Soccer match preview: Home fans have high hopes when Metz welcome Laval

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien (26661 seats)

Metz are hunting the top league spots while Laval are more nervous about escaping relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Metz have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (17) 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.

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Metz form and stats

The Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Metz are 6-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Metz, who won 2-1 against Quevilly Rouen (placed 8th). Maziz has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four matches in a row. Outstanding! Midfielder Maïga was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Maïga scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Le Havre that ended 1-1.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Metz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. From these home matches, Metz have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Laval form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Laval so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-8 (win-draw-lose). With the Laval losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Laval are travelling again after losing away to Niort in their previous match (2-3). Midfielder Roye was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Roye hit two key passes.

A 1-2 loss hosting Paris before that.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Laval have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Metz have put together a sequence of 8 consecutive games without losing (4-4-0) when playing Laval.

The previous H2H game ended Laval - Metz 3-3, earlier this season. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MetzG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
14 goals
LavalJ. Maggiotti
J. Maggiotti
7 goals
LavalZ. Naidji
Z. Naidji
6 goals

Metz missing players

Laval missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Metz Laval
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 6 Played P 4 14 28
13 6 3 Won W 1 4 9
9 6 2 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 1 Lost L 2 8 15
43 19 7 Scored S 4 14 33
26 12 3 Conceded C 6 23 43
82% 71% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
68% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 64%
36% 29% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 57%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 43% 36%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 18%
39% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 50%
46% 64% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 29%
32% 29% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 29%
 
4.8 5.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.9 4.3
4.2 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 3.6 4.1
1.8 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2
6 4 0 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
11.2 11.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.3 8.3
4 3.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.6
39% 35% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 32%
 
9.2 9.4 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 10.6 9.6
3.2 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Ligue 2
  • Metz have the most clean sheets (9) at home 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 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

Metz:
Table
  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 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

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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.