Betting preview: Amiens SC vs Metz should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Mon 06.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

Ligue 2: Two squads who have performed fine up to now. Get smart on Amiens SC - Metz with this broad guide!

Insights:
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Metz have the most scored goals (17) away in Ligue 2

Amiens SC 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.

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Amiens SC form and stats

Amiens SC have collected 18 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-3-2. Amiens SC have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

It's back home for Amiens SC, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Niort away with the result 3-1. Cissé found the net in that victory. Finally, a league win after three games without. Cissé was absolutely essential when Amiens beat Niort 3-1, scoring three goals. Cissé, who usually features in attack, was the best player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 9.11 (out of 10). Cissé scored three goals.

In the match before that, Amiens SC hosted Le Havre and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Amiens SC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Amiens as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Amiens SC has won 6 of these, drawn 5 and lost 1.

The Amiens SC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Amiens SC have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Metz form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Metz have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.

There were no winners in Metz's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Rodez (placed 18th). Defender Udol was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Udol hit one key pass and won 11 of 17 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Valenciennes's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Metz in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Metz, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Lacking goals? 10 of this team's latest 13 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

Metz are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. Metz have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head encounter ended Metz - Amiens 3-0, played this season. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Amiens SC won four, Metz were winners in four and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MetzG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
10 goals
Amiens SCT. Arokodare
T. Arokodare
6 goals
Amiens SCP. Cissé
P. Cissé
6 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Metz missing players

Amiens SC Metz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
9 5 1 Won W 0 4 9
6 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
6 2 0 Lost L 3 4 6
26 13 4 Scored S 0 17 33
22 8 2 Conceded C 5 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
76% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 67%
38% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 38%
14% 10% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 29%
52% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 43%
29% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 38%
19% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 33%
 
5.4 5.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.9
4.9 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.8 4.5
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
11.3 12.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 10.4 11
4 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.1 4
31% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 39%
 
8.6 7 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 8.6 9.5
3.3 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.7 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Metz have the most scored goals (17) away in Ligue 2
  • 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 Le Havre 21 13 7 1 32 9 10 7 3 0 16 4 11 6 4 1 16 5 23 46
2 Sochaux 21 11 3 7 34 19 11 7 2 2 21 8 10 4 1 5 13 11 15 36
3 Bordeaux 21 10 6 5 29 16 11 6 3 2 15 7 10 4 3 3 14 9 13 36
4 Bastia 21 10 4 7 21 21 11 7 1 3 11 6 10 3 3 4 10 15 0 34
5 Metz 21 9 6 6 33 24 11 5 4 2 16 11 10 4 2 4 17 13 9 33
6 Amiens SC 21 9 6 6 26 22 10 5 3 2 13 8 11 4 3 4 13 14 4 33
7 Grenoble Foot 38 21 9 6 6 21 18 11 6 2 3 11 8 10 3 4 3 10 10 3 33
8 Caen 21 7 8 6 23 22 10 5 4 1 14 6 11 2 4 5 9 16 1 29
9 Annecy 21 7 7 7 22 19 11 5 2 4 10 9 10 2 5 3 12 10 3 28
10 Quevilly Rouen 21 7 7 7 25 25 10 4 4 2 17 13 11 3 3 5 8 12 0 28
11 Guingamp 21 7 6 8 26 29 11 2 3 6 11 17 10 5 3 2 15 12 -3 27
12 Laval 21 8 3 10 26 31 11 5 1 5 17 16 10 3 2 5 9 15 -5 27
13 Paris 21 7 6 8 18 23 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 5 3 3 10 9 -5 27
14 Pau 21 6 8 7 19 24 10 3 5 2 10 11 11 3 3 5 9 13 -5 26
15 Valenciennes 21 6 8 7 18 23 10 4 6 0 14 10 11 2 2 7 4 13 -5 26
16 Nîmes 21 6 4 11 22 31 10 5 1 4 10 10 11 1 3 7 12 21 -9 22
17 Dijon 21 5 6 10 21 26 11 4 4 3 14 13 10 1 2 7 7 13 -5 21
18 Rodez 21 4 8 9 18 27 10 1 4 5 8 16 11 3 4 4 10 11 -9 20
19 Saint-Étienne 21 5 6 10 28 36 10 3 3 4 14 17 11 2 3 6 14 19 -8 18
20 Niort 21 4 5 12 18 35 11 3 2 6 9 17 10 1 3 6 9 18 -17 17

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.