Ligue 1 25/26 · 23 Aug 2025

Olympique Lyonnais 3–0 Metz

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Olympique Lyonnais favourites at 56%.

Olympique Lyonnais won and made the better chances: 2.8 xG to 0.6.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Malick Fofana, 65.1 in 86′.

Each side's last five results before this match.

16 Aug 2025	W 1–0	at RC Lens Ligue 1

17 Aug 2025	L 0–1	v RC Strasbourg Ligue 1

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Adam Karabec Midfielder	16	1	0	0.76	90.9	–
Malick Fofana Midfielder	86	1	0	0.59	65.1	–
Khalis Merah Midfielder	15	0	0	–	59.5	–
Tyler Morton Midfielder	90	0	0	0.03	57.9	–
Rémy Descamps Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	56.6	–
Moussa Niakhaté Defender	90	0	0	–	55.3	–
Ruben Kluivert Defender	11	0	0	–	49.4	–
Ainsley Maitland-Niles Defender	90	0	1	–	46.7	–
Tanner Tessmann Midfielder	90	0	0	0.03	46.6	–
Georges Mikautadze Forward	90	0	0	0.48	43.9	–
Corentin Tolisso Midfielder	75	1	0	0.58	42.0	–
Pavel Šulc Forward	74	0	1	0.24	40.3	–
Clinton Mata Defender	86	0	0	–	39.9	–
Afonso Moreira Forward	11	0	0	–	34.5	–
Abner Vinícius Defender	74	0	0	0.09	33.6	–
Nicolás Tagliafico Defender	16	0	0	–	30.5	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Alpha Touré Midfielder	49	–	57.2	–
Sadibou Sané Defender	90	–	52.8	–
Koffi Kouao Defender	90	–	52.5	–
Giorgi Abuashvili Forward	62	0.05	52.5	–
Gauthier Hein Midfielder	90	0.15	49.6	–
Ibou Sane Forward	28	–	48.5	–
Benjamin Stambouli Midfielder	90	0.04	47.5	–
Urie-Michel Mboula Defender	41	–	45.8	–
Boubacar Traoré Midfielder	90	0.04	45.3	–
Jean-Philippe Gbamin Defender	90	–	45.0	–
Jonathan Fischer Goalkeeper	90	–	44.9	−5.0
Idrissa Gueye Forward	10	–	44.4	–
Giorgi Tsitaishvili Midfielder	62	0.05	43.6	–
Brian Madjo Forward	80	0.23	40.1	–
Morgan Bokele Mputu Midfielder	28	–	40.1	–