RC Lens vs Metz Prediction: What's next for Lens?

RC Lens’ poor start to the league campaign has come as a shock to their fans and the neutrals because they are a highly rated team in the league and they were one of the best teams in France last season. Lens have failed to win a single game this season, losing 3 and playing a draw once in 4 matches. Next up for them is Metz and they can’t afford to keep dropping vital points this early in the season.

Metz have also had their setbacks and their start to the campaign has not been excellent. They have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their 4 opening games. A good result from this clash would really be nice for the team’s confidence.

RC Lens carried their struggles from pre-season into the new season and it has gotten worse for the team. They started the campaign with a 3-2 defeat to Stade Brest away from home. Then they played a 1-1 draw against, before losing 3-2 to PSG and 3-0 to AS Monaco.

Their last game was against AS Monaco and once again, they failed to turn up in that game. Wilfred Sango gave Monaco the lead in the 24th minute, which was followed by another goal from Aleksandr Golovin in the 36th minute. And then the third goal came in the 56th minute through Guillermo Maripan and the game ended in a 3-0 win for Monaco at full time.

RC Lens are 17th on the league table, having only 1 point from 4 league matches and a goal difference of -6.

• RC Lens have no win in 7 matches.
• They are without a clean sheet in 5 matches.
• More than 2.5 goals were scored in 4/5 of their matches.
• Both teams scored in 4/5 of their matches.

FC Metz are one of the newly promoted sides in this campaign and they have had a slow start to the campaign, but there are signs of promise from this team. After playing 4 games, they were able to record 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. They lost big against Stade Rennes on the opening day (5-1), then they held Marseille to a 2-2 draw, before recording their first win over Clermont Foot. and in their last match, they played another draw with Stade Reims.

In the draw against Reims, Metz were first to strike, with Cheick Tidane Sabaly’s effort making its way into the net in the 7th minute. But Clermont grabbed the equalizer 10 minutes later, through Oumar Diakite. Then in the second half, Clermont went ahead through Teddy Teuma’s goal in the 52nd minute, but Metz were once again up to the task, with Albie Jallow scoring the equalizer in the 63rd minute.

After 4 games, FC Metz are in 13th spot on the table, having 5 points and a goal aggregate of -3.

• FC Metz have not lost in 3 matches.
• There has been less than 4.5 cards in 8/9 matches.
• There has been less than 10.5 corners in 5/7 matches.

Metz and Lens have played 20 times against each other in the past. Lens recorded 8 wins, while FC Metz had 7 wins and 5 matches ended in a draw.

• RC Lens have not lost the last 3 matches against FC Metz.
• There was less than 2.5 goals scored in 8/10 of their matches.
• There was more than 4.5 cards shown in 4/5 of their matches.

• Analysis of RC Lens shows they have scored 4 goals and conceded 10 goals in the Ligue 1. They scored an average of 1.0 goals per game, with a 9% conversion rate. They created an average of 0.8 chances per game and missed an average of 0.5. They also played an average of 6.5 corners per game. They conceded an average of 2.5 goals per game and they kept 0 clean sheets.
• Analysis of FC Metz shows they have scored 6 goals and conceded 9 goals in the Ligue 1. They scored an average of 1.5 goals per game, with a 15% conversion rate. They created an average of 0.8 chances per game and missed an average of 0.5. They also played an average of 3.5 corners per game. They conceded an average of 2.3 goals per game and they kept 1 clean sheet.

• Under 9.5 Corners at 1.77 Odds
• 30 Minutes Draw at 1.77 Odds
• FT Draw at 4.33 Odds