LONGEVILLE-LèS-METZ. Metz bounces back against Reims with a goal on the O. Diakité 17′ and a goal on the T. Teuma 52′. Reims was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Stade Saint-Symphorien stadium in Longeville-lès-Metz on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Mathieu Vernice with the support of Steven Torregrossa and Thomas Luczynski. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.94 degrees Celsius or 76.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Reims was in firm control of the ball 64% while Metz was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Reims was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Reims to win the match​.

Metz shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Reims shot 12 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Metz didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Reims received 4 yellow cards (Oumar Diakité, Amir Richardson, Thomas Foket and Teddy Teuma).

Standings

After playing this match, Metz will have 5 points like Le Havre, Lorient and Toulouse to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Reims will have 7 points like Brest and Lille to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Reims will play away agasint Lille on the 26th of September with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Reims (5 draws).

Metz – Formation

Metz adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager László Bölöni decided to play with the following team: Alexandre Oukidja (6.3), Koffi Kouao (7.0), Sadibou Sané (6.6), Fali Candé (6.7), Matthieu Udol (7.0), Danley Jean Jacques (6.6), Kévin N’Doram (6.1), Lamine Camara (7.5), J. Asoro (7.0), Simon Elisor (6.8) and Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Habib Maïga, Christophe Herelle (6.4), Guillaume Dietsch, Pape Diallo, Jean N’Guessan, Kevin Van Den Kerkhof, Arthur Atta, Joseph N’Duquidi and Ablie Jallow (7.3).

Substitutions

Metz made 3 changes: Sadibou Sané for Christophe Herelle (46′), Simon Elisor for Ablie Jallow (62′) and Cheick Tidiane Sabaly for Habib Maïga (83′).

Best player: Lamine Camara​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Metz was Lamine Camara.

His rating is (7.5) with 22 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 21. He performed 8 crosses.

Reims – Formation

Also Reims adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

William Still played with: Yehvann Diouf (6.3), Thomas Foket (6.3), Emmanuel Agbadou (7.1), Yunis Abdelhamid (7.0), Thibault De Smet (6.8), Marshall Munetsi (7.0), Azor Matusiwa (7.0), Teddy Teuma (8.5), Junya Ito (7.7), Oumar Diakité (7.0) and Mohamed Daramy (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Keito Nakamura (6.8), Joseph Okumu (6.3), Valentin Atangana Edoa, Amir Richardson (6.4), Reda Khadra, Ibrahim Diakité, Mamadou Diakhon, Alexandre Olliero and Josh Wilson-Esbrand (6.6).

Substitutions

Reims made 5 changes: Thibault De Smet for Josh Wilson-Esbrand (60′), Emmanuel Agbadou for Joseph Okumu (60′), Mohamed Daramy for Amir Richardson (71′), Teddy Teuma for Keito Nakamura (71′) and Marshall Munetsi for Reda Khadra (89′).

Best player: Teddy Teuma​

The player that probably impressed the most for Reims was Teddy Teuma.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 43 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Olympique Lyonnais – Paris Saint Germain – 1-4
• Metz – Reims – 2-2
• Le Havre – Lorient – 3-0
• Nice – Strasbourg – 2-0
• Lille – Montpellier – 1-0
• Toulouse – Clermont – 2-2