Metz vs FC Lorient Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Metz have won only one of their last 10 games against Lorient in Ligue 1 (D3 L6), it was in February 1999. They have won only 10% of their games against the Merl us, only against Fives (0% -0/10) do they have a lower win percentage among opponents they have faced 10+ times.
Metz are unbeaten in their last two games in Ligue 1 (2-1 v Reims and 1-1 at Marseille), after losing each of their first three this season.
Lorient have picked up only four points after five games in Ligue 1 2020/21, their second lowest return at this stage of the competition, after 2016/17 (3 -relegated at the end of the season).
Metz have won six of their last eight home games against newly promoted teams in the top-flight (L2): in September 2017 v Troyes (0-1) and in November 2017 v Amiens (0-2).
Metz have won four of their seven home games in Ligue 1 in 2020 (L3), already as many as in 2018 and 2019 together (D7 L7).
Lorient have lost 18 of their last 23 away games in Ligue 1 (W3 D2), including each of their last five. Four of Metz's last seven goals in Ligue 1 have been scored via a set piece (2 undirect free kicks, 2 corners), having scored only three of their previous 20 in this manner.
Lorient have lost five points after scoring the opening goal in Ligue 1 this season (D1 L 1 ), only Dijon and Lens have lost as many.
Fabein Centonze and Matthieu Udol are the two players that have spent the most minutes together in Ligue 1 this season without exchanging a single pass (0 in 360 minutes with Metz).
Lorient's Pierre-Yves Hamel has been involved in three goals in Ligue 1 this season after coming on as a sub (1 goal, 2 assists), more than any other player. He could become the first player to be involved in a goal after coming on as sub in three consecutive French top-flight matches (since Opta started collecting full data for Ligue 1 in 2006/07).
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