Metz vs Stade Malherbe de Caen
FreeToday’s featured game between Metz and Stade Malherbe de Caen in French Ligue 2 is the only one today that I consider worthwhile. Hosts Metz have been strong this season and currently occupy fourth place. Visitors Caen have been even stronger, if possible, with them currenly occupying first place in the Ligue 2 table.
Metz have been most notably very strong at home this season. They’re unbeaten in nine home games and have won seven of those games. Metz don’t score as many goals at home as they’d like but they rarely concede, which is a characteristic which ensures that they tend to win more games than they lose. Nobody else in Ligue 2 has conceded as few goals at Metz have this season with the hosts averaging under a goal conceded for every two home games that they play. Metz have won their last five games at home in a row and are generally very reliable indeed when playing on their own turf.
Visitors Caen have been stronger at home than they have away this season, much like Metz. That said, Caen have only lost two out of eight away games, winning three times and drawing three times. Caen score a lot of goals but also tend to concede rather a lot on the road too, averaging conceding over a goal per game. Caen have only won twice in their last five games and appear to be suffering a little with momentum. Although Caen have a very capable squad, I feel they’re going to really struggle to overcome a very dominating home side like Metz tonight.
Although this has the potential to be a very close game indeed, I have to feel that there’s more in Metz’s favour than Caen’s although it should be a very good match anyway!
Verdict: Metz to win at evens.
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