This has the looks of yet another engrossing skirmish at Stade Francis Le Basser in the Ligue 2. Laval is in 6th position and host Metz in 5th spot. Read all about the game here!
- Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligue 2
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Laval form and stats
Laval's first Ligue 2 home game here at Stade Francis Le Basser ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.
Laval enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Annecy's place. The match ended 1-0 with Maggiotti scoring. The striker Durbant was named "man of the match" for Laval with the rating of 7.6/10. Durbant hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against Guingamp that was lost 1-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Laval perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Laval as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Laval has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Early season league goal statistics from Laval's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Metz form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Ligue 2 ended in defeat. Last season Metz had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 3, drew 6 and lost 10.
Metz go into this game after a win, the home game against Valenciennes that ended 2-0. Midfielder Mikautadze was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Mikautadze scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Caen's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Metz in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Metz, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
0 goals so far away for Metz, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Metz have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when playing Laval.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Naidji 2 goals |   G. Mikautadze 2 goals |  J. Maggiotti 1 goals |
Laval missing players
Metz missing players
| Laval | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 4.3 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5.7 |
| 4.7 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 36% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 10.7 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | 8.3 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2 |
- Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligue 2
| Laval | Last season | Metz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 19 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 38 | 69 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 65% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 71% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 34% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 21% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 21% | ||
| 15% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 42% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 7.1 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guingamp | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Caen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Bastia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Metz | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Laval | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Amiens SC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Dijon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Paris | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Nîmes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Niort | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Le Havre | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Pau | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 16 | Quevilly Rouen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Sochaux | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Rodez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Annecy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -2 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Laval | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 67 |
| 2 | Annecy | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 66 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 65 |
| 4 | Concarneau | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 58 |
| 5 | Chateauroux | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 55 |
| 6 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 54 |
| 7 | Stade Briochin | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
| 8 | Sedan | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 50 |
| 9 | Orleans | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 47 |
| 10 | Le Mans | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 46 |
| 11 | Red Star | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 45 |
| 12 | Avranches | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 58 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -21 | 42 |
| 13 | Cholet | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 62 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 41 |
| 14 | Sete | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -7 | 37 |
| 15 | Bastia-Borgo | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 58 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 33 | -18 | 31 |
| 16 | Chambly | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 62 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 32 | -27 | 29 |
| 17 | Boulogne | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 48 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -20 | 26 |
| 18 | Creteil | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 32 | -23 | 26 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 54 | 86 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 71 |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 69 |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 42 | 66 |
| 5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 66 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 63 |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 62 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 61 |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 55 |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 55 |
| 11 | Brest | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 57 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -8 | 48 |
| 12 | Reims | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 46 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 61 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 35 | -12 | 43 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 41 |
| 15 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | -16 | 38 |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 63 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | -28 | 36 |
| 17 | Clermont | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 69 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 36 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 77 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | -35 | 32 |
| 19 | Metz | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 69 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 38 | -34 | 31 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 58 | -39 | 31 |
