Lorient 1:1 Metz: xG & match report · Ligue 1

Sunday, 04/01/2026 at 17:15

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Match report · Ligue 1

Lorient Home 1.44 xG · 16 shots

Metz Away 0.41 xG · 8 shots

11 Lorient had the better chances, but it finished level

Goals

29' Sadibou Sané Metz · 0.03 xG chance 0–1
73' Ahmadou Bamba Dieng Lorient · 0.15 xG chance 1–1

The shots behind it

Lorient Metz

Shots: 16; 8
On target: 5; 2
Inside the box: 11; 4
xG per shot: 0.10; 0.05
Open play xG: 1.42; 0.33
Set-piece xG: 0.16; 0.08
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.59 for Lorient.

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All shots

24 shots · 1.99 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Lorient

1.50 xG created 1.03 xGA

L 1.82 created, 2.09 conceded against RC Lens
D 1.36 created, 1.32 conceded against Toulouse
D 0.32 created, 0.84 conceded against Nantes
W 2.38 created, 0.82 conceded against Nice
W 2.57 created, 0.43 conceded against Olympique Lyonnais
D 0.53 created, 0.69 conceded against RC Strasbourg

Metz

1.03 xG created 1.57 xGA

W 1.34 created, 0.81 conceded against Nantes
W 1.58 created, 0.95 conceded against Nice
L 1.05 created, 3.11 conceded against Stade Brestois
L 1.02 created, 0.78 conceded against Stade Rennais
L 0.55 created, 1.94 conceded against Auxerre
L 0.62 created, 1.85 conceded against Paris Saint-Germain

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

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