Football betting preview: Metz vs Olympique Marseille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien (26661 seats)

With the anxious opening match out of the way it’s time for the second Ligue 1 battle of the season. Metz are eager to welcome Olympique Marseille in front of their home fans.

Olympique Marseille could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only three sleeps ago.

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Metz form and stats

The season before, Metz's league statistics were 20 wins, 12 draws and 6 losses, producing 2nd position in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored {61 goals} and gave away 33. Performing at home in the former season Metz managed 10-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 15 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Bölöni led his Metz to a defeat away at Rennes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Saint-Symphorien. Metz were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Metz's goalkeeper Oukidja was extremely busy against Rennes, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.

Ahead of that match, Metz won a home game hosting Bastia (3-2).

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Let's have a look at how Olympique Marseille performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 67 and conceded {40 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 32/16 goals scored/conceded.

The regulars enjoyed Olympique Marseille's previous game versus Panathinaikos, a Champions League win (2-1) played at home. Lodi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.61. Lodi hit three key passes and won 14 of 21 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Reims.

Head 2 Head

Olympique Marseille have won at least one point in the last 7 matches (3-4-0) facing Metz.

Top Goalscorers

MetzY. Maziz
Y. Maziz
1 goals
Olympique MarseilleA. Ounahi
A. Ounahi
1 goals
Olympique MarseilleV. Carvalho Oliveira
V. Carvalho Oliveira
1 goals

Metz missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Metz Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 10
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 10
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
29 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
14 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Metz Last season Olympique Marseille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
20 10   Won W   12 22
12 7   Drew D   3 7
6 2   Lost L   4 9
61 28   Scored S   32 67
33 15   Conceded C   16 40
87% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
68% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 82%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 61%
24% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
45% 37%   BTTS BTTS   47% 63%
45% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 26%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   16% 13%
 
4.7 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.5
3.9 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.1
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
7 4   Red cards R C   2 4
 
11.8 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 14.8
4.4 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5
36% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%
 
9.4 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.6
3.2 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 PSG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Etienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nimes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29
Last season 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 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

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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 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 PSG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.