In a mid week match on Wednesday Dec 22nd, in week 19, Olympique Lyonnais will host Metz at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Lille. Neither Lille nor Olympique Lyonnais could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while metz sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Lorient. Pape Sarr struck first for Metz in the 5th minute, then Moritz Jenz added another on an own goal in the 9th minute. Metz looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Opa Nguette and Nicolas de Préville have been the hottest scorers for Metz in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Olympique Lyonnais is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lucas Paquetá and Karl Toko Ekambi each only have 1 goal in their last five
Peter Bosz’s squad will be without Léo Dubois, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Jason Denayer, Karl Toko Ekambi and Sinaly Diomande, while Frédéric Antonetti’s Metz squad will be without Manuel Cabit, Matthieu Udol, Kévin N’Doram and Amine Bassi.