Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Metz
Match Time & Date:
24/01/2021
09:00 AM
Prediction: 1-0
Nantes
Sunday’s football game at Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien pits together Metz and Nantes, the two teams who sit in the opposite halves of the table. Against all odds, Metz head into round 21 as a top-table side, and, no doubt, they are brimming with confidence following a 1-0 win over Lyon. Les Grenats are eyeing their fifth home win of the season, and they are surely capable of beating les Canaris on home soil.
Nantes recorded their last league win on November 8, 2020, which is probably the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on the home team. The likes of Cabit, N’Doram, Nguette, and Niane are all likely to miss the game with injuries for the hosts, while Limbombe, Perreira, and Simon are unlikely to feature for the visitors. Mali defender Charles Traore, though, returns to contention after serving his one-match ban in the 1-1 draw with Nantes.
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 (Nantes):
Founded on April 21, 1943 Nantes is a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Canaris are considered one of the most famous French clubs and they had a lot of success during the sixties and the seventies. Nantes won their first Ligue 1 title in the 1964/1965 season and 36 years later (2000/2001) they clinched their eighth (last) domestic trophy.
Speaking of the club’s European success, les Canaris did well to make it to the Champions League semis in 1996, but Italian giants Juventus proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Nantes welcome their rivals at La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau and the capacity of the stadium is 38.004.
The likes of Vahid Halilhodzic, Adel Selimi, Michel Der Zakarian, Viorel Moldovan, Mario Yepes, Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, Claude Makelele, Christian Karembeu and Dimitri Payet are the notable footballers who played for the club in the past. Nantes are well known for their yellow jerseys and that is the reason why they are nicknamed the Canaries (les Canaris).
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