France - Ligue 1StarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Metz and Lorient, taking place on Sunday, 04 February 2024, at Stade Saint-Symphorien in Longeville-Les-Metz.
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Metz, Recent FormWith Nice sitting a clear 13 places above them in the table, Metz won't feel totally dejected with their 1-0 away defeat by them last time out. Their share of possession in that meeting was 34%, while racking up 2 shots along the way, 1 of which were on target, in contrast to Nice, who had 15 shots on goal with 9 on target.
Having scored just 1 goal in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to their manager László Bölöni where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table. Hoever, he will still have one eye on his defence which has shipped 9 in the same period. They have failed to score in 5 of their last 6 games, and so far this season they have conceded at least 1 goal in 16 of their 19 games played.
Serious concerns will be mounting for Les Grenats, having lost their last 6 league games in a row.
Lorient, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 3-3 draw against Havre AC will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Lorient. In that game they had 43% possession and managed 13 attempts on goal, with 6 on target, compared to Havre AC who had 14 attempts and 5 on target.
Despite scoring 7 goals in their last 6 matches, they have failed to pick up many points, mainly because their back line have shipped 17 goals in that same period. So far this season they have conceded a goal at least once in 17 of their 19 games.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 11 games.
With 2 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Lorient, Eli Kroupi will be looking to add more goals against Metz in this match.
It was one to forget for Lorient last time they met Metz in the league, falling to a 2-3 defeat.
As away records go, Les Merlus have built up a decent scoring streak against Metz in the league, having scored at least 1 goal in each of their last 8 away meetings. We have seen plenty of goals from Les Grenats when they play at home against Lorient. In their last 3 league matches they have scored a total of 9 goals, which is an average of 3 goals per game.
Playing at home, Metz have won the last 3 and are unbeaten in the last 4 times they have faced Lorient in the league.
With no real injury worries, Metz manager László Bölöni will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Régis Le Bris has a number of injury concerns in his Lorient squad to contend with: Quentin Boisgard (Foot), Romain Faivre (Unknown), Vincent Le Goff (Buttocks), Benjamin Mendy (Hamstring) and Aiyegun Tosin (Thigh)
Metz Playing at home | Lorient Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 2.3 |
| 25' | Time first goal scored | 38' |
| 30' | Time first goal conceded | 50' |
| 1.7 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 4 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | - |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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