4th position in the Ligue 2 table for Metz so far this season, a great performance. The match-going supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Caen visit Stade Saint-Symphorien.
- Metz is in the best form (4-2-0) in Ligue 2
- Caen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Metz form and stats
Metz have collected 19 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-4-2.
It's back home for Metz, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Amiens SC away with the result 2-0. Mikautadze and Atta found the net in that victory. Mikautadze, an attacker, was the top performer for the team in that match, earning a rating of 8.1 (out of 10). Mikautadze scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that, Metz drew at home versus Rodez.This is expected to be a close game, with Metz perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Metz as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Metz has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Trench warfare? In this club's last 14 league games, 11 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Metz are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games.
Caen form and stats
Caen have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
The followers enjoyed Caen's previous match versus Bastia (placed 6th), a 3-1 win played at home. The attacker Mendy got a match rating of 8.25 in that game. Mendy scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Caen manager Moulin faced defeat when travelling to Annecy and losing 0-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Caen in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Caen, 5 draws and 7 defeats.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Caen have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Caen have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (3-4-0) when playing Metz.The previous head-to-head match ended Caen - Metz 1-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Mikautadze 11 goals |   A. Mendy 10 goals |  A. Jallow 4 goals |
Metz missing players
Caen missing players
| Metz | Caen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 35 | 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| 24 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 86% | 73% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 68% | 64% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 64% |
| 36% | 36% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 27% | 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 27% | 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 41% | 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 50% |
| 41% | 64% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 27% |
| 32% | 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 11.5 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.8 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | 32% |
| 9.5 | 10.4 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.9 | 7.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
- Caen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Metz is in the best form (4-2-0) in Ligue 2
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 47 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Metz | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Bastia | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 7 | Amiens SC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Caen | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Quevilly Rouen | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | Valenciennes | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Annecy | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Paris | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 28 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Laval | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 15 | Pau | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Nimes | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Dijon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Rodez | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Niort | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 20 |
