Lille vs Metz Prediction & Betting Tips (26 October)

Just victorious at the poorly ranked Nantes 0-2, 6th-ranked LOSC has moved closer to the top 5 for the resumption of the Championship. The Mastiffs, who defeated PSG before the break 1-1, began a series of invincibility on the national scene and had the ambition to continue in the Europa League, Thursday at Pierre-Mauroy against PAOK Salonika. The Mastiffs got off to a good start to the European campaign, successively defeating Brann 2-1 and AS Rome 0-1. FC Metz already finds itself in a perilous situation, in last place in Ligue 1 with 2 points, without having won yet and having conceded 20 goals in 8 matches.

Heavily beaten by Marseille 0-3 at the start of the month and Toulouse 4-0 last weekend, the promoted team has the worst defense in the elite and is already 4 points behind the first non-relegation team. Gauthier Hein and his teammates took their points last month against teams contending for maintenance: Angers 1-1 and Le Havre 0-0. 

LOSC continues to evolve without its defensive captain Alexsandro, absent for more than a month and for whom no return date has been communicated. The replacement Touré in the same sector is also on the flank but Bruno Genesio should record the return of his full-back Tiago Santos and midfielders Bentaleb and Mukau, all absent in Nantes. It was Haraldsson and Igamane who gave the victory to their team. The Icelander and the Moroccan center forward are Lille's top scorers in the Championship with 3 goals each, one more than Giroud. The packages of senior defender Mboula and young attackers Mbaye and Mangondo are carried over to Metz, which must also work without another starter in the central hinge, Sadibou Sané.

Excluded from Toulouse, he is suspended for this trip of all dangers. The defense will still have a lot to do to avoid sinking. Messins can rely on players like Hein and Habib Diallo (1 goal each) to bring danger to the opposing goal.