Matchday

Ligue 1 25/26 · 9 Nov 2025

Metz 2–1 Nice

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.6 – 1.4
Actual xG
1.6 – 0.9
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made Metz favourites at 42%.

Metz won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Jonathan Clauss, 64.8 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Mohamed Ali Cho +18.7, Melvin Bard +14.5, Jonathan Clauss +9.5.

Well below it: Ali Abdi −23.3, Giorgi Tsitaishvili −21.5, Yehvann Diouf −18.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Metz

2 Nov 2025W 2–0at Nantes Ligue 1
29 Oct 2025W 2–0v RC Lens Ligue 1
26 Oct 2025L 1–6at Lille Ligue 1
19 Oct 2025L 0–4at Toulouse Ligue 1
4 Oct 2025L 0–3v Olympique de Marseille Ligue 1

Nice

6 Nov 2025L 1–3v SC Freiburg Europa League
1 Nov 2025L 0–1at Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1
29 Oct 2025W 2–0v Lille Ligue 1
26 Oct 2025W 2–1at Stade Rennais Ligue 1
23 Oct 2025L 1–2at Celta Vigo Europa League

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Metz

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Boubacar Traoré Midfielder1300–64.1–
Jonathan Fischer Goalkeeper9000–55.9+6.3
Gauthier Hein Midfielder89100.7955.3+4.7
Habibou Diallo Forward88100.5454.3+7.8
Jean-Philippe Gbamin Defender9001–53.4+2.6
Alpha Touré Midfielder89000.0149.6+3.6
Benjamin Stambouli Midfielder100–48.1–
Cheick Tidiane Sabaly Midfielder77000.0945.9+1.1
Terry Yegbe Defender9000–45.3+3.2
Jessy Deminguet Midfielder77000.0441.6−0.6
Maxime Colin Defender9000–40.0−4.7
Koffi Kouao Defender90000.0233.0−15.0
Giorgi Tsitaishvili Midfielder90000.1031.9−21.5
Joel Asoro Forward900–31.9–
Cléo Mélières Defender100–31.6–
Ibou Sane Forward1300–31.2–

Nice

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jonathan Clauss Midfielder9000–64.8+9.5
Mohamed Ali Cho Forward79100.3364.2+18.7
Melvin Bard Defender4500–62.0+14.5
Abdulai Juma Bah Defender90000.1061.0+6.5
Terem Moffi Forward11000.0359.9–
Kojo Peprah Oppong Defender90000.0756.2+5.7
Charles Vanhoutte Midfielder9001–53.2+7.5
Jérémie Boga Forward1900–47.2–
Kevin Carlos Omoruyi Forward71000.2246.7+1.9
Hicham Boudaoui Midfielder9000–45.4−4.5
Antoine Mendy Defender8600–42.8−7.9
Sofiane Diop Midfielder79000.2041.1−11.0
Yehvann Diouf Goalkeeper9000–35.9−18.6
Tiago Gouveia Forward1100–35.4–
Ali Abdi Defender4500–29.2−23.3
Morgan Sanson Midfielder1100–24.2–