The league table in Ligue 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Montpellier leading Metz by 7 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Montpellier form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 11 Ligue 1 games here at Stade de la Mosson for Montpellier. The data says 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Montpellier after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Montpellier lost their last game at Paris Saint Germain (placed 1st) after a 0-5 scoreline. Before that, Montpellier played out a Coupe de France draw 0-0 when visiting Belfort.
Montpellier were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Montpellier's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won five matches, drawn three and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Montpellier, as the Ligue 1 home game vs Saint-Étienne is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Montpellier in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Montpellier have conceded only 9 goals.
Metz form and stats
Metz have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
Habib Diallo scored in Metz's previous match, the home game against Saint-Étienne that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Reims at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Metz goalie Alexandre Oukidja was high and low in the Saint-Étienne game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Metz playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Metz are hosting Bordeaux in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Metz have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Metz - Montpellier 2-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Montpellier wins - draws - Metz wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 12 goals |   A. Delort 8 goals |  F. Mollet 6 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Metz missing players
| Montpellier | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | 21 | 14 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 26 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 29 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 91% | 95% |
| 64% | 64% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 73% |
| 55% | 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 32% | 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 9% | 9% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 50% | 45% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 45% |
| 27% | 45% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 27% |
| 32% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 45% | 32% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 284 | 178 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 114 | 246 |
| 97 | 63 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 37 | 86 |
| 31% | 33% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 26% |
- Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montpellier have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Montpellier have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metz have scored away.
| 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 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 43 | 55 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Rennes | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Lille | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 32 |
| 7 | Reims | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Nice | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 30 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Monaco | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Dijon | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -26 | 13 |