Metz vs Strasbourg

9 January 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Antony Gautier

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ludovic Ajorque 50’
  • Jean Eudes Aholou 90+1’

Match summary

Strasbourg beat Metz 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Ludovic Ajorque put Strasbourg ahead with a header in the 50th minute, set up by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Jean Eudes Aholou made it 0-2 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Ludovic Ajorque.

The chances backed that up: Strasbourg created 3.73 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Metz's 0.27 from 7.

Match stats

Metz Strasbourg
7 Shots 19
1 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.27 xG 3.70
0.27 Non-penalty xG 3.70
1 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Metz Strasbourg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
50’
Ludovic Ajorque
Assist: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde0-1 (Strasbourg)
90+1’
Jean Eudes Aholou
Assist: Ludovic Ajorque0-2 (Strasbourg)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Metz
  • Amadou Salif Mbengue
Strasbourg
  • Dmitri Lienard

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.27 3.73 50’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), 0-1 50’ 90+1’ Jean Eudes Aholou (Strasbourg), 0-2 90+1’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.27 3.73 50’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), 0-1 Ajorque 50’ 90+1’ Jean Eudes Aholou (Strasbourg), 0-2 Aholou 90+1’
Metz 0.27 xGStrasbourg 3.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Strasbourg attacking Metz attacking 
18’ Kevin Gameiro (Strasbourg), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 90+1’ Jean Eudes Aholou (Strasbourg), set piece, 0.55 xG, goal 50’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 66’ Kevin Gameiro (Strasbourg), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 58’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 83’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 85’ Dion Moise Sahi (Strasbourg), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 31’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 64’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Strasbourg), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 9’ Gerzino Nyamsi (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 1’ Frederic Guilbert (Strasbourg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Strasbourg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Amine Bassi (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Gerzino Nyamsi (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Frederic Guilbert (Strasbourg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Sanjin Prcic (Strasbourg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Sanjin Prcic (Strasbourg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 85’ Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 18’ Kevin Gameiro (Strasbourg), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 90+1’ Jean Eudes Aholou (Strasbourg), set piece, 0.55 xG, goal 50’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 66’ Kevin Gameiro (Strasbourg), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 58’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 83’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 85’ Dion Moise Sahi (Strasbourg), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 31’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 64’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Strasbourg), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 9’ Gerzino Nyamsi (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 1’ Frederic Guilbert (Strasbourg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Strasbourg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Gerzino Nyamsi (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Amine Bassi (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Vincent Pajot (Metz), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Frederic Guilbert (Strasbourg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Sanjin Prcic (Strasbourg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Sanjin Prcic (Strasbourg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Boubacar Traore (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 85’ Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marc-Aurele Caillard GK900 0.000.000
William Mikelbrencis DEF620 0.000.000
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik DEF900 0.000.000
Amadou Salif Mbengue DEF900 0.000.000
Jemerson DEF400 0.000.021
Thomas Delaine DEF900 0.000.052
Vincent Pajot MID901 0.040.000
Boubacar Traore MID902 0.030.000
Warren Tchimbembé MID690 0.000.122
Nicolas de Preville FWD692 0.130.000
Ibrahima Niane FWD620 0.000.000
Sikou Niakaté Sub500 0.000.000
Opa Nguette Sub280 0.000.031
Papa Ndiaga Yade Sub281 0.030.000
Amine Bassi Sub211 0.040.000
Lamine Gueye Sub210 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Metz win 20% Avg odds 4.74
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.84
Strasbourg win 55% Avg odds 1.74

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

Form going into the game

Metz WLLWD
Strasbourg DDWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Strasbourg 3-0 Metz, 17 Sep 21 Next meeting: Metz 0-1 Strasbourg, 24 Sep 23  All Metz vs Strasbourg 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.