Havre AC vs Metz Live Stream, Predictions

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Havre AC

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Havre AC will be looking for an improved result here after a 0-1 Ligue 1 losing effort in their last game against Nantes.

In that match, Havre AC managed 44% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Nantes had 12 shots on goal with 4 of them 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 go into this meeting following a 2-1 Ligue 1 win with the downing of RC Lens in their last outing.

In that game, FC Metz managed 30% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Metz was Georges Mikautadze (34', 45'). Lens got 17 attempts at goal with 2 of them 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 clashes dating back to 13/02/2016 shows us that Havre AC have won 3 of them & Metz 0, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A combined sum of 10 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 from Le club doyen and 3 coming from Les Grenats. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league match featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 10 on 29/10/2023 which ended up with the score at FC Metz 0-0 Havre AC.

That time, FC Metz had 41% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

On the other side, Havre AC had 11 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj.

📋 Team News: Havre AC

Andy Logbo (Cruciate ligament tear), Gautier Lloris (Hamstring injury) and Oussama Targhalline (ankle sprain) are unavailable for Havre AC manager Luka Elsner.

In our view, Le club doyen will possibly opt for a 5-3-2 formation in the match featuring 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

Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Metz manager László Bölöni to be concerned with. Ablie Jallow (Dead leg) won’t be playing here.

We believe Les Grenats appear most likely to utilise a 4-5-1 system using 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, 00:02 20/04/2024