This Friday, Stade Saint-Symphorien opens the third date of Ligue 1 in France, when Olympique Marseille visit one of the teams complicated with permanence as is Metz.
Metz
Those led by Phillippe Hischberger are making a lamentable season, so since October he has only won 2 wins and 4 draws, losing the previous 8 games, which has taken him to 19th place with just 21 points, although salvation is not All distant, since only a point separates them from Bastia.
That yes, although at home has cost them to win in these last five games, where only one of them wins, it must be said that the remaining four were ties and now against Marseille, aims to get a good result that places them outside the decline.
For this game, you will not be able to count on Fallou and Cohade who were sent off in the last 2-1 loss to Angers.
For their part, led by Rudi Garcia have improved their performance, so the Marseille have risen to the sixth with 33 points, four points less than Olympique Lyon who is the last team to qualify for the UEFA tournament.
Marseille arrive to this game with the moral to the top, after beating 5-1 to Montpellier in the last date of the Ligue 1, in addition to eliminate in the middle of the week Lyon in match corresponding to the 16 of end of the Coupe de France .
Marseille
In direct matches, it must be said that Marseille has total domination against Metz, thus adding 15 wins and 3 draws in 23 games, where Metz won just 7.
The last 6 matches between the two in all competitions are won by Marseille, and five of those matches were for the French Ligue 1; In his last visit to Saint-Symphorien, Marseille won 2-0.
So, from our humble point of view, Marseille is the favorite in this game, since by general performance, they are much better than their host, although of course, we do not believe that the game is simple, since Metz has become strong in House, to the point that they do not know of defeats in their last games in said condition.
Prediction: Marseille to win @ 1.85
