§ Ligue 1 · 2025-26 · Matchday 12

Metz 2–1 Nice

  • Hein 53' (pen.)
  • Diallo 84'
  • Cho 35'

9 November 2025

The match in data

A 2–1 win for Metz against Nice on 9 November 2025, on matchday 12 of the 2025-26 Ligue 1.

Metz came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 35'.

Player of the match: Habib Diallo (Metz), rated 60, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.41 xG. Diallo produced 1.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Nice, the highest-rated player was Mohamed-Ali Cho, with 55.

60
Player of the match

Habib Diallo

Metz · 88'

Produced 1.25× and cost 0.54× their position's average

Added
  • 1 goal 3.6×
  • 0.41 xG 1.5×
  • 1 shot on target 1.1×
Took away
  • 1 shot off target, worth 0.21 1.3×
  • 6 misplaced passes 1.1×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Metz
PlayerPositionMinRating
Gauthier Hein Forward 90 64
Habib Diallo ★ Forward 88 60
Terry Yegbe Defender 90 59
Jonathan Fischer Goalkeeper 90 57
Jean-Philippe Gbamin Defender 90 53
Alpha Touré Midfielder 90 50
Cheikh Sabaly Forward 77 46
Giorgi Tsitaishvili Forward 90 35
Jessy Deminguet Midfielder 77 34
Koffi Kouao Defender 90 32
Maxime Colin Defender 90 29
Boubacar Traoré Midfielder 13 no rating
Ibou Sané Forward 13 no rating
Joel Asoro Forward 2 no rating
Benjamin Stambouli Midfielder 1 no rating
Cléo Mélières Defender 1 no rating
Nice
PlayerPositionMinRating
Charles Vanhoutte Midfielder 90 55
Mohamed-Ali Cho Forward 79 55
Melvin Bard Defender 44 49
Juma Bah Defender 90 42
Antoine Mendy Defender 86 42
Sofiane Diop Forward 79 41
Kevin Carlos Forward 71 41
Jonathan Clauss Defender 90 40
Kojo Peprah Oppong Defender 90 39
Hicham Boudaoui Midfielder 90 38
Ali Abdi Defender 46 36
Yehvann Diouf Goalkeeper 90 29
Jérémie Boga Forward 19 no rating
Morgan Sanson Midfielder 11 no rating
Terem Moffi Forward 11 no rating
Tiago Gouveia Forward 4 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Metz player made the most tackles?

Alpha Touré, with 5 tackles. Next: Maxime Colin 2, Jean-Philippe Gbamin 2.

In the 2–1 victory over Nice, Alpha Touré paced Metz defensively with 5 tackles. Touré more than doubled the output of Maxime Colin and Jean-Philippe Gbamin, who had 2 apiece.

Which Nice player played the most passes leading to a shot?

Jonathan Clauss, with 3 key passes. Next: Charles Vanhoutte 2, Hicham Boudaoui 1.

Nice fell 2–1 away to Metz, yet Jonathan Clauss led the visitors in chance creation with 3 key passes. Charles Vanhoutte followed with 2 key passes.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.