French Ligue 1

Metz vs Paris Saint-Germain, 2025-26 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
  • 42': Jessy Deminguet
  • 81': Giorgi Tsitaishvili
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2 - 3
  • 31': Gonçalo Ramos
  • 39': Quentin Ndjantou
  • 63': Désiré Doué

Doué caps win over Metz to return PSG to Ligue 1 summit

Paris Saint-Germain returned to the top of Ligue 1 with a hard-earned 3-2 win at bottom club Metz.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
  • 1': Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Foul by Illia Zabarnyi (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 2': Habib Diallo (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Delay in match because of an injury Habib Diallo (Metz).
  • 6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 10': Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
  • 10': Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Jessy Deminguet (Metz).
  • 15': Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Malick Mbaye (Metz).
  • 16': Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 16': Malick Mbaye (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Vitinha with a cross.
  • 20': Foul by Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 20': Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Terry Yegbe (Metz).
  • 22': Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Metz).
  • 26': Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
  • 28': Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Metz).
  • 28': Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
  • 31': Goal! Metz 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lee Kang-In with a cross following a corner.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Habib Diallo (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 36': Attempt missed. Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
  • 37': Foul by Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 37': Gauthier Hein (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Goal! Metz 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Quentin Ndjantou (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahim Mbaye.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Habib Diallo (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Malick Mbaye.
  • 42': Goal! Metz 1, Paris Saint Germain 2. Jessy Deminguet (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+4': Foul by Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 45'+4': Terry Yegbe (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+6': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Lucas Hernández.
  • 45'+7': Foul by Terry Yegbe (Metz).
  • 45'+7': Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+7': First Half ends, Metz 1, Paris Saint Germain 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Metz 1, Paris Saint Germain 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Désiré Doué replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Quentin Ndjantou (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
  • 48': Foul by Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 48': Jessy Deminguet (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jean-Philippe Gbamin.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Lee Kang-In with a through ball.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Désiré Doué.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
  • 54': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jonathan Fischer.
  • 55': Foul by Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 55': Jessy Deminguet (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 57': Habib Diallo (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Habib Diallo (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Giorgi Tsitaishvili with a cross.
  • 61': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Désiré Doué.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Maxime Colin (Metz) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Gbamin.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Koffi Kouao (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 62': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Matvey Safonov.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Maxime Colin (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koffi Kouao.
  • 63': Goal! Metz 1, Paris Saint Germain 3. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ibrahim Mbaye following a fast break.
  • 66': Foul by Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 66': Malick Mbaye (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia replaces Quentin Ndjantou.
  • 66': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Bradley Barcola replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  • 71': Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint Germain) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia following a fast break.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Jonathan Fischer (Metz). Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
  • 71': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jonathan Fischer.
  • 72': Delay in match because of an injury Terry Yegbe (Metz).
  • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 74': Substitution, Metz. Sadibou Sané replaces Terry Yegbe because of an injury.
  • 75': Foul by Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 75': Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 75': Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Gauthier Hein (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 78': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 79': Foul by Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 79': Malick Mbaye (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Goal! Metz 2, Paris Saint Germain 3. Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Metz) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gauthier Hein.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jonathan Fischer (Metz).
  • 84': Substitution, Metz. Cheikh Sabaly replaces Malick Mbaye.
  • 85': Substitution, Metz. Giorgi Abuashvili replaces Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
  • 85': Substitution, Metz. Alpha Touré replaces Boubacar Traoré.
  • 85': Substitution, Metz. Benjamin Stambouli replaces Jessy Deminguet.
  • 85': Foul by Alpha Touré (Metz).
  • 85': Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Beraldo replaces Ibrahim Mbaye.
  • 90'+3': Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
  • 90'+3': Koffi Kouao (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Metz 2, Paris Saint Germain 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Metz 2, Paris Saint Germain 3.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 4
3 Saves 6
59 Possession 41
14 SHOTS 9
9 ON GOAL 5
0.6 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
627 Accurate Passes 395
681 Passes 461
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 5
10 Crosses 18
0.3 Cross % 0.3
48 Long Balls 61
29 Accurate Long Balls 35
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 14
14 Tackles 21
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
4 Interceptions 5
20 Effective Clearances 21
20 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Location: Metz, France
Attendance: 28,500

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Lens 16 +15 37
2 Paris Saint-Germain 16 +21 36
3 Marseille 16 +21 32
4 Lille 16 +13 32
Full Standings

Line-Ups

METZ Metz (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jonathan Fischer (GK)
15 Terry Yegbe
5 Jean-Philippe Gbamin
2 Maxime Colin
39 Koffi Kouao Yellow Card
10 Gauthier Hein
8 Boubacar Traoré
20 Jessy Deminguet
30 Habib Diallo
7 Giorgi Tsitaishvili
11 Malick Mbaye Yellow Card

PSG Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

No. Name
39 Matvei Safonov (GK)
51 Willian Pacho
6 Illia Zabarnyi
21 Lucas Hernández
33 Warren Zaïre-Emery Yellow Card
17 Vitinha
8 Fabián Ruiz
47 Quentin Ndjantou
9 Gonçalo Ramos
49 Ibrahim Mbaye
19 Lee Kang-in

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