Lyon vs Metz Match Preview

Lyon will play against Metz in this match of the 19th round of French Ligue 1. Both teams are struggling a lot in the last couple of matches and have had a really bad season so far. That is especially true for the home team.

The home side has one of the worst seasons in the last 20 years or so. Currently, they are in 13th place with 23 points. They have 22 points less than PSG who is in the first place. That is unacceptable for a club as big as them. They are without a win for four matches in a row. What is interesting about them is that they do not play well in the domestic league but in the Europa League competition they won 16 out of 18 possible points in their group. This is the last match which Lyon will play at their home stadium in 2021 and they will definitely want to end the year with a win.

The away team is in the relegation zone with 15 points won. They are an offensive-minded team and score a lot of goals. But they concede even more, actually, they have conceded 38 goals so far in 18 matches. Metz managed to win only eight points away from home and they will have a tough time in this match at Parc Olympique Lyonnais. In the last match, they lost in the cup competition to the team from the fourth division.

In the last ten matches played between these two sides, Lyon managed to win in eight of those. I expect a lot of goals and a win for the home team. They can still save this season as they are only five points behind fifth-placed Montpellier, having also a game in hand.