Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Metz 3rd with 65 points, Caen 18th with 22, 43 apart. Per game in the league, Caen were scoring 0.91 and conceding 1.71, Metz 1.88 and 1, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Caen entered with three losses in a row. Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Metz. Caen had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Metz, 12.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Caen 3, draws 5, Metz 3, at 2.18 goals per meeting.
Stade Michel d'Ornano in Caen staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,453. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Metz led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Caen: Samuel Grandsir (47'), Noe Lebreton (68') · Metz: Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (61'), Kevin Van Den Kerkhof (42')