📏 Form Guide

Havre AC

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Havre AC will be hoping to bounce back here after the 0-1 Ligue 1 losing effort in their last game against Nantes.

In that game, Havre AC managed 44% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Nantes had 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Kader Bamba (93') was the scorer for Nantes.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Havre AC have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Havre AC have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 7 goals during that time. While that may be of interest, time will tell whether that pattern might be sustained in this next match or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Havre AC:

• are unbeaten in the league by FC Metz in their last 7 games.
• have not beaten FC Metz in their last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

FC Metz

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Metz will go into the clash following a 2-1 Ligue 1 win with the defeat of RC Lens in their last fixture.

In that match, FC Metz managed 30% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for FC Metz was Georges Mikautadze (34', 45'). Lens had 17 shots on goal with 2 on target. Florian Sotoca (13') was the scorer for RC Lens.

Proving their penchant for productive encounters, goals have been celebrated 23 times in the last 6 matches in which FC Metz have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 3.83 goals per fixture. Their opponents have managed 12 of these goals.

Ahead of this meeting, FC Metz are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 13/02/2016 shows that Havre AC have won 3 of these and Metz 0, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

An aggregate of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them from Le club doyen and 3 created by Les Grenats. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 10 on 29/10/2023 when the final score was FC Metz 0-0 Havre AC.

On that occasion, FC Metz had 41% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Havre AC got 11 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj.

📰 Team News: Havre AC

Gautier Lloris (Hamstring injury), Oussama Targhalline (ankle sprain) and Andy Logbo (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Havre AC gaffer Luka Elsner.

In all likelihood, Le club doyen could opt for a 5-3-2 system and select Arthur Desmas, Arouna Sangante, Yoann Salmier, E. Youte Kinkoue, Loic Nego, Oualid El Hajjam, Daler Kuzyaev, Rassoul Ndiaye, Yassine Kechta, Emmanuel Sabbi and Mohamed Bayo.

🗞️ Team News: Metz

From a largely available squad, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Metz manager László Bölöni to be concerned about. Ablie Jallow (Dead leg) won’t be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Les Grenats appear most likely to play in a 4-5-1 system by sending out Alexandre Oukidja, Koffi Kouao, Ismael Traore, Fali Cande, Matthieu Udol, K. Van Den, Lamine Camara, Kevin N'Doram, Arthur Atta, Cheikh Sabaly and Georges Mikautadze.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment is that FC Metz have enough to score against this Havre AC side, although that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Havre AC when all is said and done. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Victor Martins, 12:01 21/04/2024