Paris Saint Germain and Metz are going to clash on Saturday the 21st of May at 9:00 pm in the 38th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Paris at the Parc des Princes. The chosen referee is Antony Gautier.
Paris Saint Germain is in the 1st position in the standings with 83 points. It comes from a 0-4 win against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 25 times, draw 8 times, and lost 4 times.
Metz sits in the 18th position in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 13 times, and lost 18 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Paris Saint Germain
Paris Saint Germain has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (24 times or 64.86%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (24 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-2-2-2 (once).
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is expected to play against Metz with the following players: G. Donnarumma, J. Bernat Velasco, M. Aoás Corrêa, S. Ramos García, T. Kehrer, A. Herrera Agüera, G. Wijnaldum, M. Verratti, Á. Di María Hernández, K. Mbappé Lottin and L. Messi.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Paris Saint Germain would be 30.00.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero will probably not be able to employ A. Diallo and M. Icardi Rivero because of injury.
J. Draxler and L. Paredes will definitely miss the match.
Metz
Metz has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-1-2 and 3-5-2 (6 times or 16.22% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (6 times), 3-5-2 (6 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Paris Saint Germain with the following players: M. Caillard, D. Bronn, B. Kouyate, F. Candé, W. Mikelbrencis, S. Niakate, P. Sarr, B. Traore, F. Boulaya and N. de Roussel de Préville.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Metz would be 24.60.
Frédéric Antonetti will probably not be able to employ F. Centonze and D. Maïga because of injury.
M. Cabit, S. Alakouch and M. Udol will definitely miss the match.
