Football tips: Metz vs Brest - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 17.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien (25636 seats)

Metz and Brest are both riding high in the Ligue 2 with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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.

Brest have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Metz form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Saint-Symphorien as Metz have scored 33 goals to get 39 points from 18 games. The overall stats are 12-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Metz will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Nancy. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Valenciennes.

Metz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Saint-Symphorien with 33 goals in 18 matches. Metz have only conceded 11 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Brest form and stats

8 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Brest, who have the most scored goals (64) in Ligue 2, playing as the away team this season.

The supporters enjoyed Brest's previous game versus Niort, a Ligue 2 3-0 win played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Béziers before that.

Brest are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 26 away goals from 18 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Brest in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Brest - Metz 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Metz victories, 4 draws and 2 Brest wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Charbonnier
27 goals / 6 assists
H. Diallo
25 goals / 4 assists
I. Niane
10 goals / 2 assists

Metz missing players

Brest missing players

Metz Brest
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played 4 18 37
23 12 3 Won 2 8 21
9 3 1 Drew 1 7 11
5 3 0 Lost 1 3 5
59 33 7 Scored 5 26 64
23 11 2 Conceded 4 18 34
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 95%
68% 78% 100% Over 1.5 75% 83% 78%
43% 44% 25% Over 2.5 50% 39% 43%
14% 11% 0% Over 3.5 0% 22% 27%
5% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 14%
43% 44% 50% BTTS 75% 61% 57%
49% 44% 50% Clean Sheets 25% 28% 35%
19% 11% 0% Failed To Score 0% 17% 14%
 
5.1 5.8 6.2 Corners For (avg) 7.2 6 6.1
4.2 4 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 4.9 4.5
1.7 1.6 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.9 1.8
3 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Metz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Metz
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 1 Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-03-19 L2 Niort 0 - 3 Metz
31-03-19 L2 Metz 2 - 1 Lorient
06-04-19 L2 Auxerre 0 - 0 Metz
12-04-19 L2 Metz 2 - 1 Châteauroux
19-04-19 L2 Gazélec Ajaccio 0 - 2 Metz
23-04-19 L2 Metz 1 - 1 Grenoble Foot 38
26-04-19 L2 Red Star 1 - 2 Metz
03-05-19 L2 Metz 3 - 0 Valenciennes
10-05-19 L2 Nancy 1 - 0 Metz
17-05-19 L2 Metz 18:45 Brest
Brest
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
16-03-19 L2 Lorient 1 - 1 Brest
29-03-19 L2 Brest 0 - 0 Clermont
05-04-19 L2 Red Star 0 - 2 Brest
12-04-19 L2 Nancy 2 - 3 Brest
19-04-19 L2 Brest 3 - 1 Orléans
23-04-19 L2 Ajaccio 0 - 2 Brest
27-04-19 L2 Brest 2 - 0 Lens
03-05-19 L2 Béziers 1 - 0 Brest
10-05-19 L2 Brest 3 - 0 Niort
17-05-19 L2 Metz 18:45 Brest

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Metz 37 23 9 5 59 23 18 12 3 3 33 11 19 11 6 2 26 12 36 78
2 Brest 37 21 11 5 64 34 19 13 4 2 38 16 18 8 7 3 26 18 30 74
3 Troyes 37 21 7 9 51 28 18 12 0 6 25 15 19 9 7 3 26 13 23 70
4 Paris 37 16 14 7 35 22 18 9 8 1 21 6 19 7 6 6 14 16 13 62
5 Lens 37 17 9 11 44 26 18 10 5 3 25 7 19 7 4 8 19 19 18 60
6 Lorient 37 16 12 9 48 39 19 8 8 3 25 19 18 8 4 6 23 20 9 60
7 Le Havre 37 13 15 9 43 37 18 8 8 2 30 23 19 5 7 7 13 14 6 54
8 Orléans 37 15 7 15 49 48 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 8 2 8 28 27 1 52
9 Grenoble Foot 38 37 13 11 13 42 44 19 8 5 6 19 18 18 5 6 7 23 26 -2 50
10 Clermont 37 11 14 12 42 35 19 5 9 5 22 19 18 6 5 7 20 16 7 47
11 Châteauroux 37 11 14 12 35 40 18 5 7 6 18 20 19 6 7 6 17 20 -5 47
12 Niort 37 10 14 13 33 41 18 5 9 4 18 17 19 5 5 9 15 24 -8 44
13 Valenciennes 37 11 9 17 51 60 19 7 4 8 31 32 18 4 5 9 20 28 -9 42
14 Nancy 37 12 6 19 36 47 19 7 2 10 16 22 18 5 4 9 20 25 -11 42
15 Auxerre 37 10 10 17 33 35 18 6 5 7 16 14 19 4 5 10 17 21 -2 40
16 Ajaccio 37 9 12 16 29 45 19 6 7 6 18 19 18 3 5 10 11 26 -16 39
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 37 9 12 16 30 53 19 5 4 10 13 26 18 4 8 6 17 27 -23 39
18 Sochaux 37 10 8 19 24 42 18 6 3 9 13 22 19 4 5 10 11 20 -18 38
19 Béziers 37 8 11 18 30 50 18 2 9 7 10 19 19 6 2 11 20 31 -20 35
20 Red Star 37 7 9 21 28 57 19 5 2 12 15 33 18 2 7 9 13 24 -29 30

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