Betting prediction and preview: Olympique Lyonnais fancied to be better team when visiting Metz

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien (26661 seats)

20th- against 7th position might not sound all that hot. Fear not: We have the facts that makes Metz - Olympique Lyonnais (even) more entertaining!

Insights:
  • Metz have the fewest scored goals (31) in Ligue 1

This promises to be an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Metz form and stats

With 1 Ligue 1 win, 7 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Metz are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 14 attempts.

The Metz coach Antonetti and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Montpellier (placed 13th). Opportunity lost for Metz in the Montpellier match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The hometeam coach Antonetti made a successful contribution in the game against Montpellier, bringing on Mafouta who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfielder Pajot was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.54 (out of ten) in that game. Pajot hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 63 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Brest (0-1).

Metz have conceded 29 from these games.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

Lyon play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Olympique Marseille (placed 2nd). Dembélé has found the net for the away side four games in a row. The competence! Gusto, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Gusto served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.

That result followed a home victory 5-2 versus Montpellier.

Olympique Lyonnais have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 20 goals have been scored. 22 goals have been conceded by Lyon in these games.

Head 2 Head

Olympique Lyonnais - Metz 1-1 was the result in these teams' last H2H fixture, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Metz won one game, one match ended in a draw and Olympique Lyonnais managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
17 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
12 goals
Olympique LyonnaisL. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
8 goals

Metz missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Metz Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
4 1 0 Won W 2 5 15
13 7 4 Drew D 2 6 11
18 9 2 Lost L 1 6 9
31 17 5 Scored S 8 20 59
62 29 8 Conceded C 7 22 45
86% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
71% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 80%
49% 47% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 51%
31% 24% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 24% 31%
17% 18% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 23%
51% 59% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 66%
20% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 35% 26%
43% 41% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 24% 14%
 
3.9 3.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.1 4.9
6.8 5.6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.2 4.5
2.5 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.7
8 7 4 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
10.1 10.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15.8 13.2 14.3
3.2 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.2 5.1
28% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 28% 33%
 
14.8 15.3 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.5 12
4.7 4.7 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Metz have the fewest points (10) at home in Ligue 1
  • Metz have the fewest scored goals (31) in Ligue 1

  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 35 24 7 4 79 34 17 15 2 0 42 10 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 79
2 Olympique Marseille 35 19 8 8 56 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 17 11 3 3 27 14 20 65
3 Rennes 35 19 5 11 77 36 18 13 1 4 48 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 41 62
4 Monaco 35 18 8 9 57 35 18 11 4 3 34 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 22 62
5 Nice 35 18 7 10 44 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 18 9 3 6 22 13 15 60
6 Strasbourg 35 15 12 8 58 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 57
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 15 11 9 59 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 17 5 6 6 20 22 14 55
8 Lens 35 15 10 10 55 44 18 9 6 3 33 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 55
9 Nantes 35 14 9 12 50 43 17 10 3 4 30 18 18 4 6 8 20 25 7 51
10 Lille 35 13 12 10 42 43 17 7 7 3 21 18 18 6 5 7 21 25 -1 51
11 Brest 35 13 9 13 45 48 17 7 4 6 26 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -3 48
12 Reims 35 10 13 12 38 38 17 5 6 6 22 18 18 5 7 6 16 20 0 43
13 Montpellier 35 12 7 16 48 53 18 7 5 6 27 22 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 43
14 Troyes 35 9 9 17 33 47 18 5 7 6 18 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -14 36
15 Angers SCO 35 8 11 16 38 53 17 6 2 9 17 22 18 2 9 7 21 31 -15 35
16 Lorient 35 8 10 17 34 59 17 6 5 6 19 18 18 2 5 11 15 41 -25 34
17 Clermont 35 8 9 18 35 65 17 3 6 8 19 30 18 5 3 10 16 35 -30 33
18 Saint-Etienne 35 7 10 18 38 70 18 4 6 8 23 36 17 3 4 10 15 34 -32 31
19 Bordeaux 35 5 12 18 47 85 18 3 6 9 25 33 17 2 6 9 22 52 -38 27
20 Metz 35 4 13 18 31 62 17 1 7 9 17 29 18 3 6 9 14 33 -31 25

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  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 35 24 7 4 79 34 17 15 2 0 42 10 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 79
2 Olympique Marseille 35 19 8 8 56 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 17 11 3 3 27 14 20 65
3 Rennes 35 19 5 11 77 36 18 13 1 4 48 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 41 62
4 Monaco 35 18 8 9 57 35 18 11 4 3 34 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 22 62
5 Nice 35 18 7 10 44 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 18 9 3 6 22 13 15 60
6 Strasbourg 35 15 12 8 58 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 57
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 15 11 9 59 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 17 5 6 6 20 22 14 55
8 Lens 35 15 10 10 55 44 18 9 6 3 33 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 55
9 Nantes 35 14 9 12 50 43 17 10 3 4 30 18 18 4 6 8 20 25 7 51
10 Lille 35 13 12 10 42 43 17 7 7 3 21 18 18 6 5 7 21 25 -1 51
11 Brest 35 13 9 13 45 48 17 7 4 6 26 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -3 48
12 Reims 35 10 13 12 38 38 17 5 6 6 22 18 18 5 7 6 16 20 0 43
13 Montpellier 35 12 7 16 48 53 18 7 5 6 27 22 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 43
14 Troyes 35 9 9 17 33 47 18 5 7 6 18 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -14 36
15 Angers SCO 35 8 11 16 38 53 17 6 2 9 17 22 18 2 9 7 21 31 -15 35
16 Lorient 35 8 10 17 34 59 17 6 5 6 19 18 18 2 5 11 15 41 -25 34
17 Clermont 35 8 9 18 35 65 17 3 6 8 19 30 18 5 3 10 16 35 -30 33
18 Saint-Etienne 35 7 10 18 38 70 18 4 6 8 23 36 17 3 4 10 15 34 -32 31
19 Bordeaux 35 5 12 18 47 85 18 3 6 9 25 33 17 2 6 9 22 52 -38 27
20 Metz 35 4 13 18 31 62 17 1 7 9 17 29 18 3 6 9 14 33 -31 25

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.