Saint-Étienne and Metz will take on on Sunday the 6th of March at 1:00 pm in the 27th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Saint-etienne at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The chosen referee is Jeremy Stinat.
Saint-Étienne is in the 19th place in the league with 22 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 5 times, draw 7 times, and lost 14 times.
Metz sits in the 18th position in the standings with 22 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 10 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 23.08%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Pascal Dupraz is expected to play against Metz with the following players: T. Kolodziejczak, M. Nade, M. Camara, A. Nordin, D. Bouanga, Z. Youssouf, L. Gourna Douath, B. Sako and R. Boudebouz.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Saint-Étienne would be 26.44.
Pascal Dupraz will probably not be able to employ W. Khazri because of injury.
J. Gnagnon, Y. Macon, M. Trauco Saavedra, M. Rivera and Y. Neyou Noupa will definitely miss the match.
Metz
Metz has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 23.08%).
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), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: M. Caillard, J. de Jesus Nascimento, D. Bronn, B. Kouyate, S. Alakouch, F. Candé, P. Sarr, O. N’Guette, T. Delaine, L. Mafouta and F. Boulaya.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Metz would be 26.64.
M. Cabit, J. Kana-Biyik, M. Udol, F. Centonze, D. Maïga and K. N’Doram will definitely miss the match.
Frédéric Antonetti will not be able to have the presence of V. Pajot and B. Traore who are both suspended.