The trigger
Only the Bordelais Josh Maja, author of 11 goals, did better than him on this first part of the championship. Georges Mikautadze is the regular trigger of FC Metz this season. The Georgian international, who returned from two consecutive loans to Seraing, finally imposed himself at the forefront of the Lorraine attack, starting this exercise with a bang, scoring against Amiens (3-0), Valenciennes (2-0) or again Rodez (1-4).
Certainly, the native of Lyon then experienced a small slump – like his team – and he had to wait for the trip to the field of Paris FC, in November (1-4), to find the way to the nets… three times! Replacing at kick-off in Nîmes (1-4) and against Quevilly-Rouen (2-0), Mikautadze however scored two more…