Stats to know (with Opta)
Lens stays on 2 losses against Metz in Ligue 1 (1-3 on April 18, 2015 and 0-2 on December 19, each time away), while he had lost only one of his first 12 matches against this opponent in the top flight in 21st century (6 wins, 5 draws).
Lens has not lost only one of his last 15 receptions from Metz in Ligue 1 (7 wins, 7 draws), it was October 4, 2003 (0-2).
Metz did not win none of his last 8 trips to a team promoted to Ligue 1 (3 draws, 5 defeats), remaining silent 7 times during the period.
Lens counts 44 points after 28 Ligue 1 matches 2020/21, only Lille in 2000/01 (50), Montpellier in 2009/10 (53) and Monaco in 2013/14 (59) did better at this stage among the teams promoted in the competition under the era of victory at 3 points, all finishing in the top 5 at the end of the year.
Lens is undefeated in their last 7 Ligue 1 matches (3 wins, 4 draws), only Lille (10) is on a better series currently. Victorious in their last match (3-2 at St Etienne on March 3), the Sang et Or have not chained 2 successes in a row in the elite since last September (3).
Metz poster 41 points after 28 Ligue 1 2020/21 matches, his best total at this stage of the competition since 1997/98 (53 – 2nd at the end of the season). The Lorrainers, however, remain on 3 defeats in their last 5 matches in the top flight (2 successes), which is as much as in their previous 20 (9 wins, 8 draws).
Lens won only 2 of his last 10 receptions in Ligue 1 (4 draws, 4 defeats), against Brest on December 23, 2020 (2-1) and against Dijon on February 21 (2-1).
Metz won 5 of his last 7 trips to Ligue 1 (2 defeats), that is to say as much as in his previous 31 (13 draws, 13 losses).
Arnaud Kalimuendo (Lens) has entered 6 goals in Ligue 1 this season, more than any other player of the 5 big leagues born in the 21st century.
Farid Boulaya was involved on Metz’s 2 goals against Lens in the first leg on December 19 (1 goal, 1 assist). He delivered 14 last passes before a shot following a ball-to-foot progression in Ligue 1 this season, only Franck Honorat (17) and Karl Toko Ekambi (16) do better.
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