Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Metz
Match Time & Date:
27/02/2022
15:00
Prediction: 1-1
Nantes
Sunday’s football game at Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien pits together Metz and Nantes, the two teams with entirely different ambitions in the remainder of the season. Les Grenats are on a four-game winless run, but they did well to hold reigning champions Lille to a goalless draw at the weekend. Metz have a chance to escape the relegation zone, and they are likely to leave their hearts on the field.
Midfielder Boubacar Traore is sidelined through suspension, while all Kana-Biyik, Alakouch, De Preville, Centonze, N’Doram, and Udol miss out with injuries. Les Canaris, on the other hand, did well to shock star-studded PSG (3-1) in their last league fixture. Nantes are determined to represent France in European competitions next season, and seeing that they will go for a win as well, we are tempted to put our money on BTTS. Fabio da Silva and Samuel Moutoussamy should be the only absentees in the away side.
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).
