Struggling Metz will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Olympique Marseille in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Metz form and stats
Metz have played 8 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Metz lost their last game at Nice (placed 13th) after a 1-4 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Rennes (0-1).
The Metz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. On the other hand, Metz have conceded 10 goals.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Olympique Marseille have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Metz. Momentum is building for Olympique Marseille in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Olympique Marseille won their last game, 3-1 versus Bordeaux played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Angers SCO at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Olympique Marseille are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Olympique Marseille have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Metz won 2, Olympique Marseille won 7 and 1 draw. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 9 goals |   D. Benedetto 6 goals |  D. Payet 5 goals |
Metz missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Metz | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 88% |
| 76% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 82% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 24% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 41% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 24% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 204 | 106 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 94 | 248 |
| 66 | 37 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 33 | 74 |
| 21% | 27% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 33% | 34% |
- Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Olympique Marseille is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Lille | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Nantes | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | Saint-Etienne | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Reims | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Monaco | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Nice | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Brest | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Dijon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Amiens SC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 12 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 12 |