📊 Form Guide

FC Metz

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Metz, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Ligue 1 triumph over Havre AC.

In that match, FC Metz had 36% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for FC Metz was Georges Mikautadze (46'). Havre AC had 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

Matches with FC Metz have proved to be entertaining ones lately with high scoring expected. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum of 22 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 10 of them belonging to FC Metz.

Going into this one, FC Metz haven't won against Lille in their previous 8 matches in the league.

Lille

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Monaco in Ligue 1 action, Lille will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Lille had 57% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Monaco had 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. Youssouf Fofana (62') was the scorer for Monaco.

The stats tell the story, and Lille have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals in all. Defensively, Lille have clearly had some problems. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through here, of course.

Coming into this clash, Lille remain unbeaten by FC Metz when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/11/2019 shows us that Metz have won 0 of these & Lille 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

An aggregate of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them from Les Grenats and 8 belonging to LOSC. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league encounter between the two was Ligue 1 match day 14 on 03/12/2023 when it ended Lille 2-0 FC Metz.

On that occasion, Lille had 66% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Yusuf Yazıcı (45') and Jonathan David (45').

On the other side, FC Metz got 7 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Gaël Angoula.

📋 Team News: Metz

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Metz manager László Bölöni to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Ablie Jallow (Dead leg) is sidelined.

It looks as if Les Grenats look set to go for a 4-3-3 formation for the game and select Alexandre Oukidja, Maxime Colin, Ismael Traore, Sadibou Sane, Matthieu Udol, Lamine Camara, Kevin N'Doram, Arthur Atta, K. Van Den, Georges Mikautadze and Pape Diallo.

📋 Team News: Lille

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there is only a single fitness worry for the Lille boss Paulo Fonseca to contend with. Samuel Umtiti (Knee surgery) misses out for this game.

We believe LOSC seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Lucas Chevalier, Tiago Santos, Bafode Diakite, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Benjamin Andre, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Yusuf Yazici, Angel Gomes, Remy Cabella and Jonathan David.

💭 Prediction

We feel that FC Metz will do well to get anything against this Lille outfit who will likely be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

Therefore, we predict a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 advantage for Lille when the full-time whistle blows.

A close call.

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Renata Leite, 10:27 28/04/2024