Season ticket holders at Stade Saint-Symphorien haven't seen too many victories this season, with Metz languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Bordeaux will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It's no vacation for neither Metz nor Bordeaux as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Bordeaux when visiting Metz as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Metz form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Metz at their home stadium (Stade Saint-Symphorien) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Metz bring valid hopes of a third.
Metz manager V. Hognon and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Montpellier (placed 5th) in the Ligue 1. Ahead of that match, Metz won a home game hosting Saint-Étienne (3-1).
The Metz goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja was crucial in the match against Montpellier last time out, making six saves. Farid Boulaya was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Montpellier after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Habib Diallo felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Montpellier as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 21st minute.
This is expected to be a close game, with Metz perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Metz as a small favourite), we find four games. Metz has won two of these, drawn two and lost zero.
Metz has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Bordeaux form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Bordeaux have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far.
Bordeaux are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Brest (placed 14th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Olympique Marseille.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Bordeaux in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Bordeaux, three draws and five defeats.
Bordeaux are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Bordeaux in these games.
Head 2 Head
Bordeaux - Metz 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Metz wins - draws - Bordeaux wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 12 goals |   J. Briand 6 goals |  N. de Roussel de Préville 5 goals |
Metz missing players
Bordeaux missing players
| Metz | Bordeaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 30 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 25 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 74% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 74% |
| 35% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 39% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 48% | 55% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 52% |
| 26% | 27% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 26% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 26% |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 263 | 132 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 121 | 253 |
| 93 | 49 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 39 | 91 |
| 25% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 34% |
- Bordeaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bordeaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 44 | 58 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 |
| 3 | Rennes | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | Lille | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 33 |
| 7 | Reims | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Nice | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Monaco | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Nantes | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 31 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | Brest | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 20 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 13 |