Olympique Lyonnais 3–0 Metz — Ligue 1 2025/26 Match Stats

Ligue 1 · 2025Sat, 23 Aug 2025, 19:05 UTCParc Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais

3–0Historical match

Metz

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Olympique Lyonnais won 3–0.

Shots: 1311
Shots on target: 82
Expected goals: 2.770.56
Possession: 53%47%

Full time

What the match recorded

Lyon beat Metz 3–0. Recorded in this match (Lyon – Metz): shots 13–11, shots on target 8–2, expected goals 2.77–0.56, possession 53%–47%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots11 shotsOlympique Lyonnais 13 shots, Metz 11 shots
Shots on target8 shots2 shotsOlympique Lyonnais 8 shots, Metz 2 shots
Expected goals2.77 xG0.56 xGOlympique Lyonnais 2.77 xG, Metz 0.56 xG
Possession53%47%Olympique Lyonnais 53%, Metz 47%
Corners4 corners3 cornersOlympique Lyonnais 4 corners, Metz 3 corners
Fouls13 fouls15 foulsOlympique Lyonnais 13 fouls, Metz 15 fouls
Yellow cards0 cards2 cardsOlympique Lyonnais 0 cards, Metz 2 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Lyon: 13 shots, 8 on target, 2.82 xG. Metz: 11 shots, 2 on target, 0.57 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Lyon 2.82 xG · Metz 0.57 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Olympique Lyonnais

2Draws

1Metz

23 Feb 2024Metz — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 11–2

5 Nov 2023Olympique Lyonnais — Metz · Ligue 11–1

8 May 2022Metz — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 13–2

22 Dec 2021Olympique Lyonnais — Metz · Ligue 11–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.17 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.16 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 23 Aug 2025, 23:05 UTC · analysis-v4