Match Report
The table gap was wide: 36 points between Metz (2nd, 72 pts) and Nîmes (19th, 36 pts). In league terms the two rates read 1.61/0.87 for Metz and 1.16/1.63 for Nîmes (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.2.
Level finishes had become the habit for Metz: four in a row.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Metz 3, draws 2, Nîmes 2, at 2.71 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture. In 71% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Stade Saint-Symphorien in Saint-Symphorien staged the fixture, a ground that holds 26,661. On the scoreboard, Metz led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.