France - Ligue 1StarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Lens and Metz, taking place on Sunday, 17 September 2023, at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens.
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Lens, Recent FormIn the aftermath of a 3-0 away mauling at the hands of Monaco, the Lens team will need to refocus and rebuild confidence among the team. They came away from that fixture with 48% of the possession and clocked up 12 attempts on goal with 1 on target. By comparison, Monaco managed 11 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
Franck Haise will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 10 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 11 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They have been performing well at Stade Bollaert-Delelis recently and are unbeaten in their last 9 home games.
Déiver Machado will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Lens.
Metz, Recent FormAn important point secured against Reims will have left Metz quite happy with their 2-2 draw. They achieved 36% possession in that match and had 12 strikes at goal, with 4 hitting the target, up against Reims' tally of 12 efforts at goal, 2 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 10 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 11, and leading to valuable points being dropped. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 18 games in a row.
They have had a strong run of away form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games on the road and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Cheick Sabaly will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 4 goals in the last 6 league games for Metz.
The previous match between these two ended without a goal and a share of the spoils, so it wasn't one to remember on that occasion.
Playing at home, Lens have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Metz.
In the league, Lens has had a good run at home against Metz, being unbeaten in their last 6 meetings at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Lens manager Franck Haise has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Ruben Aguilar (Groin), Jimmy Cabot (Cruciate ligament), Wuilker Faríñez (Cruciate ligament) and Przemysław Frankowski (Thigh) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With only Ablie Jallow (Knee) and Benjamin Tetteh (Thigh) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, László Bölöni will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Lens Playing at home | Metz Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 2.5 |
| 3' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 53' | Time first goal conceded | 20' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| - | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
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