This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, Nîmes holding 20th place and Metz lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Nîmes 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.
Nîmes form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nîmes so far this season. Nîmes has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager B. Blaquart and the players.
The Nîmes crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Metz here at Stade des Costieres in a Ligue 1 match. Prior to that, an away loss at Angers SCO.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nîmes handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D1-L4.
The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Nîmes have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metz form and stats
There's been little loot from Metz's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Ligue 1. Metz only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Metz play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Nîmes (placed 20th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Reims.
We have checked recent matches where Metz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were W4-D4-L3.
Metz are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 7 away games. 10 goals have been conceded by Metz in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Nîmes victories, 5 draws and 2 Metz wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 8 goals |   R. Philippoteaux 3 goals |
Nîmes missing players
Metz missing players
| Nîmes | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 50% | 50% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 73% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 33% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 33% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 40% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 | 103 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 77 | 163 |
| 53 | 32 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 24 | 57 |
| 21% | 19% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 23% |
- Metz has the fewest scored goals (2) away
- Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nîmes has the fewest points (7) at home
- Nîmes 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 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | Angers SCO | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Reims | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Nantes | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 19 |
| 10 | Lille | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Rennes | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Monaco | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Brest | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Nice | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Amiens SC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 17 | Dijon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Metz | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 11 |