Nimes Olympique vs FC Metz, Ligue 2 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nimes Olympique vs FC Metz — Ligue 2 at Stade des Costieres.
- Nimes Olympique 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- FC Metz 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Etienne 34 60 4 Red Star FC 34 58 5 Rodez Aveyron Football 34 58 6 Stade de Reims 34 56 7 FC Annecy 34 52 8 Montpellier HSC 34 51 9 Pau FC 34 45 10 USL Dunkerque 34 43 11 En Avant Guingamp 34 40 12 Grenoble Foot 38 34 39 13 Clermont Foot 63 34 37 14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 34 37 15 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 34 36 16 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 34 32 17 SC Bastia 34 28 18 Amiens SC 34 24 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 Jan FC Metz H 1–4 L 30 Dec FC Annecy A 0–0 D 26 Dec En Avant Guingamp H 1–2 L 12 Nov Chamois Niortais FC A 1–1 D 05 Nov FC Girondins de Bordeaux H 1–0 W 22 Oct Pau FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 Jan Nimes Olympique A 4–1 W 30 Dec Grenoble Foot 38 A 1–0 W 26 Dec Chamois Niortais FC H 0–0 D 12 Nov Paris FC A 4–1 W 07 Nov AS Saint-Etienne H 3–2 W 24 Oct Le Havre AC A 0–2 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Nimes Olympique is hosting FC Metz for another epic battle.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nimes Olympique needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alexandre Oukidja made 432 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' Rafiki Said Ahamada has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 30 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 36' It’s a booking for FC Metz player. Boubacar Kouyate gets a Yellow card.
- 37' Time for substitution for Nimes Olympique. Ronny Labonne is replaced by Thibaut Vargas.
- 42' FC Metz is showing some good football. However, FC Metz are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Lamine Fomba.
- 48' FC Metz is taking the lead after the goal scored by Lenny Joseph on 48.
- 53' Nimes Olympique started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 53.
- 54' Goal! Rafiki Said Ahamada scores his 26 goal in 432 matches.
- 56' FC Metz is taking the lead after the goal scored by Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly on 56.
- 60' GOAL! Lenny Joseph scores on 60.
- 61' Lenny Joseph makes a hat-trick on 61.
- 63' Another change for Nimes Olympique made on 63 minute. Pablo Pagis leaves to be changed by Nicolas Benezet.
- 64' Scotty Sadzoute is replacing Patrick Burner for the Nimes Olympique side.
- 68' It is a substitution in FC Metz team. Ablie Jallow is replaced by Lamine Gueye on 68 minute.
- 73' The travelling FC Metz supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 74' A meaty challenge results in booking for Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly on 74.
- 78' Another substitution for FC Metz to replace Lenny Joseph by Georges Mikautadze on 78 minute.
- 83' The supporters are chanting for Kelyan Guessoum. He replaces Yassine Benrahou on 83 minute.
- 88' Yassine Benrahou needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 90' Goal! Georges Mikautadze scores his 42 goal in 432 matches.
- 90' Another substitution for FC Metz to replace Youssef Maziz by Joseph Nduquidi on 90 minute.
- Another three points for FC Metz.
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Lineups
Nimes Olympique Lineups
Starting XI
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- 18
- 97
- 12
- 22
- 1
- 15
- 17
- 21
- 11
- 19
Bench
- 10
- 65
- 16
- 2
- 8
- 3
- 4
FC Metz Lineups
Starting XI
- 3
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36
Ablie Jallow ↓ Lamine Gueye 68'
- 16
- 19
- 14
- 4
- 5
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10
Youssef Maziz ↓ Joseph Nduquidi 90'
- 39
- 24
- 27
Bench
- 8
- 22
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9
Georges Mikautadze ↑ 78'
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20
Lamine Gueye ↑ 68'
- 40
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34
Joseph Nduquidi ↑ 90'
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25
Arthur Atta ↑ 78'
Coach Laszlo Boloni -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Georges Mikautadze 3 Lenny Joseph 3 Renaud Ripart 2 Rafiki Said Ahamada 1 Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly 1 Habib Diallo 1 Youssef Maziz 1 Lucas Deaux 1 Head to Head
Nimes Olympique Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.19 Nimes Olympique xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.63 FC Metz xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Metz winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.82Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 53% 47% ± 3.5 31% 69% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Nimes Olympique or Draw 55%Draw or FC Metz 72%Nimes Olympique or FC Metz 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✗ 1–4 not predicted1 – 4Actual1 – 1 12.5%1 – 2 9.1%0 – 1 8.9%0 – 0 7.8%0 – 2 7.8%2 – 1 6.6%1 – 0 6.2%2 – 2 5.4%1 – 3 4.9%0 – 3 4.2%2 – 0 4.1%2 – 3 3%Asian Handicap — Nimes Olympique
Handicap Nimes Olympique covers Push FC Metz covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 15% 73% -0.5 27% — 73% +0.5 54% — 46% +1 54% 22% 25% +1.5 75% — 25% +2 75% 14% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Nimes Olympique keeps clean sheet 20% ✓FC Metz keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.