Ligue 1 game preview and facts: Metz fight Brest

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien (26661 seats)

Ligue 1: Metz are 18 points after Brest, but are motivated to go full throttle. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Metz have the fewest scored goals (29) in Ligue 1
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Brest, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Metz and Brest.

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Metz form and stats

With 1 Ligue 1 win, 7 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Metz are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Metz who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Reims, 97 days ago.

Metz lost their last game at Lorient (placed 15th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The defeat against Lorient was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Ouattara). Kouyaté, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Kouyaté won 9 of 15 duels.

In the match before that, Metz hosted Clermont and drew the game 1-1.

Metz has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Metz have conceded 28 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Brest form and stats

5-5-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brest in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Brest go into this game after a win, the home game against Olympique Lyonnais that ended 2-1. Cardona came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Olympique Lyonnais last time out, making the manager Zakarian feel like a tactical genius. Mounié, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.23. Mounié scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.

A 1-2 defeat away at Saint-Étienne before that.

Brest find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Brest have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other before this match year: Brest - Metz 1-2. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Metz won four, Brest triumphed in three and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
11 goals
BrestS. Mounié
S. Mounié
7 goals
MetzN. de Roussel de Préville
N. de Roussel de Préville
5 goals

Metz missing players

Brest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Metz Brest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 6 17 33
4 1 0 Won W 2 5 11
12 7 4 Drew D 2 5 9
17 8 1 Lost L 2 7 13
29 17 5 Scored S 7 18 42
59 28 7 Conceded C 7 24 48
85% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 88% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 88%
48% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 48%
30% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 21%
18% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
52% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 76% 67%
21% 12% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 15%
42% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 18%
 
4 3.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 4.2
6.8 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 5.2
2.4 2.2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.6
6 5 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.2 10.7
3.2 3.3 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.9
28% 32% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 29% 32%
 
14.6 15.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 14 12.7
4.7 4.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Metz have the fewest points (10) at home in Ligue 1
  • Metz have the fewest scored goals (29) in Ligue 1
  • Metz is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

Metz:
Brest:
Table
  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 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

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