Metz and Lorient will play on Sunday the 12th of December at 3:00 pm in the 18th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Longeville-lès-Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. The referee will be Eric Wattellier.
Metz sits in the 19th position in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 4-0 loss against Monaco in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won twice, draw 6 times, and lost 9 times.
Lorient sits in the 16th place in the league with 15 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 6 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Metz
Metz has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 29.41%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 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 Lorient with the following players: A. Oukidja, D. Bronn, J. de Jesus Nascimento, B. Kouyate, T. Delaine, V. Pajot, B. Traore, F. Centonze, F. Boulaya, O. N’Guette and I. Niane.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Metz would be 26.73.
Frédéric Antonetti will probably not be able to employ N. de Roussel de Préville because of injury.
M. Cabit, M. Udol, D. Maïga and K. N’Doram will definitely miss the match.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 64.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (11 times), 3-5-2 (5 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Christophe Pélissier is expected to play against Metz with the following players: P. Nardi, L. Pétrot, J. Laporte, H. Mendes, V. Le Goff, E. Le Fée, S. Diarra, L. Abergel, I. Silva de Almeida, D. Faissal Ouattara and T. Moffi.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Lorient would be 25.30.
M. Jenz, J. Morel and F. Lemoine will definitely miss the match.