The league table in Ligue 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Lille leading Metz by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Valencia, so at least Lille are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Lille form and stats
5-1-0 is the performance here at Stade Pierre Mauroy so far in the Ligue 1, giving Lille a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results!
The fans are hoping that Lille will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Champions League game against Valencia. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Olympique Marseille (1-2).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Lille's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 0.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 6 games), Lille's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Lille have conceded only 4 goals.
Metz form and stats
Metz have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-1-4 (6 played). Metz seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Metz delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Montpellier (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Brest in the Coupe de la Ligue.
It looked so good for Metz vs Montpellier, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Metz when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Metz are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 6 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Metz have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 2 - 2 (Lille wins - draws - Metz wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 8 goals |   V. Osimhen 7 goals |  L. Rémy 3 goals |
Lille missing players
Metz missing players
| Lille | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 83% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Lille's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lille have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lille have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metz have scored away.
- Lille have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Nantes | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 5 | Lille | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Reims | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Saint-Etienne | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Brest | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Amiens SC | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Nice | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Rennes | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 15 | Monaco | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Dijon | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Toulouse | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 19 | Metz | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Nimes | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 11 |