Metz have travelled here for an exciting battle against the home team Strasbourg. Get smart on the match with this full Ligue 1 preview!
- Strasbourg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Metz have yet to win a game.
Strasbourg and Metz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Strasbourg form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Strasbourg so far this season.
Strasbourg lost their last game at Olympique Lyonnais (placed 7th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Midfielder Dimitri Liénard was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.24 (out of ten) in that game. Liénard hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Brest.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Strasbourg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost five.
Strasbourg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Strasbourg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metz form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Ligue 1 for Metz with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The manager F. Antonetti was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade Saint-Symphorien. Metz suffered a 0-2 loss to Troyes (placed 13th). Vincent Pajot got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Pajot hit two key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 71 total).
A draw for Metz before that, at their own venue hosting Reims (1-1).We have checked recent matches where Metz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were five victories, six draws and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Metz has managed 2 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Strasbourg one win, five draws and Metz four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Thomasson 2 goals |   F. Centonze 2 goals |  S. Prcić 1 goals |
Strasbourg missing players
Metz missing players
| Strasbourg | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12 | 11.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 30% |
- All of Metz's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Strasbourg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Metz have yet to win a game.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Strasbourg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Strasbourg | Last season | Metz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Lost | L | 6 | 15 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Scored | S | 25 | 44 | ||
| 58 | 29 | Conceded | C | 22 | 48 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 79% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 74% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 39% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 24% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 21% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 32% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 41% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Nice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Lens | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Clermont | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Lorient | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Reims | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Rennes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Lille | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Troyes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Nantes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Monaco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Brest | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Metz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 2 |