The home team stadium regulars look for a victory in this match, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal against a struggling visitor. Olympique Lyonnais are in 13th place while the guesting Metz sweat at 18th.
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Coupe de France. That game, against Bergerac, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Metz.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Olympique Lyonnais have to build on here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the Ligue 1.
An away draw last time out for Olympique Lyonnais, facing Lille in a game that ended 0-0. The goalie Lopes was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Lopes stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Europa League home game that ended 1-1 versus Rangers.Lyon 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 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eight, drew three and lost two.
The Lyon manager Bosz has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. Lyon have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Metz form and stats
There's been little loot from Metz's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Ligue 1. Metz only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bergerac (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Coupe de France match ended in a draw 0-0. Kouyate was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Kouyate won 8 of 14 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Lorient in the Ligue 1.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 six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Metz manager Antonetti has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Lyonnais-Metz H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lyon eight wins, Metz two wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima 6 goals |  K. Toko Ekambi 5 goals |  M. Dembélé 4 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Metz missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 25 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 25 | 10 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | 38 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 59% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 67% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | 44% |
| 18% | 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 22% | 28% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | 61% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 44% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.6 | 15.1 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.1 | 10.3 |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 33% |
| 14.4 | 12.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.6 | 14.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
- All of Olympique Lyonnais's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Olympique Lyonnais 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Rennes | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Nice | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Lens | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Monaco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Nantes | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Lille | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Reims | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Troyes | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Lorient | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 12 |