Football preview: Lens II vs Metz II - predictions and statistics

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Blin

Metz II have journeyed here for an exciting battle against the home side Lens II. Read up on the fixture with this in-depth CFA Group B preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lens II form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first CFA Group B game of the season here at Stade François Blin. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss from Lens II's 4 home games.

Lens faced defeat in their previous match, away at St Maur Lusitanos (0-2).

Before that game, the home loss against Fleury 91 with the scoreline 1-3.

Early season league goal statistics from Lens II's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Metz II form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first CFA Group B away game of the season. During their previous season 3 away games resulted in 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Metz delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Olympique St Quentin (placed 10th) in their previous match; a CFA Group B game.

Before that, Metz travelled to Bobigny and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

1 goal so far away for Metz II, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lens two wins, two draws and Metz II six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LensR. Merlen
R. Merlen
2 goals

Lens II missing players

Metz II missing players

Lens II Metz II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 1 1
5 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10 10
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 3
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 100%
Lens II Last season Metz II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
8 4   Played P   3 8
4 1   Won W   0 4
2 2   Drew D   0 1
2 1   Lost L   3 3
12 5   Scored S   1 9
14 7   Conceded C   5 7
88% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 50%
88% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 38%
38% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 12%
25% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
62% 50%   BTTS BTTS   33% 25%
12% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 50%
38% 50%   Failed to Score F T   67% 25%
 
2.8 2.7   Corners for (avg) C F   0 4.7
6.6 6.7   Corners against (avg) C A   0 5.7
1.6 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 1.7
3 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.2 7.7   Shots (avg) S (   0 10.7
5 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 6.3
36% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reims II 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 6
2 Fleury 91 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 6
3 St Maur Lusitanos 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
4 Gobelins 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Auxerre II 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
6 Épinal 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
7 Haguenau 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
8 Belfort 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
9 Bobigny 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
10 Olympique St Quentin 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Schiltigheim 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Metz II 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Beauvais 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Sainte Geneviève 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 1
15 Entente SSG 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
16 Lens II 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gobelins 9 4 4 1 10 4 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 2 2 1 5 1 6 16
2 Épinal 8 5 0 3 10 8 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 2 15
3 Haguenau 9 3 5 1 9 6 5 1 3 1 4 3 4 2 2 0 5 3 3 14
4 Bobigny 8 4 2 2 8 10 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 1 1 3 5 -2 14
5 St Maur Lusitanos 8 4 1 3 13 7 4 2 1 1 9 4 4 2 0 2 4 3 6 13
6 Beauvais 9 3 4 2 12 9 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 13
7 Metz II 8 4 1 3 9 7 5 4 1 0 8 2 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 13
8 Auxerre II 9 3 4 2 13 13 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 1 2 2 8 10 0 13
9 Lens II 8 4 2 2 12 14 4 1 2 1 5 7 4 3 0 1 7 7 -2 13
10 Gazelec Ajaccio 9 3 3 3 12 9 4 2 0 2 7 4 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 12
11 Belfort 9 3 3 3 12 10 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 12
12 Sedan 8 2 5 1 7 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 1 11
13 Reims II 9 2 3 4 15 12 4 2 1 1 10 2 5 0 2 3 5 10 3 9
14 Entente SSG 9 2 1 6 8 13 5 1 1 3 3 5 4 1 0 3 5 8 -5 7
15 Schiltigheim 9 1 2 6 5 20 5 1 1 3 3 8 4 0 1 3 2 12 -15 5
16 Olympique St Quentin 9 0 4 5 6 13 5 0 3 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 3 7 -7 4

Read more about CFA Group B

The Championnat National 2 is often called National 2. It is the fourth level of the football league pyramid in France and divided into four groups of 16 teams, based on location. Each team plays 30 fixtures and the club with the most league table points, regardless of group, is crowned champion.