Ligue 1. AS Saint-Étienne – FC Metz: the pre-match in numbers

Also to know

➤ The FC Metz is the team against which Saint-Etienne has most often won in Ligue 1 (55 wins in 103 confrontations). The Greens have however only won 2 of their last 9 matches against the Grenats in the top flight (3 draws, 4 losses).

➤ Saint Etienne have lost just one of their last 11 home matches against FC Metz in Ligue 1 (7 wins, 3 draws), it was September 25, 2019 (0-1).

➤ Saint-Etienne has lost only one of its last 5 Ligue 1 matches (3 wins, 1 draw), it was against Paris in its last outing (1-3).

➤ The FC Metz have drawn 0-0 in 3 of their last 4 Ligue 1 games (1-2 loss against Marseille). The Lorraine club is the one who has made the most draws and goalless matches in the top flight this season along with Reims (4).

➤ Saint Etienne is undefeated in its last 2 home games in Ligue 1 (3-1 against Montpellier, 2-2 against Strasbourg) and can match its best home unbeaten streak this season, established between October and November last (1 win , 2 draws). The Greens have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 14 L1 receptions, the longest running streak and the longest in their history in the top flight.

➤ The FC Metz is undefeated in its last 4 away matches in Ligue 1 (1 win, 3 draws), its best series since September-December 2020 (6) and the best current series in the top flight. The Messins could also keep 4 clean sheets in a row away in L1, which would equal their record set in 1995 and 1998.

➤ The FC Metz (338) and Saint Etienne (335) are the 2 teams that have made the most interceptions in Ligue 1 this season.

➤ Saint Etienne and the FC Metz are the 2 teams that have opened the scoring the least often in Ligue 1 this season (7 times each, Metz winning 4 of these matches and Saint-Etienne 2).

➤ The Saint-Etienne player Denis Bouanga has been involved in 3 goals in his last 2 Ligue 1 matches (1 goal, 2 assists), that’s as many as in his first 20 this season (3 goals).

➤ Saint-Etienne is the team against which the coach of the FC Metz and former Greens coach Frédéric Antonetti has most often won in Ligue 1 (13 successes in 30 matches).

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