Metz 1:1 Laval: Match Result

Match report

Metz drew 1-1 with Laval in Ligue 2's regular season round three, a result that keeps both sides in their current positions. The hosts, sitting seventh with six points from four games, remain unbeaten but have lost their edge after three consecutive draws. Laval, fourteen places behind in fourteenth, collected their first away point of the campaign. The match turned on the penalty box. Julien Maggiotti converted his spot-kick in the forty-ninth minute to give Metz the lead, but Laval equalised through P. M. Fall eight minutes later. There were five substitutions between the sixty-eighth and eighty-eighth minutes, and here's the thing — the game had settled into something more about survival than ambition. Idris Mohamed's dismissal in the eighty-third minute changed the complexion of the final minutes. He showed his second yellow after thirty-three minutes, then picked up another in the closing stages. Metz had already sent on B. Munongo for N. Mbala in the seventy-third, and brought on two more players shortly after the red card. By then, the result was unlikely to change. Laval controlled possession at 56 per cent and created more big chances — two to Metz's one — yet their shooting accuracy was poor. They managed only three shots on target from seven attempts, while Metz hit the target seven times from fifteen. Metz had more clearances, thirty-two to nineteen, which tells you something about where the danger lay. The result means Metz maintains their unbeaten start, though three draws from four does not signal the kind of form that lifts teams. Laval remain in the lower half, four points off safety after two defeats. Both sides have one game played in the previous round's calendar, and neither will feel particularly satisfied with what they got. The red card will need reviewing, but the statistics suggest Laval had the better of the chances without taking them. Metz's goalkeeper made two saves compared to six for his counterpart — not a bad reflection when you consider how few shots actually came on target for either side.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 44 – 56.00

Shots on target 7 – 3

Shots off target 8 – 4

Big chances 1 – 2

🟨 17' Trévis Dago — Yellow card 🟨 31' Julien Maggiotti — Yellow card 🟨 33' Idris Mohamed — Yellow card ⚽ 49' J. Maggiotti — Penalty 🟨 51' Jules Gaudin — Yellow card ⇄ 68' J. Maggiotti — Substitution ⇄ 68' S. Mellier — Substitution ⇄ 73' N. Mbala — Substitution ⇄ 73' B. Munongo — Substitution ⚽ 78' P. M. Fall — Goal ⇄ 79' M. Houdayer — Substitution ⇄ 79' T. Dago — Substitution 🟨 83' Idris Mohamed — Yellow card 🟥 83' Idris Mohamed — Red card ⇄ 86' G. Abuashvili — Substitution ⇄ 86' J. Pandore — Substitution ⇄ 86' C. Mandouki — Substitution ⇄ 88' P. M. Fall — Substitution

Match events

17' 0:0 Laval Yellow card Trévis Dago
31' 0:0 Laval Yellow card Julien Maggiotti
33' 0:0 Metz Yellow card Idris Mohamed
49' 0:1 Laval Penalty J. Maggiotti
51' 0:1 Laval Yellow card Jules Gaudin
68' 0:1 Laval Substitution J. Maggiotti off: C. Gourichy
68' 0:1 Laval Substitution S. Mellier off: A. Beaudouin
73' 0:1 Metz Substitution N. Mbala off: N. Mendy
73' 0:1 Metz Substitution B. Munongo off: T. Savanier
78' 1:1 Metz Goal P. M. Fall assist: T. Savanier
79' 1:1 Laval Substitution M. Houdayer off: A. Kante
79' 1:1 Laval Substitution T. Dago off: N. Mupemba
83' 1:1 Metz Yellow card Idris Mohamed
83' 1:1 Metz Red card Idris Mohamed
86' 1:1 Metz Substitution G. Abuashvili off: M. Mboula
86' 1:1 Metz Substitution J. Pandore off: H. Kadamani
86' 1:1 Laval Substitution C. Mandouki off: Y. Court
88' 1:1 Metz Substitution P. M. Fall off: I. Sane

Statistics

44 Possession, % 56.00

7 Shots on target 3

8 Shots off target 4

1 Big chances 2

88 Attacks 88

4 Corners 7

14 Fouls 16

16 Free kicks 13

3 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 3

1 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 9

18 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

11 Aerial duels 11

53 Backward passes 74

2 Blocked shots 4

32 Clearances 19

24 Crosses 23

25 Dribbles 8

44 Failed passes 66

2 Goalkeeper saves 6

13 Interceptions 14

16 Key passes 7

55 Long passes 45

61 Passes into the final third 96

179 Passes in the opposition half 257

194 Passes in own half 220

0.41 Shot accuracy 0.27

8 Shots from outside the box 5

9 Shots inside the box 6

8 Aerial duels won 3

9 Successful crosses 1

10 Successful dribbles 5

38 Successful long passes 22

5 Successful tackles 11

305 Successful passes 388

8 Tackles 22

349 Total passes 454

Line-ups

Metz

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Jonathan Frost Fischer	1
3	Florian Miguel	3
21	Jayann Pandor	21
22	N. Mbala	22
42	Cristian Castro	42
70	Bouna Sarr	70
9	Giorgi Abuashvili	9
18	B. Mounongo	18
98	I. Mohamed	98
8	Jessy Deminguet	8
11	P. M. Fall	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
61	Pape Sy	61
4	Uri-Michel Mbulu	4
6	Nampalys Mendy	6
10	Téji Tedy Savanier	10
38	Hamza Kadameni	38
7	Ibou Sane	7
19	Morgan Bokele Mputu	19
20	Mouhamadou Habibou Diallo	20

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Laval

Starting XI
#	Player	number
30	Mamadou Samassa	30
3	William Ludovic Brandon Bianda	3
18	Ababacar Moustapha Lô	18
22	Jules Gaudin	22
23	Esteban Mouton	23
5	Julien Maggiotti	5
6	Sam Sanna	6
14	Cyril Paul Mandouki	14
11	Travis Dago	11
31	M. Ude	31
33	S. Melle	33

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Maxime Hautbois	1
21	Alessio Beaudouin	21
35	Joseph Lyausse Samba	35
7	Chafik Gourichy	7
29	M. Sidibé	29
32	Yanis Court	32
19	Noa-Grace Mupemba	19
28	Aboubakary Kanté	28