A total of 26 rounds of matches are done and both Metz and Le Havre are at the right end of the league table. Let's get started!
- Metz have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Ligue 2
This should be an intriguing game with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Metz form and stats
The complete Ligue 2 results playing at home this season for Metz are 6-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.
The Metz goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 461 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.
A good away victory last time out for Metz, who won 3-0 against Annecy (placed 11th). The versatile forward Mikautadze bested all others in that match and got a match rating of 8.8 out of 10. Mikautadze scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Nimes.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Metz have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Low on goals? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 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 18 in 13 matches. Metz have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Le Havre form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. In general it has been a productive period now for Havre as they haven't lost any of their last 24 games.
The supporters enjoyed Le Havre's previous game versus Laval (placed 15th), a 2-1 win played at home. Defender Sangante was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Sangante scored one goal and won 3 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Grenoble Foot 38 that ended 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Havre in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Le Havre, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's latest 15 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
The visiting Le Havre have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 13 games. Le Havre are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {6 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Le Havre have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Metz.These opponents have met previously this season: Le Havre - Metz 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Mikautadze 14 goals |   Q. Cornette 6 goals |  N. Alioui 5 goals |
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| Metz | Le Havre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 36 |
| 24 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 81% | 69% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 81% |
| 65% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 46% | 54% |
| 35% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 23% | 27% |
| 23% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 23% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 35% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 50% | 69% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 54% | 58% |
| 35% | 31% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 49% | 38% |
| 9 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
- Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the most clean sheets (15) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the most points (24) away in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+25) 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 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 25 | 55 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Metz | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Bastia | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 41 |
| 6 | Caen | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | Quevilly Rouen | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 8 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 34 |
| 11 | Annecy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 13 | Saint-Etienne | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 31 |
| 14 | Paris | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 31 |
| 15 | Laval | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 31 |
| 16 | Pau | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 18 | Rodez | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -11 | 25 |
| 19 | Nimes | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -16 | 23 |
| 20 | Niort | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 23 |
