Metz and Strasbourg are going to take on on Sunday the 9th of January at 3:00 pm in the 20th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Longeville-lès-Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. The referee will be Antony Gautier.
Metz is in the 18th place in the table with 16 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Olympique Lyonnais in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 3 times, draw 7 times, and lost 9 times.
Strasbourg is in the 10th place in the table with 26 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 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 (6 times or 31.58%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 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) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Strasbourg with the following players: M. Caillard, J. de Jesus Nascimento, B. Kouyate, S. Niakate, T. Delaine, P. Sarr, B. Traore, F. Centonze, I. Niane, N. de Roussel de Préville and O. N’Guette.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Metz would be 25.91.
M. Cabit, A. Oukidja, S. Alakouch, D. Bronn, M. Udol, F. Boulaya, D. Maïga and K. N’Doram will definitely miss the match.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 94.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (17 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Julien Stéphan is expected to play against Metz with the following players: M. Sels, G. Nyamsi, A. Caci, L. Perrin, F. Guilbert, D. Liénard, J. Bellegarde, I. Sissoko, A. Thomasson, H. Diallo and L. Ajorque.
If this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Strasbourg would be 27.18.
A. Djiku and M. Le Marchand will definitely miss the match.