Lille and Metz are going to take on on Friday the 18th of February at 9:00 pm in the 25th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Villeneuve d’Ascq at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. The chosen referee is Bastien Dechepy.
Lille sits in the 10th place in the table with 35 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 9 times, draw 8 times, and lost 7 times.
Metz is in the 19th place in the table with 20 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lille
Lille has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (22 times or 91.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (22 times), 4-2-2-2 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Jocelyn Gourvennec is expected to play against Metz with the following players: L. Jardim, S. Botman, J. da Rocha Fonte, T. Embalo Djaló, G. Gudmundsson, B. André, J. Bamba, T. Weah, A. Gomes and J. David.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Lille would be 25.70.
Jocelyn Gourvennec will probably not be able to employ R. Luz Sanches and I. Lihadji because of injury.
Jocelyn Gourvennec will not be able to have the presence of M. Çelik who is suspended.
Metz
Metz has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 25.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (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 Lille with the following players: M. Caillard, F. Candé, B. Kouyate, S. Alakouch, D. Bronn, T. Delaine, F. Boulaya, B. Traore, P. Sarr, D. Maïga and L. Mafouta.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Metz would be 25.64.
M. Cabit, J. Kana-Biyik, M. Udol, F. Centonze, K. N’Doram and N. de Roussel de Préville will definitely miss the match.