Nice and Metz are going to play on Saturday the 27th of November at 20:00 in the 15th week of the Ligue 1. The match will take place in Nice at the Allianz Riviera. The chosen referee is François Letexier.
Nice sits in the 2nd place in the league with 26 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Clermont in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 3 times.
Metz occupies the 20th position in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 3-3 draw against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won once, draw 6 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nice
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (14 times).
Christophe Galtier is expected to play against Metz with the following players: W. Benítez, M. Bard, J. Todibo, D. da Costa Santos, J. Lotomba, A. Gouiri, P. Rosario, M. Lemina, L. Da Cunha, A. Delort and K. Dolberg.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Nice would be 25.36.
R. Alves de Barros, Y. Atal, H. Boudaoui and E. Guessand will definitely miss the match.
Metz
Metz has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-2-1 and 4-5-1 (3 times or 21.43% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Nice with the following players: A. Oukidja, D. Bronn, B. Kouyate, S. Niakate, T. Delaine, P. Sarr, K. N’Doram, F. Centonze, O. N’Guette, N. de Roussel de Préville and I. Niane.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Metz would be 25.64.
M. Cabit, M. Udol, D. Maïga and V. Pajot will definitely miss the match.
Frédéric Antonetti will not be able to have the presence of F. Boulaya who is suspended.