Week 16 brings us a match on Dec 1st, where Metz hosts Montpellier at Stade Saint-symphorien in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Metz sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Nice. Fabien Centonze scored the first goal for Metz in the 31st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nice couldn’t manage to score, and Metz took the shutout win. Metz looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 9th placed Montpellier, recorded a 0-2 loss against Rennes. Martin Terrier struck first for Rennes in the 8th minute, then Lovro Majer added another in the 28th minute on a feed from Gaëtan Laborde In the end, Montpellier was frustrated by Rennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rennes ended the match with the shutout victory. Montpellier is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Metz won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Florent Mollet has been the most effective weapon for Montpellier lately. The French midfielder has netted two goals in his last five matches. Both Opa Nguette and Nicolas de Préville have been the hottest scorers for Metz in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Farid Boulaya, Manuel Cabit, Digbo Maiga, Matthieu Udol and Amadou Salif Mbengue are unavailable to play for Metz, while Montpellier will be without Pedro Mendes.