- 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 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | +55 | 81 |
Marseille | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | +25 | 62 |
AS Monaco | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | +26 | 61 |
Nice | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | +19 | 57 |
Lille | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | +15 | 57 |
Strasbourg | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | +13 | 57 |
Lyon | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | +17 | 54 |
Brest | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 50 |
Lens | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 49 |
AJ Auxerre | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 42 |
Stade Rennais | 33 | 13 | 2 | 18 | +3 | 41 |
Toulouse | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 39 |
Angers | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 36 |
Stade de Reims | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 33 |
Nantes | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | -16 | 33 |
Le Havre AC | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | -32 | 31 |
Saint-Etienne | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -37 | 30 |
Montpellier | 33 | 4 | 4 | 25 | -53 | 16 |