There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 1 table so far. Here's the Metz - Brest latest:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for Brest 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 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
An away draw last time out for Metz, facing Nantes in a game that ended 1-1. In the match before that, Metz hosted Dijon and drew the game 1-1.
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 five games. Metz has won five of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Metz in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Metz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Saint-Symphorien in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Brest form and stats
1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brest, who have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 1, in their Ligue 1 matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on O. Dall’Oglio, the Brest manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Brest had fun at their own home (Stade Saint-Symphorien) last time out, beating Saint-Etienne 4-1. Franck Honorat, Jean-Kevin Duverne, Steve Mounié and Irvin Cardona scored. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Rennes's place.
It was a convincing performance from Brest when Saint-Etienne were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 4-1 and the second half was comfortable. Franck Honorat, Jean-Kevin Duverne, Steve Mounié and Irvin Cardona scored their goals.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brest playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Brest wins, two draws and two defeats.
The visiting Brest have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. For Brest, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Metz four wins, four draws and Brest two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Niane 6 goals |  R. Perraud 3 goals | R. Faivre 3 goals |
Metz missing players
Brest missing players
| Metz | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 45% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 103 | 56 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 69 | 148 |
| 40 | 25 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 23 | 54 |
| 30% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | 35% |
- All of Brest's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brest has the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 1
- Brest has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Ligue 1
- Brest has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Ligue 1
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Lille | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Rennes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Metz | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Brest | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Nantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Reims | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Lorient | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Nimes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Dijon | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 4 |