Lille have 35 points playing as the hosting team. Metz have claimed 20 points being the away side. Are we looking at a home win?
- Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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.
Lille form and stats
The Ligue 1 statistics at home this season for Lille are 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Lille in their previous game, a fixture away at Montpellier (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Jardim, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.02 out of 10 in that game. Jardim topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the home loss against PSG with the scoreline 1-5.Lille are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew one and lost one.
Lille are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Chelsea awaits in four days.
The Lille fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Lille's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metz form and stats
Playing away, Metz have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Olympique Marseille with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Traore got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Traore dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A 0-0 draw at Troyes's stadium before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Metz played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.
The attacking power of Metz when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Metz have conceded 20 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Metz - Lille 3-3 was the story when these two participants last did battle, some time ago this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Lille won five, Metz triumphed in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. David 12 goals |  B. Yılmaz 4 goals |   F. Centonze 4 goals |
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| Lille | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 32 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 35 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | 45 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 54% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 54% |
| 25% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 33% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 17% | 21% |
| 71% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 42% | 54% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 42% | 38% |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 12.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 9.2 | 10 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 29% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 31% |
| 12.2 | 11.3 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 13.7 | 14.3 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
- Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 33 | 59 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Nice | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 5 | Rennes | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 37 |
| 6 | Monaco | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Lens | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Nantes | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Lille | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 35 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 12 | Brest | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Reims | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 27 |
| 15 | Clermont | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 24 |
| 16 | Troyes | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 21 |
| 17 | Lorient | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -18 | 21 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -21 | 21 |
| 19 | Metz | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 20 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 37 | -25 | 20 |
