The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Nice are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 17th.
It's no vacation for neither Nice 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Nice form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nice at their home stadium (Allianz Rivera) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager P. Vieira led his Nice to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Saint-Étienne. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Allianz Rivera. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Angers SCO.
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 Nice's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Nice have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Allianz Rivera with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Nice's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Metz so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Metz, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Metz failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Rennes (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 1-1 draw at Nîmes's stadium before that.
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 one game. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.
Goals are few and far between in Metz's away league games. Only 3 goals from 8 travels. As opposed to that, Metz have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Nice victories, 3 draws and 1 Metz win. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 9 goals |   K. Dolberg 5 goals |  W. Cyprien 4 goals |
Nice missing players
Metz missing players
| Nice | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 44% |
| 4.1 | 4 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 | 102 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 80 | 186 |
| 70 | 41 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 25 | 62 |
| 30% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 12% | 21% |
- All of Nice's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nice has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Nice has the most conceded goals in the first half (16)
- Nice has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Nice have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metz have scored away.
- Nice have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Nice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Lille | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Rennes | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | Nantes | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 11 | Reims | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Brest | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Monaco | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Nice | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Dijon | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 17 | Amiens SC | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 12 |