Metz v Boulogne prediction

Ligue 2Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz

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Our pick

AI 56%

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Match preview

It is 7th against 12th in Ligue 2 on Friday, as Metz welcome Boulogne at Stade Saint-Symphorien. Metz are four points better off.

Goals have been hard to come by for Boulogne, with blanks in five of 12 league games. They have conceded in only seven of their 12 league games. Goals are scarce in the visitors' games, with only two of 12 reaching three or more.

Metz have 17 points from 12 league games (W4 D5 L3), with 20 scored and 19 let in. Goals keep coming for them: six league games in a row with at least one. The hosts tend to be in open games: both sides have scored in ten of their 12.

A 1–1 draw is the AI's most likely score, with both sides on the scoresheet. Draws have been common for both: five for Metz and seven for Boulogne. Exact scores are hard to call, so treat it as the likely shape of the game rather than a certainty.

Form: last five

Metz

  1. WonMontpellier (A)3–26 Nov
  2. LostPau (H)1–330 Oct
  3. DrewDunkerque (A)1–123 Oct
  4. WonSochaux (H)3–217 Oct
  5. LostDijon (A)2–412 Oct

Boulogne

  1. WonAnnecy (H)3–06 Nov
  2. LostLaval (A)0–130 Oct
  3. DrewReims (H)1–126 Oct
  4. WonGrenoble Foot 38 (A)2–016 Oct
  5. DrewSochaux (A)1–19 Oct

Match facts

Competition
Ligue 2 (France)
Kick-off
Venue
Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz