Ligue 1 preview and statistics: Olympique Lyonnais - Metz at Groupama Stadium

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Stadium (59186 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais holding 16th place and Metz lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Lyonnais at their home stadium (Groupama Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The points were shared in Olympique Lyonnais's previous game, also at home. Visiting Dijon (placed 20th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Saint-Etienne (0-1).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique Lyonnais home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

The Olympique Lyonnais fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Olympique Lyonnais have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Metz form and stats

Playing away, Metz have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Metz are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Ligue 1 against Nantes (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Brest's place.

You'll want to know how Metz managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 1 home win.

A new game in only four days for Metz, the Coupe de la Ligue home match versus Brest. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Metz's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. In the opposite end, Metz have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique Lyonnais 8 wins, 0 draws and Metz 2 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MetzH. Diallo
H. Diallo
7 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
6 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
4 goals / 1 assists

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Metz missing players

Olympique Lyonnais Metz
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
4 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
14 7 0 Scored S 2 2 9
9 3 0 Conceded C 1 8 14
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
40% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 40%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 30%
30% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 30%
50% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 40%
 
3.8 4.6 8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 5 4.5
5.1 6 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 3.8 4.5
1.8 1.6 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.4
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Metz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metz have scored away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Olympique Lyonnais
All Champions League Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France International Champions Cup Europa League
All Home Away Home vs low
25-09-19 L1 Brest 2 - 2 Olympique Lyonnais
28-09-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 0 - 1 Nantes
02-10-19 CL RB Leipzig 0 - 2 Olympique Lyonnais
06-10-19 L1 Saint-Etienne 1 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
19-10-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 0 - 0 Dijon
23-10-19 CL Benfica 21:00 Olympique Lyonnais
26-10-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 20:00 Metz
02-11-19 L1 Toulouse 20:00 Olympique Lyonnais
05-11-19 CL Olympique Lyonnais 21:00 Benfica
10-11-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 21:00 Olympique Lyonnais
Metz
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Ligue 2
All Home Away Away vs low
21-09-19 L1 Metz 1 - 2 Amiens SC
25-09-19 L1 Saint-Etienne 0 - 1 Metz
28-09-19 L1 Metz 2 - 2 Toulouse
05-10-19 L1 Brest 2 - 0 Metz
19-10-19 L1 Metz 1 - 0 Nantes
26-10-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 20:00 Metz
30-10-19 Co Metz 21:05 Brest
02-11-19 L1 Metz 20:00 Montpellier
09-11-19 L1 Lille 20:00 Metz
23-11-19 L1 Metz 20:00 Reims

  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 21 5 5 4 0 1 12 2 5 4 0 1 9 3 16 24
2 Nantes 10 6 1 3 9 6 5 4 1 0 4 0 5 2 0 3 5 6 3 19
3 Reims 10 5 2 3 9 4 5 2 2 1 4 2 5 3 0 2 5 2 5 17
4 Angers SCO 10 5 1 4 16 16 6 4 1 1 13 4 4 1 0 3 3 12 0 16
5 Bordeaux 9 4 3 2 15 10 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 10 6 5 15
6 Lille 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 4 1 0 11 4 5 0 2 3 3 7 3 15
7 Montpellier 10 4 2 4 9 8 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 0 2 3 2 5 1 14
8 Brest 10 3 5 2 11 13 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 1 2 2 5 10 -2 14
9 Olympique Marseille 9 3 4 2 10 11 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 2 2 1 7 7 -1 13
10 Nice 10 4 1 5 13 17 5 2 1 2 7 9 5 2 0 3 6 8 -4 13
11 Rennes 9 3 3 3 8 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 2 1 4 2 1 12
12 Amiens SC 10 3 3 4 13 15 5 2 1 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2 12
13 Toulouse 10 3 3 4 11 16 5 3 0 2 6 6 5 0 3 2 5 10 -5 12
14 Metz 10 3 2 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 1 1 3 2 8 -5 11
15 Saint-Etienne 9 3 2 4 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 2 0 3 4 9 -5 11
16 Olympique Lyonnais 10 2 4 4 14 9 5 1 2 2 7 3 5 1 2 2 7 6 5 10
17 Nîmes 10 2 4 4 10 12 5 2 1 2 6 4 5 0 3 2 4 8 -2 10
18 Monaco 9 2 3 4 15 19 5 2 1 2 12 11 4 0 2 2 3 8 -4 9
19 Strasbourg 9 2 3 4 6 10 5 2 2 1 6 6 4 0 1 3 0 4 -4 9
20 Dijon 10 2 3 5 5 10 5 1 2 2 2 4 5 1 1 3 3 6 -5 9

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