Metz vs Nantes

24 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jérôme Miguelgorry

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Aaron Leya Iseka 35’
  • Farid Boulaya 90+4’

Match summary

Metz saw off Nantes 2-0. Metz led 1-0 at half-time.

Aaron Leya Iseka put Metz ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Farid Boulaya and Farid Boulaya made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by John Boye.

The chances backed that up: Metz created 0.83 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Nantes's 0.24 from 8.

Match stats

Metz Nantes
14 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 0
4 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.83 xG 0.24
0.83 Non-penalty xG 0.24
1 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Metz Nantes
Kick-off
Aaron Leya Iseka
Assist: Farid Boulaya1-0 (Metz)
35’
Half-time1-0
Farid Boulaya
Assist: John Boye2-0 (Metz)
90+4’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Metz
  • Pape Sarr
  • Farid Boulaya
  • Vágner
Nantes
  • Marcus Coco

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 0.24 35’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), 1-0 35’ 90+4’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), 2-0 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 0.24 35’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), 1-0 Iseka 35’ 90+4’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), 2-0 Boulaya 90+4’
Metz 0.83 xGNantes 0.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nantes attacking Metz attacking 
35’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 5’ Vágner (Metz), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+4’ Thierry Ambrose (Metz), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 89’ Mamadou Fofana (Metz), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 77’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Pape Sarr (Metz), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 72’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Marcus Coco (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 14’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Vágner (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 46’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 5’ Vágner (Metz), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+4’ Thierry Ambrose (Metz), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 89’ Mamadou Fofana (Metz), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 77’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Pape Sarr (Metz), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 72’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Marcus Coco (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 12’ Vágner (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 32’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 46’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 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
John Boye DEF9010 0.000.041
Kiki Kouyate DEF900 0.000.000
Dylan Bronn DEF900 0.000.081
Fabien Centonze MID900 0.000.131
Pape Sarr MID903 0.070.000
Victorien Angban MID810 0.000.011
Matthieu Udol MID902 0.090.011
Farid Boulaya MID90114 0.100.333
Aaron Leya Iseka FWD6711 0.300.000
Vágner FWD672 0.140.000
Thierry Ambrose Sub231 0.080.000
Lamine Gueye Sub230 0.000.000
Mamadou Fofana Sub91 0.070.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 36% Avg odds 2.63
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.11
Nantes win 33% Avg odds 2.85

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

Form going into the game

Metz WLDDW
Nantes DLDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nantes 1-1 Metz, 22 Nov 20 Next meeting: Nantes 2-0 Metz, 15 Aug 21  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.