Match preview Ligue 2: Red Star - Metz at Stade Pierre Brisson

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 26.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre Brisson (10178 seats)

Struggling Red Star will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Metz in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Red Star and Metz.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Metz's home stadium. The visitors last one game on artificial turf have ended in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

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Red Star form and stats

With 5 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Red Star are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager V. Doukantie led his Red Star to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Troyes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Pierre Brisson. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Nancy that ended 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Red Star here at Stade Pierre Brisson, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 17 games). Red Star have conceded 30 from these games.

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Metz form and stats

Metz, who have the most points (36) away in Ligue 2, have an excellent away record so far with 10-6-1 from 17 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Metz as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Paris game have they lost an away game, meaning Metz has taken points from 16 away matches in a row.

Metz delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Grenoble Foot 38 in their previous match; a Ligue 2 game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Gazélec Ajaccio at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Metz are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 17 games. It's not easy to score on Metz as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Metz - Red Star 2-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 2 Red Star victories, 1 draw and 4 Metz wins.

Top Goalscorers

H. Diallo
22 goals / 4 assists
I. Niane
10 goals / 2 assists
F. Boulaya
7 goals / 6 assists

Red Star missing players

Metz missing players

Red Star Metz
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 17 34
25 14 Scored 24 54
53 30 Conceded 10 21
91% 100% Over 0.5 76% 88%
71% 76% Over 1.5 59% 68%
41% 53% Over 2.5 41% 41%
21% 24% Over 3.5 18% 15%
6% 6% Over 4.5 6% 6%
38% 29% Both teams to score 41% 44%
24% 29% Clean Sheet 59% 50%
47% 41% Failed To Score 24% 18%
 
4.1 4.7 Corners For (avg) 4.3 5
5 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 4.3 4.1
2.1 1.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.7
6 2 Red Cards (total) 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Red Star hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Red Star is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 34 21 9 4 54 21 17 11 3 3 30 11 17 10 6 1 24 10 33 72
2 Brest 34 19 11 4 59 33 17 11 4 2 33 16 17 8 7 2 26 17 26 68
3 Troyes 34 18 7 9 44 25 17 11 0 6 23 14 17 7 7 3 21 11 19 61
4 Lorient 34 16 9 9 44 35 17 8 6 3 23 17 17 8 3 6 21 18 9 57
5 Paris 34 14 13 7 32 21 17 8 8 1 20 6 17 6 5 6 12 15 11 55
6 Lens 34 15 9 10 41 24 17 9 5 3 24 7 17 6 4 7 17 17 17 54
7 Le Havre 34 13 14 7 41 33 17 8 7 2 28 21 17 5 7 5 13 12 8 53
8 Orléans 34 15 6 13 49 46 17 7 4 6 21 20 17 8 2 7 28 26 3 51
9 Clermont 34 11 13 10 39 29 17 5 8 4 19 14 17 6 5 6 20 15 10 46
10 Grenoble Foot 38 34 12 10 12 38 41 17 7 4 6 15 16 17 5 6 6 23 25 -3 46
11 Niort 34 9 13 12 29 35 17 5 8 4 16 15 17 4 5 8 13 20 -6 40
12 Valenciennes 34 10 9 15 49 55 17 6 4 7 29 30 17 4 5 8 20 25 -6 39
13 Auxerre 34 10 8 16 30 31 17 6 5 6 15 12 17 4 3 10 15 19 -1 38
14 Châteauroux 34 8 14 12 30 38 17 4 7 6 17 20 17 4 7 6 13 18 -8 38
15 Gazélec Ajaccio 34 9 11 14 27 47 17 5 4 8 12 22 17 4 7 6 15 25 -20 38
16 Nancy 34 10 6 18 33 45 17 5 2 10 14 22 17 5 4 8 19 23 -12 36
17 Ajaccio 34 8 12 14 28 42 17 5 7 5 17 17 17 3 5 9 11 25 -14 36
18 Sochaux 34 9 7 18 21 40 17 6 3 8 12 20 17 3 4 10 9 20 -19 34
19 Béziers 34 7 10 17 27 46 17 1 9 7 9 19 17 6 1 10 18 27 -19 31
20 Red Star 34 6 9 19 25 53 17 5 2 10 14 30 17 1 7 9 11 23 -28 27

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