Metz vs Saint-Etienne

2 February 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee Antony Gautier

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Opa Nguette 44’, 70’
Habib Diallo 63’

Romain Hamouma 89’

Match summary

Metz won 3-1 at home to Saint-Etienne. Metz led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Opa Nguette put Metz ahead in the 44th minute, set up by Habib Diallo. In the second half, Habib Diallo made it 2-0 in the 63rd minute, set up by Opa Nguette, Nguette made it 3-0 in the 70th minute, set up by Vincent Pajot, and Romain Hamouma pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 89th minute, set up by Yann M'Vila.

Saint-Etienne can feel hard done by, creating 2.48 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Metz's 0.88 from 10.

Match stats

10 Shots 17

6 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 8

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.88 xG 2.46

0.88 Non-penalty xG 2.46

1 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Metz Saint-Etienne

Kick-off

Opa Nguette
Assist: Habib Diallo

1-0

44’

Half-time1-0

Habib Diallo
Assist: Opa Nguette

2-0

63’

Opa Nguette
Assist: Vincent Pajot

3-0

70’

89’

Romain Hamouma
Assist: Yann M'Vila3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Saint-Etienne

Yohan Cabaye
Romain Hamouma

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 0.88 xGSaint-Etienne 2.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Saint-Etienne 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			0	0.00	0.03	2
John Boye	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dylan Bronn	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthieu Udol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin N'Doram	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Digbo Maiga	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Vincent Pajot	MID	89		1	0	0.00	0.61	2
Opa Nguette	FWD	73	2	1	2	0.64	0.07	1
Habib Diallo	FWD	90	1	1	4	0.15	0.10	3
Ibrahima Niane	FWD	82			2	0.05	0.00	0
Thierry Ambrose	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Delaine	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victorien Angban	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Stéphane Ruffier	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mathieu Debuchy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.41	1
Loic Perrin	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.04	1
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Miguel Trauco	DEF	69			0	0.00	0.03	1
Yann M'Vila	MID	90		1	1	0.35	0.47	2
Yohan Cabaye	MID	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Franck Honorat	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Wahbi Khazri	MID	90			10	0.82	0.02	1
Denis Bouanga	MID	90			3	0.37	0.02	1
Charles Nathan Abi	FWD	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Romain Hamouma	Sub	43	1		2	0.86	0.06	1
Lois Diony	Sub	21			1	0.03	0.02	1
Zaydou Youssef	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.02	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 32% Avg odds 2.98

Draw 32% Avg odds 2.97

Saint-Etienne win 36% Avg odds 2.62

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

Form going into the game

Metz L D D W W

Saint-Etienne L L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 0-1 Metz, 25 Sep 19 Next meeting: Metz 2-0 Saint-Etienne, 25 Oct 20 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.

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