RC Strasbourg 2:1 Metz: xG & match report · Ligue 1

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Match report · Ligue 1

RC Strasbourg Home 1.12 xG · 14 shots

Metz Away 1.08 xG · 9 shots

21 The chances were evenly matched

Goals

12' Diego Moreira RC Strasbourg · 0.07 xG chance 1–0
24' Gauthier Hein (pen.) Metz · 0.82 xG chance 1–1
43' Martial Godo RC Strasbourg · 0.09 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

RC Strasbourg Metz

Shots: 14; 9
On target: 6; 2
Inside the box: 8; 4
xG per shot: 0.08; 0.12
Open play xG: 1.00; 0.29
Set-piece xG: 0.11; 0.00
Penalties: 0; 1

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: 1.12 for RC Strasbourg and 0.25 for Metz.

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All shots

23 shots · 2.22 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

RC Strasbourg

0.74 xG created 1.17 xGA

W 1.07 created, 0.28 conceded against Lille
L 0.46 created, 1.92 conceded against RC Lens
L 0.80 created, 1.05 conceded against Stade Brestois
L 0.05 created, 0.50 conceded against Toulouse
D 0.69 created, 0.53 conceded against Lorient
D 1.35 created, 2.75 conceded against Nice

Metz

0.87 xG created 1.68 xGA

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
D 0.41 created, 1.44 conceded against Lorient

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

Head to head

RC Strasbourg: 1 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Metz 0:1 RC Strasbourg 17/08/2025 xG 0.30 – 0.62

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