Ligue 2: Metz - Valenciennes preview and numbers

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien (26661 seats)

This has the looks of yet another interesting battle at Stade Saint-Symphorien in the Ligue 2. Metz is in 8th position and receive Valenciennes in 7th spot. Read about the game here!

This should be an entertaining match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Metz form and stats

The hosts won their first Ligue 2 game here at Stade Saint-Symphorien, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Metz last season were 3 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses from 19 games.

No payout for Metz in their previous match, an away game at Caen that ended in defeat 0-1. Gueye (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Gueye hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Amiens SC.

At Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Valenciennes form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligue 2 away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 5 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats.

242 minutes! That's how long the Valenciennes goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Valenciennes had fun at their own home (Stade Saint-Symphorien) last time out, beating Le Havre 1-0. Hamache scored. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league matches without victory. Midfielder Kaba was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Kaba hit one key pass.

A 0-0 draw at Bordeaux's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Valenciennes playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 0 home wins.

Valenciennes have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings involving these sides: Metz won six, Valenciennes were winners in one and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MetzM. Gueye
M. Gueye
1 goals
MetzG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
1 goals

Metz missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Metz Valenciennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 3 3 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
5 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3
4.5 8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 6.5
4 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 5
5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1.5
30% 75% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
10.5 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 11.5
2 1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2.5
Metz Last season Valenciennes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
6 3   Won W   5 10
13 7   Drew D   9 14
19 9   Lost L   5 14
35 21   Scored S   15 34
69 31   Conceded C   19 47
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
71% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 63%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 39%
34% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 13%
21% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
50% 58%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
21% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
42% 37%   Failed to Score F T   37% 34%
 
3.7 3.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.3
6.7 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 4.8
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.2
9 7   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.9 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   7 8.3
3.2 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.3
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 27%
 
15.2 15.2   Shots against (avg) S A   8.2 8.5
4.9 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.8

  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 Dijon 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Paris 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Grenoble Foot 38 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Valenciennes 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Metz 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Bastia 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
10 Laval 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
11 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
12 Amiens SC 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Nimes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Sochaux 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Rodez 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
18 Pau 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
19 Annecy 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 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 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
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 Toulouse 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nimes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

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 Guingamp 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 Dijon 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Paris 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Grenoble Foot 38 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Valenciennes 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Metz 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Bastia 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
10 Laval 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
11 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
12 Amiens SC 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Nimes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Sochaux 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Rodez 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
18 Pau 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
19 Annecy 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
20 Saint-Etienne 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 -2

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