Metz vs Lille: start of the champion

France

Metz

France

Ligue 1

stade-saint-symphorien

8 August 11:00 UTC

Lille

France

We offer a prediction for the Ligue 1 match between Metz and Lille on August 8. What to expect from this match? The answer is in our prediction.

Metz vs Lille Prediction and Betting Tips (08.08.2021)

Command Analysis

Metz

France

Previous season was pretty solid for Metz - tenth position is a good result for this team. In 38 rounds The Maroons recorded 12 victories and 11 draws, which brought 47 points. After a victory over Dijon (5:1) hosts had two defeats and finished the season with a draw against Marrseille (1:1).

Offensive line was not so efficient for the hosts, they have scored only 44 goals. Club signed Amine Bassi as a free agent, he previously played for Nancy, and also a Nimes' defender Sofiane Alakouch.

Lille

France

In the previous season Lille won their fourth Ligue 1 title, beating PSG by only one point. In 38 rounds Dogs recorded 24 victories and 11 draws, which brought them 83 points. Team had the best defensive record in the league, they have conceded only 23 goals.

After a draw against Saint-Etienne (1:1), champion finished the season with a victory over Angers (2:1), which we had a prediction on.

Red-Blues will start this season with a new head coach - Jocelyn Gourvennectook over the team. Team signed a Hamburg midfielder Amadou Onana for 7 million euros during the off-season.

Trends

СтавкаCorrect score 1:2

Lille won 4 out of 5 most recent head-to-head matches

6.50

СтавкаGoals in both halves - yes

This bet won in 2 out of 3 most recent matches of Lille

1.84

СтавкаCorners: total over 9,5

This bet won in 3 out of 5 most recent matches of Metz

1.84

Tip and bets

1.88Lille to win

In our opinion, Metz is a way weaker team than their opponent, but they are an extremely passionate and hard-working team, which we saw in the previous season. We will probably see an offensive football from both sides and the favourite will eventually succeed.

Our prediction - Lille to win

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1.68total under 2,5

We are not expecting many goals in this match. Hosts will try to play accurate on the defensive end, so the outcome of this game will be decided by one or two goals.

Our prediction - total under 2,5 goals

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