Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Olympique Lyonnais & Metz face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Last season, Olympique Lyonnais's Coupe de France journey ended in the quarter-finals.Olympique Lyonnais have collected 17 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 5-2-2.
Lyon's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Clermont. Cherki (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Cherki hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Brest and winning 4-2.There will be little rest for Olympique Lyonnais after this match as they are travelling to Nantes for a Ligue 1 game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Olympique Lyonnais in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Lyon have conceded only 7 goals.
Metz form and stats
Metz was sent out of Coupe de France in the round of 64 last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The Metz goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 242 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Metz, whose coach Bölöni could celebrate last time after the win against Grenoble Foot 38. Defender Candé was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Candé scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.
A draw for Metz before that, at their own venue hosting Niort (0-0).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Metz manager Bölöni as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Nimes.
The travelling fans enjoy Metz's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Metz have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Olympique Lyonnais wins - draws - Metz wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lacazette 10 goals |   G. Mikautadze 7 goals |  M. Lemos Martins 6 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Metz missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 11.3 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | Lens | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 4 | Monaco | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Rennes | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | Lorient | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Lille | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Clermont | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Nice | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Reims | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Nantes | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Troyes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Ajaccio | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Brest | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 13 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 13 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -21 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Le Havre | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Metz | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Caen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Quevilly Rouen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Paris | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Bastia | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Pau | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Annecy | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Laval | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Dijon | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Rodez | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Nimes | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Niort | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 12 |
