Metz and Nantes are going to take on on Sunday the 27th of February at 3:00 pm in the 26th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Longeville-lès-Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. The appointed referee is Florent Batta.
Metz is in the 19th position in the league with 21 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Lille in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 9 times, and lost 12 times.
Nantes is in the 7th place in the standings with 38 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 11 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 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 24.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-5-1 (3 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 Nantes with the following players: M. Caillard, F. Candé, S. Alakouch, B. Kouyate, D. Bronn, T. Delaine, F. Boulaya, V. Pajot, B. Traore, D. Maïga and L. Mafouta.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Metz would be 26.73.
M. Cabit, J. Kana-Biyik, M. Udol, F. Centonze, K. N’Doram and N. de Roussel de Préville will definitely miss the match.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 32.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Metz with the following players: A. Lafont, D. Appiah, N. Pallois, Q. Merlin, J. Castelletto, O. Bukari, A. Girotto, P. Chirivella Burgos, L. Blas, M. Simon and R. Kolo Muani.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Nantes would be 26.36.
F. Pereira da Silva, A. Limbombe Ekango and S. Moutoussamy will definitely miss the match.
