoro
Assist: Kévin Van Den Kerkhof

3-1

85’

Full-time3-1

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 0.94 xGNantes 1.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nantes 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
Maxime Colin	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Ismael Traoré	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Christophe Herelle	DEF	72			1	0.03	0.06	1
Matthieu Udol	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.29	2
Danley Jean Jacques	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Lamine Camara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Kévin Van Den Kerkhof	MID	90	1	1	3	0.33	0.08	1
Ablie Jallow	MID	88		1	0	0.00	0.32	1
Papa Amadou Diallo	MID	88			0	0.00	0.01	1
Simon Elisor	FWD	90	1		1	0.32	0.12	1
Fali Candé	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin N'Doram	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Asoro	Sub	2	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Malick Mbaye	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean N'Guessan	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alban Lafont	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Charles Castelletto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Jean-Kevin Duverne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Pallois	DEF	58		1	0	0.00	0.43	1
Marcus Coco	MID	58			1	0.05	0.00	0
Quentin Merlin	MID	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Chirivella	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Moutoussamy	MID	85			1	0.08	0.00	0
Florent Mollet	MID	90			3	0.56	0.11	2
Moses Simon	MID	90	1		3	0.67	0.18	3
Mostafa Mohamed	FWD	58			2	0.09	0.08	1
Ignatius Ganago	Sub	32			2	0.11	0.65	2
Matthis Abline	Sub	32			2	0.06	0.00	0
Eray Cömert	Sub	32			1	0.09	0.04	1
Jaouen Hadjam	Sub	26			1	0.04	0.02	1
Adson	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 29% Avg odds 3.32

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.24

Nantes win 42% Avg odds 2.30

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

Form going into the game

Metz L L L D D

Nantes L W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Metz 0-0 Nantes, 27 Feb 22 Next meeting: Nantes 0-2 Metz, 03 Mar 24 All Metz vs Nantes 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.