Metz and Nice are going to face off on Sunday the 23rd of January at 1:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to take place in Longeville-lès-Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. The chosen referee is Amaury Delerue.
Metz occupies the 16th place in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Reims in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 7 times, and lost 10 times.
Nice sits in the 3rd place in the table with 39 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Nice won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 5th of December against Strasbourg and the score was 0-3.
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 28.57%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-3-2 (3 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), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Nice with the following players: M. Caillard, P. Yade, A. Mbengue, S. Niakate, J. Kana-Biyik, T. Delaine, B. Traore, V. Pajot, A. Bassi, I. Niane and O. N’Guette.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Metz would be 26.50.
M. Cabit, A. Oukidja, S. Alakouch, D. Bronn, J. de Jesus Nascimento, B. Kouyate, M. Udol, F. Boulaya, F. Centonze, D. Maïga, K. N’Doram, P. Sarr and N. de Roussel de Préville will definitely miss the match.
Nice
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (21 times).
Christophe Galtier is expected to play against Metz with the following players: W. Benítez, J. Amavi, D. da Costa Santos, J. Todibo, J. Lotomba, J. Kluivert, P. Rosario, K. Thuram-Ulien, H. Boudaoui, A. Gouiri and K. Dolberg.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Nice would be 25.64.
R. Alves de Barros, Y. Atal, M. Bard and M. Lemina will definitely miss the match.