Lens and Metz will take on on Saturday the 16th of September at 9:00 pm in the 5th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The chosen referee is Stéphanie Frappart.

Lens occupies the 17th place in the table with 1 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Monaco in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has drawn once and lost 3 times.

Metz sits in the 13th place in the league with 5 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Reims in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won once, drawn twice, and lost once.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Lens​

Line - Ups​
3-4-2-1
19 May
Lens-Montpellier
2-2
3-4-2-1
12 May
Rennes-Lens
1-1
3-4-2-1
03 May
Lens-Lorient
2-0
3-4-2-1
28 Apr
Olympique Marseille-Lens
2-1
3-4-3
20 Apr
Lens-Clermont
1-0
3-4-1-2
12 Apr
Metz-Lens
2-1
3-4-1-2
06 Apr
Lens-Le Havre
1-1
3-4-1-2
29 Mar
LOSC Lille-Lens
2-1
3-4-1-2
16 Mar
Lens-Nice
1-3
3-4-1-2
09 Mar
Lens-Brest
1-0
3-4-1-2
03 Mar
Olympique Lyonnais-Lens
0-3
3-4-2-1
25 Feb
Lens-Monaco
2-3
3-4-2-1
18 Feb
Reims-Lens
1-1
3-4-3
10 Feb
Lens-Strasbourg
3-1
5-3-2
03 Feb
Nantes-Lens
0-1
3-4-3
28 Jan
Toulouse-Lens
0-2
3-4-3
14 Jan
Lens-Paris Saint Germain
0-2
3-4-2-1
20 Dec
Nice-Lens
2-0
3-4-2-1
16 Dec
Lens-Reims
2-0
3-4-2-1
08 Dec
Montpellier-Lens
0-0
3-4-2-1
02 Dec
Lens-Olympique Lyonnais
3-2
3-4-3
25 Nov
Clermont-Lens
0-3
3-4-3
12 Nov
Lens-Olympique Marseille
1-0
3-4-2-1
04 Nov
Lorient-Lens
0-0
3-4-2-1
28 Oct
Lens-Nantes
4-0
3-4-3
20 Oct
Le Havre-Lens
0-0
3-4-3
08 Oct
Lens-LOSC Lille
1-1
3-4-2-1
29 Sep
Strasbourg-Lens
0-1
3-4-2-1
24 Sep
Lens-Toulouse
2-1
3-4-2-1
16 Sep
Lens-Metz
0-1
3-4-2-1
02 Sep
Monaco-Lens
3-0
3-4-2-1
26 Aug
Paris Saint Germain-Lens
3-1
3-4-2-1
20 Aug
Lens-Rennes
1-1
3-4-2-1
13 Aug
Brest-Lens
3-2

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (4 times).

Franck Haise is expected to play against Metz with the following players: Brice Samba, Kevin Danso, Jonathan Gradit, Facundo Medina, I. El Adoua, Adrien Thomasson, Massadio Haïdara, Salis Abdul Samed, Stijn Spierings, Florian Sotoca and Angelo Fulgini.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Lens would be 28.82.

Franck Haise will probably not be able to employ Ruben Aguilar and Przemysław Frankowski because of injury.

Wuilker Fariñez Aray and Jimmy Cabot will definitely miss the match.

Franck Haise will not be able to have the presence of Neil El Aynaoui who is suspended​.

Metz​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
19 May
Metz-Paris Saint Germain
0-2
4-5-1
12 May
Strasbourg-Metz
2-1
4-3-3
04 May
Metz-Rennes
2-3
4-5-1
28 Apr
Metz-LOSC Lille
1-2
4-5-1
21 Apr
Le Havre-Metz
0-1
4-5-1
12 Apr
Metz-Lens
2-1
4-3-3
07 Apr
Brest-Metz
4-3
5-4-1
30 Mar
Metz-Monaco
2-5
4-4-2
17 Mar
Reims-Metz
2-1
4-3-3
10 Mar
Metz-Clermont
1-0
4-3-3
03 Mar
Nantes-Metz
0-2
4-4-2
23 Feb
Metz-Olympique Lyonnais
1-2
5-3-2
18 Feb
Montpellier-Metz
3-0
5-3-2
09 Feb
Olympique Marseille-Metz
1-1
4-1-4-1
04 Feb
Metz-Lorient
1-2
4-2-3-1
27 Jan
Nice-Metz
1-0
4-3-3
14 Jan
Metz-Toulouse
0-1
4-3-3
20 Dec
Paris Saint Germain-Metz
3-1
4-2-3-1
17 Dec
Metz-Montpellier
0-1
4-2-3-1
10 Dec
Metz-Brest
0-1
4-2-3-1
03 Dec
LOSC Lille-Metz
2-0
4-2-3-1
26 Nov
Lorient-Metz
2-3
4-2-3-1
12 Nov
Metz-Nantes
3-1
4-2-3-1
05 Nov
Olympique Lyonnais-Metz
1-1
4-2-3-1
29 Oct
Metz-Le Havre
0-0
4-2-3-1
22 Oct
Monaco-Metz
2-1
4-2-3-1
07 Oct
Metz-Nice
0-1
4-2-3-1
01 Oct
Toulouse-Metz
3-0
4-2-3-1
24 Sep
Metz-Strasbourg
0-1
4-2-3-1
16 Sep
Lens-Metz
0-1
4-3-3
03 Sep
Metz-Reims
2-2
4-3-3
27 Aug
Clermont-Metz
0-1
4-2-3-1
18 Aug
Metz-Olympique Marseille
2-2
4-2-3-1
13 Aug
Rennes-Metz
5-1

Metz has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 (2 times or 50.00% each of them).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (2 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).

László Bölöni is expected to play against Lens with the following players: Alexandre Oukidja, Matthieu Udol, Fali Candé, Sadibou Sané, Koffi Kouao, Danley Jean Jacques, Kévin N’Doram, Lamine Camara, Cheick Tidiane Sabaly, Simon Elisor and J. Asoro.

Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Metz would be 24.73.

László Bölöni will probably not be able to employ H. Ayari, Maxime Colin, Ismaël Traoré and Benjamin Tetteh because of injury.

László Bölöni will not be able to have the presence of Aboubacar Lô who is suspended​​.