Metz vs Monaco - prediction, team news, lineups

With their Ligue 1 presumption successful superior jeopardy, Metz instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday erstwhile they invited Monaco to Stade Saint-Symphorien.

The Lorraine nine stay dormant past successful the array pursuing a 4-4 gully with Le Havre past weekend, portion Les Monégasques beryllium seventh, playing to a 2-2 effect versus Toulouse.

Match preview

Mathematically, determination is inactive a chance, but it would apt instrumentality a occurrence for Metz to past relegation this season.

With 3 matches remaining, Benoit Tavenot’s men are 9 points beneath Auxerre for a spot successful the playoffs, portion the second person a vastly superior extremity differential to Les Grenats.

While their clip successful the top-flight mightiness beryllium coming to an end, this squad tin salvage a spot of pridefulness with a victory, having failed to assertion a competitory triumph successful 2026.

At home, they person conscionable 2 points domestically this year, portion netting a extremity oregon less connected 5 of those occasions.

With a constituent this weekend, they could astatine slightest guarantee they don’t adjacent Montpellier’s dismal 2024-25 Ligue 1 run erstwhile they finished with a specified 16 points.

Should they neglect to triumph immoderate of their remaining 3 Ligue 1 matchdays, Metz volition person claimed less triumphs than immoderate broadside successful this contention since it moved to a 34-game run successful 2023-24.

While Monaco are successful nary information of going down, their hopes of qualifying for Europe are precise overmuch successful question.

That is thing fewer would person predicted weeks ago, with Sebastien Pocognoli’s men winless successful their past 3 outings aft claiming 7 Ligue 1 triumphs successful a row.

Entering this weekend, they are 2 points beneath Marseille for a spot successful the Conference League adjacent play with 4 matches remaining.

Away from home, this squad are successful information of going winless successful 3 successive home affairs for the archetypal clip each year.

In 2026, they person yet to suffer successful this contention erstwhile scoring first, though they dropped 2 invaluable points past week aft being up by 2 astatine the interval.

Les Monegasques person won 8 consecutive competitory games against Metz, claiming maximum points successful their past 3 visits to Stade Saint-Symphorien.

Metz Ligue 1 form:

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Team News

Due to knocks, Cleo Melieres and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are doubtful for Metz connected Saturday, portion Maxime Colin and Boubacar Traore person calf strains.

At the aforesaid clip Habib Diallo is questionable with a hamstring injury, portion Joseph Magondo is besides a question people due to the fact that of a genu problem.

Gauthier Hein had a brace versus Le Havre past week, with their different goals coming courtesy of Jahyann Pandore and Giorgi Kvilitaia.

Knee injuries could support Mohammed Salisu, Takumi Minamino and Kassoum Ouattara connected the Monaco sidelines, portion Caio Henrique and Vanderson person thigh strains.

It is improbable we volition spot Paris Bruner connected the tract this week arsenic helium is dealing with a sore hamstring and Stanis Idumbo has a enarthrosis issue.

Jordan Teze and Lamine Camara netted aboriginal goals for them successful their gully with Toulouse, portion Folarin Balogun saw his tally of 8 consecutive matches with a Ligue 1 extremity travel to an end.

Metz imaginable starting lineup:

Sy; Toure, Sane, Yegbe, Mboula; Stambouli, Deminguet; Sarr, Hein, Tsitaishvili; Kvilitaia

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Teze, Kehrer, Faes, Mawissa; Camara, Zakaria; Akliouche, Fati, Golovin; Balogun

We say: Metz 1-3 Monaco

For arsenic sloppy arsenic Monaco person been, it does not comparison to arsenic mediocre arsenic Metz are defensively, and we expect the Principality nine to pounce connected a hopeless hostile who person nary prime to to instrumentality chances connected Saturday.

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