Senegal's Opa Nguette and Algeria's Farid Boulaya found the back of the net as Metz sealed a 2-0 win over Lens in Saturday's Ligue 1 outing.
Boulaya helped Nguette open the scoring in the 30th minute and the Algerian forward later sealed maximum points for the hosts at the death of the match.
Their efforts made it back-to-back wins for Metz and their second straight clean sheet in the French top-flight.
A host of African stars were on parade at Stade Saint-Symphorien including Ghana's John Boye, Algeria goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja and Senegal's Papa Yade while Cameroon striker Ignatius Ganago, DR Congo's Gael Kakuta, Ivory Coast's Seko Fofana were in action for Lens.