Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Buoyed by a 3-2 win over Lyon, Metz will look to give fans yet another reason for celebration when they take on Angers on Matchday 37. Les Grenats aim to avoid automatic relegation to Ligue 2, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against les Scoistes. Goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja is back from suspension, while all Centonze, Amadou, Cande, and Maiga remain in the recovery room.
Angers secured the Ligue 1 survival thanks to a routine 4-1 win over Bordeaux, meaning that they will be with guards down in Saturday’s showdown. Given the importance of the match for Metz, we predict that the visitors will return home empty-handed. The good news for the away team is that defender Romain Thomas is back from suspension. All Pierrick Capelle, Sofiane Boufal, and Jimmy Cabot are out of contention with injuries for the visitors.
Highlighted Player (Opa Nguette):
After spending his youth career at Mantes and Valenciennes, Opa Nguette made his senior debut for Mantes in 2011. In 2012 he returned to his boyhood club Valenciennes and it has to be noted that the attacker scored 8 goals in 60 appearances for the club from 2012 to 2016.
Opa Nguette is currently playing for Metz in Ligue 1 and his contract with the club expires on June 30, 2019. The pacey footballer who is capable of playing as both left and right winger has three caps for France U20 team, but he made his senior debut with Senegal. Opa Nguette played 65 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Nigeria on his debut for the Senegal national team.
The Caen attacker, who was born in Mantes-la-Jolie on July 8, 1994, scored four goals for Metz in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign. He made three assists for his teammates as well during the season and you should bear in mind that he played 33 games in the league for les Grenats.
Highlighted Team (Angers):
French Football Federation was founded in 1919, with French football club Angers being founded the same year. Les Scoistes returned to the French top flight at the end of the 2014/2015 season and they finished the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 campaign in ninth place in the standings.
Angers were having their ups and downs in the 2016/2017 season and, as a result, they finished 12th. Les Scoistes are well known for their black jerseys with white stripes, whilst the color of their away kits is white. Stade Raymond Kopa is the team’s home ground and the capacity of the stadium is 17.835.
The venues was opened back in 1912 and the stadium’s record attendance is 22.989 (April 26, 1969 vs. Olympique Marseille). Speaking of the club’s most notable players, we have to mention Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Vladica Kovacevic, Claudiu Keseru, Paul Alo’o, Amar Rouai and Cedric Daury. It has to be noted that the 2017/2018 season will be their 24th in the French top flight.