Lyon 3-0 Metz – Ligue 1 2025-2026 – FL Premium Demo Core

Ligue 1 2025-2026 | Regular Season - 2

| 23 Aug 2025-7:05 pm

Lyon

w l l w w

3 : 0

2.70

xG

0.66

Full Time

Metz

l l l l l

M. Fofana

25'

C. Tolisso

30'

A. Karabec

83'

Lyon

1st Half

Metz

45' 15' 30'

3'

Lyon

2nd Half

Metz

90' 60' 75'

7'

Goal

M. Fofana (Assistant: P. Sulc)

25'

Goal

C. Tolisso (Assistant: A. Maitland-Niles)

30'

Goal

A. Karabec

83'

54'

Yellow Card

Boubacar Traoré

82'

Yellow Card

K. Kouao

41'

Out

U. Mboula

In

A. Touré

62'

Out

G. Tsitaishvili

In

I. Sané

62'

Out

Giorgi Abuashvili

In

M. Bokele Mputu

Out

P. Sulc

In

A. Karabec

74'

Out

C. Tolisso

In

K. Merah

74'

Out

Abner Vinícius

In

N. Tagliafico

75'

80'

Out

Brian Madjo

In

I. Gueye

Out

Clinton Mata

In

Ruben Kluivert

86'

Out

M. Fofana

In

Afonso Moreira

86'

7.7

40

R. Descamps

6.5

16

Abner Vinícius

7.7

19

M. Niakhate

7.2

22

Clinton Mata

7.9

98

A. Maitland-Niles

7.9

23

T. Morton

7.7

6

T. Tessmann

8.7

11

M. Fofana

7.3

8

C. Tolisso

6.7

10

P. Sulc

6.5

69

G. Mikautadze

6.9

1

Jonathan Fischer

6.5

4

U. Mboula

6.5

5

J. Gbamin

6.5

38

S. Sané

6.2

39

K. Kouao

6.2

8

Boubacar Traoré

6.3

21

B. Stambouli

6.7

9

Giorgi Abuashvili

6.6

10

G. Hein

6.2

7

G. Tsitaishvili

6.6

24

Brian Madjo

field

field

Lyon

40

g

R. Descamps

7.7

98

m

A. Maitland-Niles

7.9

22

d

Clinton Mata

86'

7.2

19

d

M. Niakhate

7.7

16

d

Abner Vinícius

75'

6.5

6

m

T. Tessmann

7.7

23

m

T. Morton

7.9

10

P. Sulc

74'

6.7

8

m

C. Tolisso

30'74'

7.3

11

f

M. Fofana

25'86'

8.7

69

f

G. Mikautadze

6.5

Substitutes

1

g

D. Greif

20

d

S. Kumbedi

3

d

N. Tagliafico

75'

6.2

21

Ruben Kluivert

86'

39

m

M. de Carvalho

44

K. Merah

74'

6.7

7

A. Karabec

74'83'

7.3

17

f

Afonso Moreira

86'

32

f

Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez

Coach

Jorge Miguel Gonçalves Maciel

Metz

1

Jonathan Fischer

6.9

39

d

K. Kouao

82'

6.2

38

d

S. Sané

6.5

5

m

J. Gbamin

6.5

4

d

U. Mboula

41'

6.5

21

m

B. Stambouli

6.3

8

Boubacar Traoré

54'

6.2

7

m

G. Tsitaishvili

62'

6.2

10

m

G. Hein

6.6

9

Giorgi Abuashvili

62'

6.7

24

Brian Madjo

80'

6.6

Substitutes

12

m

A. Touré

41'

7.2

61

g

P. Sy

2

d

M. Colin

29

m

I. Guerti

6

m

J. Nduquidi

25

Cléo Mélières

23

f

I. Sané

62'

6.7

19

f

M. Bokele Mputu

62'

6.6

18

f

I. Gueye

Coach

S. Le Mignan

Lyon

Metz

0 Yellow Cards 2

3 Corners 3

12 Fouls 15

1 Offsides 3

52 Ball Possession 48

13 Shots 11

8 Shots on Goal 2

3 Goals 0

3 Shots off Goal 3

2 Blocked Shots 6

9 Shots insidebox 7

4 Shots outsidebox 4

2 Goalkeeper Saves 5

520 Total passes 473

480 Passes accurate 432

2.70 Expected Goals 0.66

2.70 3 goals · +0.30 Lyon xG

0.66 0 goals · −0.66 Metz xG

23% Shots scored 0%

62% Shots on target 18%

0.21 xG per shot 0.06

Metz scored 0.66 fewer than their chances were worth

1

M. Fofana 8.7 Player of the match 1 goal · 86 min

2

A. Maitland-Niles 7.9 1 assist · 90 min

3

T. Morton 7.9 90 min

4

M. Niakhate 7.7 90 min

Pre-match favourite (stats model)

Lyon won

Stats model 62% · draw 21%, Metz 17%

Pre-match form

1.50 vs 0.60 points per game

10 + 10 recent games before kick-off

This scoreline

Lyon have now won 3-0 2 times

Metz's first 0-3 defeat

Streaks

Metz: 9 defeats in a row

Lyon: 3 wins in a row

Favourite = the Stats Prediction model (no pre-match odds)

Form, scorelines and streaks: recent games in all competitions up to this one

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