NANTES. Metz tops Nantes with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by G. Mikautadze (58′) and a goal from M. Udol (60′).
The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier assisted by Julien Aube and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Mickaël Leleu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 1.27 degrees Celsius or 34.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Metz that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nantes was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Metz was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Nantes shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Metz shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Nantes received 3 yellow cards (Jean-Charles Castelletto, Douglas Augusto and Nicolas Cozza). Talking about the opposition, Metz received 2 yellow cards (Fali Candé and Maxime Colin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Nantes stays with 25 points like Lorient to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Metz will has 20 points to sit in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away against Olympique Marseille on the 10th of March with a 13-6 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (10 draws).
Metz will host Clermont on the 10th of March with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Clermont (8 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
65'
68'
Nantes started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Jocelyn Gourvennec decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont , Marcus Coco , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Nicolas Pallois , Nathan Zeze , Nicolas Cozza , Florent Mollet , Douglas Augusto , Pedro Chirivella , Mostafa Mohamed and Moses Simon .
The home team had on the bench: Jean-Kevin Duverne, Abdoul Kader Bamba, Rémy Descamps, Eray Cömert, Matthis Abline , Hugo Boutsingkham, Bénie Traoré , Samuel Moutoussamy and Tino Kadewere .
Substitutions
Nantes made 4 changes: Pedro Chirivella for Bénie Traoré (59′), Mostafa Mohamed for Tino Kadewere (59′), Marcus Coco for Samuel Moutoussamy (65′) and Douglas Augusto for Matthis Abline (79′).
Player of the match: Florent Mollet
The most impressive player for Nantes was Florent Mollet.
His rating is with 33 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 16 crosses.
Metz – Formation
Metz
60'
Metz started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
László Bölöni played with: Alexandre Oukidja , Maxime Colin , Christophe Herelle , Fali Candé , Matthieu Udol , Arthur Atta , Lamine Camara , Danley Jean Jacques , Kevin Van Den Kerkhof , Georges Mikautadze and Didier Lamkel Zé .
They had on the bench: Guillaume Dietsch, Pape Diallo, Aboubacar Lô, Ibou Sane, Koffi Kouao, Joseph N’Duquidi, Sadibou Sané , Joel Asoro and Cheick Tidiane Sabaly.
Substitutions
Metz made 2 changes: Kevin Van Den Kerkhof for Joseph N’Duquidi (90′) and Arthur Atta for Sadibou Sané (83′).
Player of the match: Georges Mikautadze
The most impressive player for Metz was Georges Mikautadze.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – Lens – 0-3
- Brest – Le Havre – 1-0
- Montpellier – Strasbourg – 2-2
- Nantes – Metz – 0-2
- Toulouse – Nice – 2-1
- Rennes – Lorient – 1-2
