Also to know
➤ Valenciennes remains on 3 defeats against FC Metz in Ligue 2 without scoring a single goal (0-2 in December 2018, 0-3 in May 2019 and 0-2 last August). It is the third time that the northern club has had 3 losses while remaining silent against the same opponent in the division, after having done so against RC Paris in 1983-1985 and Le Havre in 2005-2014, but VA has not never had a longer streak of its kind.
➤ Among the opponents faced in more than one Ligue 2 season under the single pool, the FC Metz have a better winning percentage against any other team than Valenciennes (80%; 4 wins in 5 matches, 1 loss).
➤ Valenciennes have not lost any of their last 11 home matches in Ligue 2 (5 wins, 6 draws), equaling their best series under the single pool achieved in November 2019-October 2020. The VAFC have not had a longer series of invincibility on his land in the division since April 1990-November 1991, his best series of its kind since the post-war period (30).
➤ The FC Metz is the team that has scored the most goals in the game this season in Ligue 2 (25, out of 31 goals scored in total), while no team has scored less than Valenciennes (10 out of 17).
➤ Valenciennes and the FC Metz are the two teams with the lowest ratios of duels won in Ligue 2 this season, with respectively 48.3% and 48.2% success in the field.
