Metz vs Angers prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2022-05-13 22:00.
With a six-point gap to safety and only six left to play for, Metz’s battle to escape the bottom-three looks to be all but over, despite ending a 14-game winless run of league games with a shock 3-2 win over Lyon last time out (D6, L8). Now, they face an Angers side free to express themselves, after recently securing safety with a 4-1 drubbing of Bordeaux.
Alarmingly for Metz, they are still the worst-performing home side in Ligue 1 (W2, D7, L9), and recent “no comment” responses from controversial coach Frédéric Antonetti has led to speculation about his future at the club. His men also have a league-low 13% win rate as home betting favourites (W1, D4, L3), painting a very bleak pre-match picture.
Damningly for Antonetti, Angers are also the side he has faced on the most occasions during his managerial career without registering a single win (D4, L5). Yet, while Angers may be safe and carefree for this trip to Metz, it wouldn't be surprising to see them play like a team now focused firmly on next season.
You would be forgiven for dismissing Angers as mere bit players, as only two sides in the division have lost more games than them since the turn of the year (W3, D4, L10). This has done much to fuel their pre-match status as outsiders here, which is perhaps counteracted only by a six-game unbeaten run of H2Hs (W5, D1), which includes four wins by a single-goal margin.
Players to watch: Farid Boulaya scored in the reverse fixture, but each of his five goal involvements since then have come in home games (G3, A2). As for Angers, 18-year old Mohamed-Ali Cho scored his second ever top-flight goal in this league season’s initial H2H, and has three goal involvements across his last two appearances (G2, A1).
Hot stat: Angers have failed to win six of the eight away league games to see them score first (D4, L2).