Metz saw a 0-3 score against Strasbourg last game, a match to learn from. Next is this bright Paris Saint Germain side.
- Metz have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (18) in Ligue 1
Paris Saint Germain could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 1 game only three sleeps ago.
Metz form and stats
Three Ligue 1 home games done for Metz, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
Stress levels are on the rise for Metz's attacking players as they have now played 241 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Desmas (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Metz will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Strasbourg (placed 12th). The game against Strasbourg was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality. Matthieu Udol, defender, was given a rating of 7.35/10 in that game, top of the team. Udol hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Metz lost 0-2 at home to Troyes.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Metz have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost one from one game. one defeat by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Metz as they are travelling to their away game against Brest in the Ligue 1. That match is four days after this one.
The Metz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Metz have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Paris Saint Germain form and stats
Paris Saint Germain are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Ligue 1.
Impressive finishing from Neymar and Mauro Icardi secured the home win 2-1 against Olympique Lyonnais in their previous game. Mauro Icardi came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Olympique Lyonnais last time out, making the manager M. Pochettino Trossero feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Olympique Lyonnais, was very satisfying as Mauro Icardi scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Neymar got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Neymar scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 10 of 17 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).
Before that, Paris travelled to Club Brugge and returned home with a draw after the Champions League game finished 1-1.As mentioned earlier, Paris Saint Germain will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 15 wins (13 by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and one surprising defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Montpellier in just three days.
Paris are a potent attacking force on the road with their 8 goals in 3 league games. As opposed to that, Paris Saint Germain have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Metz victories, zero draws and ten Paris Saint Germain wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbappé Lottin 4 goals |  A. Herrera Agüera 3 goals |  M. Icardi Rivero 3 goals |
Metz missing players
Paris Saint Germain missing players
| Metz | Paris Saint Germain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 13.3 | 13 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 23% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 57% | 60% |
- All of Metz's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Paris Saint Germain's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Metz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Metz have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Ligue 1
- Metz have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Ligue 1
- Metz have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Metz have yet to win a game.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Paris Saint Germain have scored in all their matches so far.
- Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Metz.
- Paris Saint Germain have the most points (9) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most points from losing position (6) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (18) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (8) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+12) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have won all their games so far.
- Paris Saint Germain haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paris Saint Germain 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Lens | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Angers SCO | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Nice | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | Clermont | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Lorient | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Nantes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Reims | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Troyes | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Monaco | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Lille | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Rennes | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Brest | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Metz | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 3 |