Season ticket holders at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nantes languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Metz will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Nantes and Metz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nantes form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Nantes have to build on here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in the Ligue 1.
A good away victory last time out for Nantes, who won 2-0 against Lorient (placed 17th). Preceding that match was the home game against PSG that was lost 0-3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nantes as they are travelling to their away game against Lens in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.
Nantes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Metz form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Metz in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Metz's last game was the home draw against Dijon (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Nimes with the score of 1-0.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Metz as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Nantes won two, Metz won two and six draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Niane 6 goals |  L. Blas 3 goals | K. Bamba 2 goals |
Nantes missing players
Metz missing players
| Nantes | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | 37 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 42 | 98 |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 14 | 39 |
| 42% | 58% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 21% | 28% |
- All of Nantes's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nantes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metz have scored away.
- Nantes 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 | PSG | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| 2 | Lille | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Rennes | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Monaco | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Metz | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 11 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Brest | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Nantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Reims | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Lorient | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Nimes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Dijon | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 4 |