Metz vs Saint-Etienne

25 October 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Karim Abed

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Farid Boulaya 5’
  • Nelson Sissoko 78’ (og)

Match summary

Metz beat Saint-Etienne 2-0. Metz led 1-0 at half-time.

Farid Boulaya put Metz ahead with a direct free kick in the 5th minute and Sissoko's own goal made it 2-0 in the 78th minute.

Saint-Etienne can feel hard done by, creating 0.63 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Metz's 0.33 from 6.

Match stats

Metz Saint-Etienne
6 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 0
5 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.33 xG 0.63
0.33 Non-penalty xG 0.63
1 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Metz Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
Farid Boulaya1-0 (Metz)
5’
Half-time1-0
Nelson Sissoko
Own goal2-0 (Metz)
78’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Metz
  • Vincent Pajot
  • Victorien Angban
  • Digbo Maiga
Saint-Etienne
  • Panagiotis Retsos
  • Yvan Neyou
  • Denis Bouanga

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 0.33 0.63 5’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), 1-0 5’ 78’ Nelson Sissoko (Metz) own goal, 2-0 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.33 0.63 5’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), 1-0 Boulaya 5’ 78’ Nelson Sissoko (Metz) own goal, 2-0 Sissoko 78’
Metz 0.33 xGSaint-Etienne 0.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Metz attacking 
69’ Marvin Tshibuabua (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.38 xG, off target 24’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Opa Nguette (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 71’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 74’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 11’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Yvan Neyou (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Lucas Gourna Douath (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Mahdi Camara (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 54’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Marvin Tshibuabua (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Nelson Sissoko (Saint-Etienne), own goal 69’ Marvin Tshibuabua (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.38 xG, off target 24’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Opa Nguette (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 71’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 74’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 11’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Yvan Neyou (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Lucas Gourna Douath (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Mahdi Camara (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 54’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Marvin Tshibuabua (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Nelson Sissoko (Saint-Etienne), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexandre Oukidja GK900 0.000.000
Fabien Centonze DEF900 0.000.000
John Boye DEF900 0.000.000
Dylan Bronn DEF900 0.000.000
Matthieu Udol DEF900 0.000.000
Vincent Pajot MID902 0.160.000
Victorien Angban MID900 0.000.071
Digbo Maiga MID900 0.000.031
Lamine Gueye FWD560 0.000.000
Opa Nguette FWD901 0.070.000
Farid Boulaya FWD9013 0.110.162
Vágner Sub340 0.000.000
Mamadou Fofana Sub10 0.000.000
Warren Tchimbembé Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 45% Avg odds 2.12
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.25
Saint-Etienne win 26% Avg odds 3.69

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

Form going into the game

Metz LWDWD
Saint-Etienne WDLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Metz 3-1 Saint-Etienne, 02 Feb 20 Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 1-0 Metz, 07 Feb 21  All Metz vs Saint-Etienne 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.