The time is almost upon us for the Nantes vs Metz Ligue 1 match which kicks off very shortly, and the team sheets have now been announced.
First off, the starting eleven for Nantes which has been officially confirmed as:
Nantes
Alban Lafont #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 25
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Nicolas Cozza #3
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 25
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Ganges, France
Jean-Charles Castelletto #21
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 29
Place of birth: Clamart, France
Nicolas Pallois #4
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 36
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Elbeuf, France
Nathan Zézé #44
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 18
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Nantes, France
Pedro Chirivella #5
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Valencia, Spain
Douglas Augusto Soares Gomes #6
Also known as Douglas Augusto
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Florent Mollet #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 32
Nationality: France
Place of birth: France
Moses Simon #15
Forward
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Jos, Nigeria
Marcus Coco #11
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 27
Nationality: France
Mostafa Mohamed #19
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Egypt
Place of birth: Giza, Egypt
The starting line-up for Metz has also been confirmed as:
Metz
Alexandre Oukidja #16
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Algeria
Place of birth: Nevers, France
Matthieu Udol #3
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 27
Nationality: France
Place of birth: France
Christophe Hérelle #29
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 31
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Nice, France
Fali Candé #2
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Kévin Van Den Kerkhof #22
Defender
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Algeria
Place of birth: Saint-Saulve, France
Maxime Colin #2
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 32
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Arras, France
Arthur Atta #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 21
Nationality: France
Place of birth: France
Lamine Camara #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Senegal
Place of birth: Diouloulou, Senegal
Georges Mikautadze
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 23
Place of birth: Lyon, France
Didier Lamkel Zé #11
Forward
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 27
N'Duquidi, J
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