Ligue 1: What this game might not have in glamour it should make up for in energy and dedication. Let's go: Monaco - Metz!
- All of Monaco's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metz have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Ligue 1
It's no vacation for neither Monaco nor Metz as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Metz, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Monaco form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Monaco have to build on here at Stade Louis II. in the Ligue 1. Monaco have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Happy days for Monaco in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Angers SCO (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Midfielder Kevin Volland was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Volland signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
Before that, Monaco drew at home versus Strasbourg.Monaco are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew two and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Monaco after this match as they are travelling to Sturm Graz for a Europa League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Monaco in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Monaco have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Metz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Metz so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Metz's previous game was their home loss versus Montpellier (1-3). The attacker Nicolas de Préville got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Préville scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nice at their stadium, the result 1-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Metz played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.
The visiting Metz have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. Metz's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Monaco-Metz H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Monaco seven wins, Metz two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 8 goals |  S. Diop 4 goals |   F. Centonze 4 goals |
Monaco missing players
Metz missing players
| Monaco | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 31% |
| 5.1 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10.9 | 12 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.5 | 10.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | 29% |
| 9.5 | 8.9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 14.1 | 14.8 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5 |
- All of Monaco's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metz have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Ligue 1
- Monaco have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Monaco have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Nice | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Lens | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Monaco | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Brest | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Lille | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Nantes | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Reims | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Troyes | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Clermont | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Bordeaux | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 13 |
| 19 | Metz | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 12 |