Struggling Saint-Étienne will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Metz in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Metz has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saint-Étienne and Metz.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
With {2 Ligue 1 wins}, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Saint-Étienne are certainly not brimming with confidence. With nine home Ligue 1 games in a row without a win, the Saint-Étienne fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Strasbourg game long ago, can be stopped today.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Nantes in the Ligue 1 last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Nice.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saint-Étienne handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and one defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Saint-Étienne as they are travelling to their away game against Sochaux in the Coupe de France. That match is four days after this one.
Saint-Étienne aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Saint-Étienne have conceded 16 from these games.
Metz form and stats
4-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Metz in their Ligue 1 matches away. Momentum is building for Metz in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Metz delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Montpellier (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Brest with the score of 4-2.
We have checked recent matches where Metz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were five victories, five draws and two defeats.
Metz has another fixture away, a Coupe de France game, against Amiens SC in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Metz find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Metz - Saint-Étienne 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Saint-Étienne won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Metz has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  I. Niane 6 goals |  F. Boulaya 5 goals |   R. Hamouma 4 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Metz missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 36 | 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 78% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 55% | 70% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 18% | 22% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 17% |
| 9% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 48% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 35% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 9.4 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.4 | 10.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 28% |
- Metz has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 1
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 36 | 45 |
| 4 | Monaco | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Metz | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Lens | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Reims | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | Brest | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Nice | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -6 | 26 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 17 | Lorient | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 18 | Nantes | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 18 |
| 19 | Dijon | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -27 | 15 |