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FC Metz

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Metz go into this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Ligue 1 Play-off draw against St Etienne.

In that game, FC Metz had 33% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For FC Metz, the scorers were Lamine Camara (17') and Georges Mikautadze (25'). For their opponents, Saint-Etienne had 33 attempts on goal with 12 on target. Léo Pétrot (35') and Ibrahima Wadji (117') scored for St Etienne. The match went to extra time and was won by St Etienne.

Three or more goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where FC Metz have taken part. Opposing sides scored 13 times in these games while FC Metz amassed a tally of 7.

SC Bastia

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In their last game, SC Bastia drew 1-1 in the Ligue 2 tie with Paris FC.

The only scorer from SC Bastia was Migouel Alfarela (45'). Timothée Kolodziejczak (29') scored for Paris FC.

Over the course of their last 6 outings, SC Bastia have bagged the sum of 9 goals. SC Bastia have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, they’ve had 7 goals scored by their opponents. Even so, it remains to be seen if that pattern might persist in this next match.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 20/09/2014, neither club has come out on top overall with Metz winning 3 of those games, SC Bastia 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

15 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Les Grenats and 8 for Bastia. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league clash between the two was Ligue 2 match day 38 on 02/06/2023 when the final score was FC Metz 3-2 SC Bastia.

The referee was Ruddy Buquet.

📰 Team News: SC Bastia

Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there is just the sole fitness worry for the SC Bastia boss Benoît Tavenot to be concerned about. Florian Bohnert (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that FC Metz should dominate possession and create several successful chances.

However, SC Bastia will be up against it to break down their defence but we do fancy them scoring here as well.

We’re predicting a controlled 3-1 win for FC Metz at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 18:05 19/08/2024