Metz vs Dijon Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
The balance between Metz and Dijon in Ligue 1 is perfectly equal with a 2-1 win for each side and three draws. The two games at Saint-Symphorien between the two teams have seen a 2-1 win, for Metz in February 2017 and Dijon in October 2017.
Metz are unbeaten in their last six Ligue 1 games (W4 D2) – only Lille (12) and Paris (7) are currently on a longer such streak in the top-flight.
Dijon are the first team since GFC Ajaccio and Troyes in 2015/16 to be winless after the first nine games of a Ligue 1 season, ending that campaign as the bottom two sides.
Dijon are winless in their last nine Ligue 1 games (D3 L6), the longest current such run in the division and their longest since February-March 2019 (9).
Metz have won their last three home Ligue 1 games and could win four consecutively on home soil in the top-flight for the first time since October-November 1998 (4).
Dijon are winless in their last 14 away Ligue 1 games (D3 L11), losing the last five - the longest streak among current top-flight teams.
Dijon have scored 35 of their last 36 goals in Ligue 1 from inside the box, the only exception being Romain Amalfitano’s strike on 21st December 2019 against Metz (2-2).
Fabien Centonze (Metz) has made 49 interceptions in Ligue 1 this season, at least twice the number of any other French top-flight player and 22 more than any player across the top five European leagues.
If he plays, Fouad Chafik will enjoy his 100th game in Ligue 1, all with Dijon (0 goal, 7 assists). Only Julio Tavares (120), Romain Amalfitano (119) and Baptiste Reynet (112) have reached this tally with DFCO in the top-flight.
Frédéric Antonetti has picked up 2.33 points per game on average since his return to Metz in mid-October (W2 D1) - the highest ratio for a Ligue 1 coach this season alongside Thomas Tuchel.
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