Metz vs Nice prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-11-08 16:15.
[p]Two sides on different trajectories meet here, as an improving Metz take on a Nice side who have endured a terrible week so far.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Metz may start this round inside the bottom two after the Ligue 1 newbies failed to win any of their opening nine league matches, but back-to-back 2-0 victories across the last two rounds have helped boost belief that they’ve turned a corner. They could now record three consecutive victories in the top flight for the first time since January 2021 (three), while not since September 2000 have they done so without conceding. It’s hard to back against them doing so on home turf, where they’ve lost only three of their last 25 matches in all competitions (W12, D10).[/p]
[p]Nice could round off an incredibly poor week with a third successive defeat here, as they fell to PSG last weekend before going down 3-1 at home to Freiburg in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night. Four defeats from their last six away league games (W1, D1) in the league won’t inspire much confidence in the visitors’ camp, particularly given that’s as many defeats as they suffered in their previous 15 such games combined! Another fast start could help prevent them heading into the international break on a downer as they’ve led at half-time in five of their last six league games, going on to avoid defeat in all five such outings (W3, D2). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Nice have won each of the last three H2Hs to nil. After winning the last two Metz-held H2Hs, Nice could now win three such games in a row for the first time in history.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]A pre-round league-high seven of Metz’s Ligue 1 games stood at half-time this season.[/p]
[p]Metz have conceded a pre-round league-high 11 goals beyond the 75th minute.[/p]
[p]Since the start of October, Nice have recorded the lowest number of shots (35) and touches in the opposition box (47) in Ligue 1.[/p]
[p]Nice have scored 11 of their 16 league goals this season in the first half. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Metz forward Ibou SanĂ© has been in the thick of the action lately with a goal, an assist and a yellow card in each of his past three appearances – four of his five goals for Metz’s first team arrived after the hour mark. Nice’s Salis Abdul Samed could play his 100th Ligue 1 match, becoming the first Ghanaian player to reach this milestone since John Boye in December 2020, but his last club strike coming in August 2022 suggests he’s unlikely to mark the occasion with a goal.[/p]
[p]Neither side have any fresh injury concerns coming into the contest. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Nice trending in a downward direction, there could be huge value in backing a Metz win. [/p]
[p][i]Author: David HÂ [/i][/p]