Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Lorient (9th, 45 pts) held a 28-point advantage over Metz (18th, 17 pts). Per game in the league, Metz were scoring 0.94 and conceding 2.24, Lorient 1.41 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Metz had gone 15 games without a win.
The sides have met 13 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Metz, 3 draws and 7 for Lorient, at 3.54 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 77% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 69%. 2.2 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 3.54.
Stade Saint-Symphorien staged the fixture, a ground that holds 26,661. On the scoreboard, Lorient led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 0-4.
Goal scorers
Lorient: Jean-Victor Makengo (24'), Bamba Dieng (84'), Arthur Avom (90'), Noah Doriann Cadiou (90')
Key stats
Possession: Metz 54% · Lorient 46% · Total shots: 8-14 · On target: 2-7 · Corners: 7-4