Metz vs Nice

23 January 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Amaury Delerue

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Kephren Thuram 58’
  • Amine Gouiri 86’ (pen)

Match summary

Nice took a 2-0 win at Metz. It was goalless at half-time.

Kephren Thuram put Nice ahead in the 58th minute, set up by Amine Gouiri and Amine Gouiri made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 86th minute.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 1.95 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Metz's 0.23 from 8.

Match stats

Metz Nice
8 Shots 7
1 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.23 xG 1.95
0.23 Non-penalty xG 1.19
1 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Metz Nice
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
58’
Kephren Thuram
Assist: Amine Gouiri0-1 (Nice)
86’
Amine Gouiri
Penalty0-2 (Nice)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Metz
  • Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
  • Amadou Salif Mbengue
  • Papa Ndiaga Yade
Nice
  • Pablo Rosario

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.23 1.95 58’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), 0-1 58’ 86’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 0-2 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.23 1.95 58’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), 0-1 Thuram 58’ 86’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 0-2 Gouiri 86’
Metz 0.23 xGNice 1.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nice attacking Metz attacking 
86’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 58’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), set piece, 0.67 xG, goal 39’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 90+1’ Louis Mafouta (Metz), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 17’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 15’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 19’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 31’ Calvin Stengs (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 1’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Metz), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 86’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 58’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), set piece, 0.67 xG, goal 39’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 90+1’ Louis Mafouta (Metz), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 17’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 15’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 19’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 31’ Calvin Stengs (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 1’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Metz), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marc-Aurele Caillard GK900 0.000.000
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik DEF900 0.000.000
Ibrahim Amadou DEF900 0.000.000
Amadou Salif Mbengue DEF901 0.010.000
Thomas Delaine MID900 0.000.131
Vincent Pajot MID902 0.030.000
Boubacar Traore MID902 0.030.011
Papa Ndiaga Yade MID902 0.030.011
Farid Boulaya MID460 0.000.021
Opa Nguette FWD730 0.000.000
Ibrahima Niane FWD590 0.000.000
Warren Tchimbembé Sub440 0.000.000
Louis Mafouta Sub311 0.130.000
Lenny Joseph Sub170 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 19% Avg odds 5.00
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60
Nice win 54% Avg odds 1.76

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

Form going into the game

Metz LWDLW
Nice LWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nice 0-1 Metz, 27 Nov 21 Next meeting: Metz 0-1 Nice, 07 Oct 23  All Metz vs Nice 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.