FC Metz vs Olympique de Marseille, Ligue 1 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 1 · 2023-24

FC Metz

2 – 2

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Olympique de Marseille

Fri 18 Aug 2023 · 19:00 UTC Stade Saint Symphorien 26,661 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 14' Emran Soglo

Cheikh Sabaly 65' 1–1

Georges Mikautadze 71' 2–1

2–2 82' Vitinha

Kevin N'Doram 9' Y

Y 49' Renan Lodi

Ababacar Lo 59' R

Y 85' Jordan Veretout

Malick Mbaye 90' Y

Alexandre Oukidja 90' Y

Overview

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FC Metz vs Olympique de Marseille — Ligue 1 at Stade Saint Symphorien.

FC Metz 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Olympique de Marseille 10 games · 18 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jerome Brisard
Assistant 1
Assistant 2 Cedric Favre

8 games this season 🟨 4.1/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Paris Saint-Germain FC	10	23
2	Lille OSC	10	21
3	Paris FC	10	20
4	Olympique de Marseille	10	18
5	Olympique Lyonnais	10	17
6	OGC Nice	10	17
7	AS Monaco FC	10	16
8	Stade Rennais FC 1901	10	16
9	Stade Brestois 29	10	15
10	FC Lorient	10	15
11	Racing Club de Lens	10	13
12	Toulouse FC	10	13
13	RC Strasbourg Alsace	10	10
14	AJ Auxerre	10	10
15	Le Mans FC	10	8
16	Angers SCO	10	8
17	ES Troyes AC	10	8
18	Le Havre AC	10	2

Head-to-Head

FC Metz 9 games · Avg 2.4 goals Olympique de Marseille

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-18 FC Metz 2–2 Olympique de Marseille 2022-02-13 FC Metz 1–2 Olympique de Marseille 2021-11-07 Olympique de Marseille 0–0 FC Metz 2021-05-23 FC Metz 1–1 Olympique de Marseille 2020-09-26 Olympique de Marseille 1–1 FC Metz

Recent Form

FC Metz

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	Olympique de Marseille	H	2–2	D
13 Aug	Stade Rennais FC 1901	A	1–5	L
02 Jun	SC Bastia	H	3–2	W
26 May	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	A	1–0	W
20 May	En Avant Guingamp	A	1–1	D
13 May	Grenoble Foot 38	H	1–0	W

Olympique de Marseille

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	FC Metz	A	2–2	D
15 Aug	Panathinaikos AO	H	3–5	L
12 Aug	Stade de Reims	H	2–1	W
09 Aug	Panathinaikos AO	A	0–1	L
03 Jun	AC Ajaccio	A	0–1	L
27 May	Stade Brestois 29	H	1–2	L

Key Stats

78% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Olympique de Marseille this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Olympique de Marseille

0-15

4/3

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

6/2

61-75

2/3

76+

6/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Olympique de Marseille

Amine Gouiri	7 G	3 A
Amine Harit	3 G	1 A
Himad Abdelli	3 G
Igor Paixao	2 G	1 A
Keyliane Abdallah	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Olympique de Marseille gets underway.
5' It looks surprising Olympique de Marseille does not make any changes. Ismaila Sarr has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
9' Kevin N'Doram picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
14' The deadlock is broken! Emran Soglo gets on the scoresheet on 14 minutes.
19' Olympique de Marseille is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
24' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
29' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
34' FC Metz seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
39' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Metz and Olympique de Marseille are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
44' With 3 assists to his name this season, Georges Mikautadze is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Metz.
49' Olympique de Marseille receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 49.
52' GOAL! Valentin Rongier fires home to make it 0-2!
56' The Olympique de Marseille manager makes a substitution. Geoffrey Kondogbia departs to be replaced by Jordan Veretout.
59' FC Metz player sees a Red card in front of him.
62' FC Metz make a change. Youssef Maziz trudges off to be replaced by Lamine Camara on 62 minutes.
65' Cheikh Sabaly has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 65 minutes.
67' Amine Harit gets the nod from Olympique de Marseille. He replaces Emran Soglo and will look to change the dynamic.
71' Georges Mikautadze is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 8 goals this season for the .
75' Vitinha is ready to make an impact after coming on for Leonardo Balerdi at the 75 minute mark.
76' A tactical swap from Olympique de Marseille — Francois Regis Mughe on, Iliman Ndiaye off on 76 minutes.
81' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
82' Sensational shot from Vitinha. Olympique de Marseille is back in the lead.
84' Another change for FC Metz made on 84 minute. Georges Mikautadze leaves to be changed by Benjamin Tetteh.
85' That is a Yellow card for Olympique de Marseille. Jordan Veretout will be fuming at that decision.
90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Malick Mbaye.
90' A tactical swap from FC Metz — Koffi Kouao on, Malick Mbaye off on 90 minutes.
2-2 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Metz Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

2
Maxime Colin
6
Kevin N'Doram
16
Alexandre Oukidja
8
Ismael Traore
5
Fali Cande
10
Youssef Maziz ↓ Lamine Camara 62'
9
Georges Mikautadze ↓ Benjamin Tetteh 84'
27
Danley Jean Jacques
15
Ababacar Lo
26
Malick Mbaye ↓ Koffi Franck Kouao 90'
14
Cheikh Sabaly ↓ Habib Maiga 84'

Bench

Coach Laszlo Boloni

Olympique de Marseille Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

29
Iliman Ndiaye ↓ Francois Regis Mughe 76'
12
Renan Lodi
10
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
23
Ismaila Sarr
21
Valentin Rongier
7
Jonathan Clauss
19
Geoffrey Kondogbia ↓ Jordan Veretout 56'
16
Pau Lopez
99
Chancel Mbemba
5
Leonardo Balerdi ↓ Vitinha 75'
37
Emran Soglo ↓ Amine Harit 67'

Bench

Coach Marcelino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Arkadiusz Milik	2
Nemanja Radonjic	1
Cheikh Sabaly	1
Opa Nguette	1
Faris Moumbagna	1
Morgan Sanson	1
Matthieu Udol	1
Ibrahima Niane	1

Head to Head

FC Metz Form

2023-08-18 FC Metz 2–2 Olympique de Marseille D 2023-08-13 Stade Rennais FC 1901 5–1 FC Metz L 2023-06-02 FC Metz 3–2 SC Bastia W 2023-05-26 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0–1 FC Metz W 2023-05-20 En Avant Guingamp 1–1 FC Metz D 2023-05-13 FC Metz 1–0 Grenoble Foot 38 W

Olympique de Marseille Form

2023-08-18 FC Metz 2–2 Olympique de Marseille D 2023-08-15 Olympique de Marseille 3–5 Panathinaikos AO L 2023-08-12 Olympique de Marseille 2–1 Stade de Reims W 2023-08-09 Panathinaikos AO 1–0 Olympique de Marseille L 2023-06-03 AC Ajaccio 1–0 Olympique de Marseille L 2023-05-27 Olympique de Marseille 1–2 Stade Brestois 29 L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.42 FC Metz xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.17 Olympique de Marseille xG

I would bet for: FC Metz or Olympique de Marseille 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Metz44% Draw28% Olympique de Marseille28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.59

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

FC Metz or Draw

72%

Draw or Olympique de Marseille

56%

FC Metz or Olympique de Marseille

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Metz30% Draw48% Olympique de Marseille22%

Actual: Olympique de Marseille win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

1 – 0

9.7%

0 – 0

9.6%

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

7.7%

2 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

3 – 1

4.1%

3 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — FC Metz

Handicap	FC Metz covers	Push	Olympique de Marseille covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	21%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

FC Metz keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.