Metz 0-2 Nice - March 18, 1978 / Coupe de France 1977/1978
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FCM
14' - Goal
Nenad Bjekovic
FCM

62' - Substitution
Gérard Buscheris substituted by Nambatingue Toko
63' - Goal
Nambatingue Toko
75' - Substitution
Patrick Battistonis substituted by Patrick Remy
75' - Substitution
Hugo Alberto Curioniis substituted by Claude Taruffi75
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Team line-ups
Metz
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Michel Ettorre | 20 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Patrick Battiston | 75 | 21 | 117 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Daniel Jenny | 28 | 123 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Joël Muller | 26 | 173 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Jacky Perignon | 26 | 178 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
François Zdun | 23 | 65 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Michel Sénéchal | 27 | 32 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Bernard Zénier | 20 | 93 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Hugo Alberto Curioni | 75 | 31 | 132 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Jean-Philippe Dehon | 21 | 107 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Nico Braun | 27 | 186 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
24.5 years
Average number of matches played for the team
110
Nice
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Georges Jacomo | 20 | 14 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Josip Katalinski | 29 | 115 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Christian Cappadona | 21 | 32 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Henri Zambelli | 21 | 132 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Dominique Morabito | 19 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Robert Barraja | 21 | 41 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Roger Jouve | 29 | 337 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Jean-Marc Guillou | 32 | 111 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Gérard Buscher | 62 | 17 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Daniel Sanchez | 24 | 140 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Nenad Bjekovic | 14 | 30 | 74 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
23.9 years
Average number of matches played for the team
91
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Patrick Remy | 75 | 23 | 60 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Claude Taruffi | 75 | 18 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F |
Nambatingue Toko | 6362 | 25 | 91 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Hugo Alberto Curioni
IN
Patrick Remy
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Gérard Buscher
IN
Bernard Castellani
OUT
Christian Cappadona
IN
Juan Pedro Ascery
OUT
Dominique Morabito
IN
Jean-Noël Huck
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
48
157
Success rate in this team:
45 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
43 %
Huart vs Nice
2 victories
4 draws
3 losses
Huart vs Rossi
2 victories
1 draw
1 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
54
167
Success rate in this team:
46 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
39 %
Rossi vs Metz
3 victories
4 draws
8 losses
Rossi vs Huart
1 victory
1 draw
2 losses
Referee
Robert Wurtz
16 victories |
7 draws |
21 losses |
Metz44 matches | General total | Nice47 matches | 20 victories |
11 draws |
16 losses |
0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
Metz1 match | Season total | Nice1 match | 1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
| Latest figure on May 06, 1989 | Latest figure on October 03, 1989 | |||||||
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Key figures

Metz keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Coupe de France running (since 13/02/1977). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/02/1968-04/04/1970 time period (9 matches).

End of streak for Metz after 10 consecutive matches without a loss at home (since 22/11/1977). It was the best streak for the club since 12/01/1975-26/11/1975 (21 matches).

End of streak for Metz after 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Nice in Coupe de France (since 22/03/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | VMetz 3-0 Nîmes18/01/1978 | VMetz 5-0 Masevaux29/01/1978 | VMetz 2-1 Paris SG04/02/1978 | DMetz 0-0 Strasbourg15/02/1978 | DMetz 0-0 Bastia04/03/1978 | VMetz 2-0 Red Star14/03/1978 |
| Overall | VMetz 3-0 Nîmes18/01/1978 | VMetz 5-0 Masevaux29/01/1978 | VMetz 2-1 Paris SG04/02/1978 | DMetz 0-0 Strasbourg15/02/1978 | DMetz 0-0 Bastia04/03/1978 | VMetz 2-0 Red Star14/03/1978 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 1 | 1 |
| Unbeaten streak | 10 | 10 |
| Drawless streak | 1 | 1 |
| Scoring streak | 1 | 1 |
| Invincibility streak | 3 | 3 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Loosing streak | 0 | 1 |
| Winless streak | 0 | 1 |
| Drawless streak | 0 | 13 |
| Goalless streak | 0 | 1 |
| Conceding streak | 0 | 6 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
3 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
3 |
|
2 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
2 |
Victories (Competition total) |
2 |
|
2 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
Draws (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
0 |
Losses (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
|
9 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
7 |
|
7 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
2 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
5 |
|
0 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
3 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
2.33 |
|
3.5 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
0.67 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1.67 |
|
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
3 |
Betting aid
|
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
3 |
|
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
2 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
0 |
|
2 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
3 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
5-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
3-3 |
Bookings
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
![]() | Patrick Battiston | 2 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 1 goal | Daniel Sanchez | ![]() |
![]() | Patrick Battiston | 2 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
| - | Player with most assists (Competition total) | 1 assist | Nenad Bjekovic | ![]() |
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![]() | Jean-Philippe Dehon | 1 goal during the last match | The fittest player | 1 goal, 1 assist during the last match | Nenad Bjekovic | ![]() |
Historical head to head
Home
33 gf
21 ga
Away
28 gf
47 ga
Total
61 gf
68 ga
Historical head to head
Home
47 gf
28 ga
Away
21 gf
33 ga
Total
68 gf
61 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 4 - 0 |
December 26, 1954 |
| Home | 4 - 0 |
December 26, 1954 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 6 - 0 |
September 06, 1972 |
| Away | 3 - 0 |
February 19, 1950 |
Latest head to head
December 10, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978
August 16, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978
May 21, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977
November 27, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977
February 15, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976
Best historical scorers against Nice
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Nico Braun | 4 goals | 1973 - 1977 |
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Henri Burda | 4 goals | 1948 - 1956 |
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Henri Baillot | 3 goals | 1948 - 1949 |
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André Hess | 3 goals | 1954 - 1956 |
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Hugo Alberto Curioni | 3 goals | 1975 - 1977 |
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Ernst Bokon | 3 goals | 1954 - 1955 |
Best historical scorers against Metz
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Joseph Ujlaki | 4 goals | 1954 - 1957 |
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Charly Loubet | 4 goals | 1967 - 1974 |
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Marc Molitor | 4 goals | 1974 - 1976 |
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Daniel Sanchez | 3 goals | 1975 - 1977 |
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Thierry Massa | 3 goals | 1974 - 1977 |
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Victor Nurenberg | 3 goals | 1952 - 1957 |
Players with most games played vs Nice
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Fernand Jeitz | 17 matches | 1968 - 1976 |
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Henri Burda | 13 matches | 1948 - 1957 |
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Claude Dosdat | 13 matches | 1949 - 1958 |
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Georges Zvunka | 12 matches | 1961 - 1971 |
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René Fuchs | 11 matches | 1952 - 1961 |
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Jacky Pauvert | 11 matches | 1969 - 1973 |
Players with most games played vs Metz
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Francis Isnard | 17 matches | 1964 - 1975 |
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Roger Jouve | 15 matches | 1970 - 1977 |
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César Héctor Gonzalès | 13 matches | 1951 - 1958 |
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André Chorda | 13 matches | 1957 - 1973 |
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Dominique Baratelli | 13 matches | 1971 - 1977 |
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Jean-Noël Huck | 12 matches | 1971 - 1977 |
They played in both sides
19 matches
164 matches
6 matches
2 matches
They played in both sides
19 matches
164 matches
6 matches
2 matches
Competition info
The other matches
March 17, 1978
March 18, 1978
March 21, 1978
March 22, 1978


























































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