Metz take on the visitors Monaco at “Stade Saint-Symphorien” in the gameweek three of the French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Friday, August 18th.
Metz had a bad start in a new season as the side lost twice: 1:3 to Guingamp and 0:2 to Bordeaux with no points earned so far in this season. Like most of the mid-table teams in France, Metz’ weak point is in effective striker plus the team’s defenders make too many mistakes, therefore, the hosts of the matchup is one of the main candidates for relegation from the Ligue 1 this season.
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After the summer break Monaco have already played three official encounters. In the French Super Cup “Les Monegasques” were broken 1:2 by Paris SG while having won both clashes in the Ligue 1: 3:2 over Toulouse and 4:1 over Dijon. Despite the club’s great losses this summer, Monaco stay one of the strongest clubs at least in the Ligue 1, which will keep on chasing for winning the title, just like in the last season.
Monaco have won five recent head-to-heads against Metz with 17:0 aggregated score, having thrashed the latter with astonishing 5:0 and 7:0 scorelines in previous season. Taking into account difference in the teams’ class as well as their performance in the first games of the new season, with the hosting side showing powerful football while Metz being weak both in offense and defense, I believe that the defending champion will pick up another three points in the forthcoming battle on the road and will follow up its pace without failures in the new season, defensing its title which was taken in May this year.
Prediction for the match: Monaco to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
