Nice vs Metz

21 February 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jeremy Stinat

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Amine Gouiri 61’ (pen)
  • Kiki Kouyate 15’
  • Lamine Gueye 38’

Match summary

Metz beat Nice 2-1 on the road. Metz led 2-0 at half-time.

Kiki Kouyate put Metz ahead from a corner in the 15th minute, set up by Farid Boulaya, Lamine Gueye made it 0-2 with a header in the 38th minute, set up by Matthieu Udol, and Amine Gouiri pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 61st minute.

The chances backed that up: Metz created 1.48 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Nice's 1.05 from 12.

Match stats

Nice Metz
12 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.05 xG 1.43
0.29 Non-penalty xG 1.43
0 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nice Metz
Kick-off
15’
Kiki Kouyate
Assist: Farid Boulaya0-1 (Metz)
38’
Lamine Gueye
Assist: Matthieu Udol0-2 (Metz)
Half-time0-2
Amine Gouiri
Penalty1-2 (Nice)
61’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Malik Sellouki
Metz
  • Kiki Kouyate

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.05 1.48 15’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), 0-1 15’ 38’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), 0-2 38’ 61’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 1-2 61’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.05 1.48 15’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), 0-1 Kouyate 15’ 38’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), 0-2 Gueye 38’ 61’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 1-2 Gouiri 61’
Nice 1.05 xGMetz 1.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Metz attacking Nice attacking 
61’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 15’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), from a corner, 0.62 xG, goal 38’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 85’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 17’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Malik Sellouki (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 64’ Malik Sellouki (Nice), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Andy Pelmard (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Vágner (Metz), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Hassane Kamara (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 66’ William Saliba (Nice), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Morgan Schneiderlin (Nice), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 61’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 15’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), from a corner, 0.62 xG, goal 38’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 85’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 17’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 89’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Malik Sellouki (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Malik Sellouki (Nice), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 51’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 74’ Andy Pelmard (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Vágner (Metz), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Hassane Kamara (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Matthieu Udol (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 66’ William Saliba (Nice), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Morgan Schneiderlin (Nice), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Walter Benítez GK900 0.000.000
Andy Pelmard DEF901 0.030.000
Jean-Clair Todibo DEF900 0.000.011
William Saliba DEF901 0.010.000
Hassane Kamara DEF621 0.030.000
Hichem Boudaoui MID901 0.020.000
Alexis Claude Maurice MID902 0.040.103
Pierre Lees-Melou MID671 0.010.031
Dan Ndoye FWD620 0.000.000
Myziane Maolida FWD900 0.000.021
Amine Gouiri FWD9012 0.800.011
Stanley N'Soki Sub280 0.000.021
Malik Sellouki Sub282 0.090.000
Morgan Schneiderlin Sub231 0.010.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 44% Avg odds 2.15
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.17
Metz win 26% Avg odds 3.66

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

Form going into the game

Nice LLWLL
Metz WWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Metz 1-1 Nice, 09 Jan 21 Next meeting: Nice 0-1 Metz, 27 Nov 21  All Nice vs Metz 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.