Nice vs Metz

27 January 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Stéphanie Frappart

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Evann Guessand 77’ (pen)

Match summary

Nice beat Metz 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Evann Guessand put Nice ahead from the penalty spot in the 77th minute.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 1.97 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Metz's 0.12 from 2.

Match stats

Nice Metz
15 Shots 2
9 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.97 xG 0.12
1.21 Non-penalty xG 0.12
8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Nice Metz
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Evann Guessand
Penalty
1-0 (Nice)
77’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Melvin Bard
Metz
  • Cheick Tidiane Sabaly

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 1.97 0.12 77’ Evann Guessand (Nice), 1-0 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.97 0.12 77’ Evann Guessand (Nice), 1-0 Guessand 77’
Nice 1.97 xGMetz 0.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Metz attacking Nice attacking 
77’ Evann Guessand (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 51’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 84’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 81’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 43’ Morgan Sanson (Nice), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 40’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 27’ Fali Candé (Metz), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 40’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 43’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 6’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 22’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 70’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Morgan Sanson (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 67’ Dante (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Evann Guessand (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 51’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 84’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 81’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 43’ Morgan Sanson (Nice), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 40’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 27’ Fali Candé (Metz), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 40’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 43’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 22’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 70’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Morgan Sanson (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 67’ Dante (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marcin Bulka GK900 0.000.000
Jordan Lotomba DEF850 0.000.061
Dante DEF901 0.020.332
Jean-Clair Todibo DEF900 0.000.322
Melvin Bard DEF900 0.000.021
Youssouf Ndayishimiye MID901 0.030.000
Morgan Sanson MID852 0.100.031
Kephren Thuram MID692 0.140.000
Gaetan Laborde FWD903 0.170.000
Evann Guessand FWD9012 1.060.121
Mohamed Ali-Cho FWD690 0.000.081
Alexis Claude Maurice Sub212 0.130.000
Sofiane Diop Sub212 0.330.000
Hichem Boudaoui Sub50 0.000.000
Pablo Rosario Sub50 0.000.000
Romain Perraud Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 66% Avg odds 1.45
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.16
Metz win 11% Avg odds 8.54

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

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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.