- Joel Asoro - 37'
Asoro goal gives clinical Metz 1-0 win at Lens
Joel Asoro netted a first-half goal to seal a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory for Metz over a wasteful Lens in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Hosts Lens - looking for their first win this season -- played with great intensity throughout the match and set up camp in Metz's half in the opening spell, taking 13 shots in the first 35 minutes of the game.
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Goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja kept Metz in the match with a string of fine saves, before the visitors struck against the run of play in the 37th minute, as new signing Asoro stuck a foot out to divert a cross into the net.
A huge roar erupted at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the 65th minute when Lens thought they had finally broken the deadlock after Elye Wahi found the net, but the goal was disallowed for offside.
Florian Sotoca forced a 10th save of the evening from Oukidja with a low shot late into added time, but it was to be a day of frustration for the hosts.
Lens, who finished second in Ligue 1 last season, are second from bottom in the league standings, while Metz's win takes them up to sixth with eight points from five games.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Stephanie Frappart
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | +26 | 33 |
Marseille | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | +12 | 26 |
AS Monaco | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | +10 | 26 |
Lille | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 23 |
Lyon | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | +6 | 22 |
Nice | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +8 | 20 |
Lens | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +3 | 20 |
AJ Auxerre | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
Stade de Reims | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 18 |
Toulouse | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 18 |
Brest | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
Stade Rennais | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
Strasbourg | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
Angers | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
Saint-Etienne | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -19 | 13 |
Le Havre AC | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -14 | 12 |
Nantes | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
Montpellier | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -21 | 8 |