Metz and Monaco are going to face off on Sunday the 3rd of April at 3:00 pm in the 30th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Longeville-lès-Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. The chosen referee is Jérôme Brisard.
Metz is in the 19th place in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 6-1 loss against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 11 times, and lost 14 times.
Monaco occupies the 7th place in the league with 44 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 11 times, draw 8 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 20.69%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: M. Caillard, F. Candé, J. de Jesus Nascimento, D. Bronn, S. Alakouch, S. Niakate, N. de Roussel de Préville, K. N’Doram, P. Yade and I. Niane.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Metz would be 25.80.
Frédéric Antonetti will probably not be able to employ T. Delaine, J. Kana-Biyik, F. Centonze, D. Maïga and B. Traore because of injury.
M. Cabit and M. Udol will definitely miss the match.
Frédéric Antonetti will not be able to have the presence of B. Kouyate and V. Pajot who are both suspended.
Monaco
Monaco has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 35.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 4-1-4-1 (6 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-2-4-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Philippe Clement is expected to play against Metz with the following players: A. Nübel, C. Oliveira Silva, B. Badiashile Mukinayi, A. Disasi, R. Aguilar, A. Tchouaméni, Y. Fofana, A. Golovin, J. de Souza Oliveira, G. Batalha Martins and W. Ben Yedder.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Monaco would be 25.36.
Philippe Clement will probably not be able to employ V. de Oliveira Campos, K. Diatta and F. Fàbregas i Soler because of injury.