Metz will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Olympique Lyonnais.
- Metz has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Lyonnais is in the best form (5-1-0)
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.
Metz form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Metz so far this season.
The Metz crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Brest here at Stade Saint-Symphorien in a Ligue 1 match. Before that, Metz played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Nantes.
Metz are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
230 minutes! That's how long the Olympique Lyonnais goalkeeper Anthony Lopes and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Karl Toko Ekambi, Bruno Guimarães and Moussa Dembélé scored in Olympique's previous match, the home game against Reims that ended 3-0. Prior to that result Olympique won their away game at Angers SCO. The scoreline was 1-0.
Olympique Lyonnais find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Olympique have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Metz, zero draws and eight wins for Olympique Lyonnais. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Niane 6 goals |   M. Depay 5 goals |  K. Toko Ekambi 5 goals |
Metz missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Metz | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 83% |
| 67% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 12.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 14.3 | 15.9 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 24% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 28% | 39% |
- Metz has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Ligue 1
- Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympique Lyonnais is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 25 |
| 2 | Lille | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Monaco | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Rennes | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Lens | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Brest | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Nice | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Metz | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Nimes | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Reims | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 9 |
| 18 | Lorient | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
| 20 | Dijon | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 7 |