Match Report
The table read 2nd (Red Star, 14 pts) against 5th (Metz, 10 pts), 4 points apart. On recent form Metz sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Red Star ran at 1.29 scored and 1 conceded, Metz at 1.43 and 1.
Metz carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Red Star, 2 draws and 1 for Metz, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
M. Leleu officiated: 99 games logged, averaging 1.4 yellow cards each. The match was played at Stade de Paris (capacity 20,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Red Star: Jovany Ikanga (58')
Key stats
Possession: Red Star 52% · Metz 48% · Total shots: 19-11 · On target: 7-1 · Corners: 9-2