Metz take on the visitors Ajaccio at the Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien in the 4th tour of the Ligue 2. The match will be played in the eponymous city Metz on Monday, August 20th.
Metz had been playing in the Ligue 1 for the last two seasons but have been relegated to the Ligue 2 this year. Les Greants got tons of experience while playing in the Ligue 1 so they should not have any problems this season. The level gap between the two leagues is huge and if Metz are bad in the Ligue 1 they will be great in the Ligue 2. Furthermore, the team has a really good squad. Even though some leaders left the team after it had been relegated a lot of the key players stayed. The leader of their midfield line is Renaud Cohade who played in Saint-Etienne before. The key players to their defense are Sunzu and Boye. The head coach of Les Grenats is Frederic Antonetti who worked in Nice, Toulouse and other French teams before. Metz have won all of the three starting matches in the Ligue 2 this season with an overall 9-3 goal difference.
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Ajaccio were really close to going through to the Ligue 1 last season lost in the relegation play-off to Toulouse. It`s worth noting that Toulouse were very weak back then but L`ours lost to them with an overall 0-4 score. The home field match against Toulouse ended with a 0-3 defeat for them and the away match was just a formality. After that some key players left Ajaccio because of them not getting to the Ligue 1.
Ajaccio lost twice in the starting three tours of the Ligue 2. Both losses took place on their home field even though last season L`ours had been the second most successful team in the league on the hosting side. The team lost ten times last season and seven of those losses happened on the away side for them. Now they are going to face Metz who will be one of the favourites to compete for the highest places. It is likely that Les Grenats will beat L`ours in the upcoming fixture.
Prediction for the match: Metz to win.
