Metz take on the visitors Lille in the round 1 of French Ligue 1. The match will be played at Stade Saint-Symphorien on Saturday, August 13th.
Metz returned to elite division after only one year in Ligue 2. The team gained 65 points last season with 54-39 goal difference and finished third in the league standings, earning promotion. Philippe Hinschberger’s men played six sparrings this summer, beating low-level sides and losing to better ones. As to the transfer activity of the club, they signed and let go about 10 players but none of them is worth attention except probably Mevlut Erdinc, who joined the team on a year-long loan deal. The team is like to be involved in relegation battle once again.
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Lille had finished fifth in the league last season with 60 points and 39-27 goal difference, earning the place in Europa League qualification. However, the team has already failed in the competition, making way to Azeri side Gabala, 0-1,1-1. The team isn’t big player on the market as their only sealed permanent deal with Eder and sold Djubril Sidibe to Monaco for 15m euro. The team will probably stick to their defensive football and we shouldn’t expect to see high-scoring from them.
Lille haven’t lost a single match to Metz from 15 head-to-heads the teams played. Five matches ended with draws and 10 times Lille were a better side. We should expect Lille to be closer to a victory in the match and try to prove their worth after disappointing elimination form Europa League.
Prediction for the match: Lille to win with +0.0 Asian handicap.
