Metz – Nice (PREDICTION 27.01.2018)

Metz
It is the red light of Ligue 1 with 15 points after 22 rounds.
He crosses a good period, has not lost 7 matches and 5 of them won.
He lost the first 8 home games this season of Ligue 1 but in the last 3 is unbeaten.
The offensive is the second most ineffective in the championship with only 18 successes.
Defense is still there, penultimate and has earned 38 goals.
Jallow, Jouffre, Didillon, Udoi and Dossevi have little chance of playing injured.
The probable team (4-5-1): Kawashima – Rivierez, Diagne, Niakhate, Palmieri – Nguette, Cohade, Mandjeck, Milicevic, Roux – Riviere.

Nice
It occupies the 6th place with 34 points in the first 22 stages.
It is inconsistent and comes after a defeat, two wins and a draw.
It is unbeaten in the last 5 away games in Ligue 1 and in 2 of them it has been imposed.
Also on 6 is the attack that has scored so far 28 times.
The defensive divides 11-13 with Bordeaux and Troyes and has scored 31 goals.
Le Bihan, Lusamba, Souquet, Cyprien and Le Marchand have medical problems and are unlikely to evolve.
The probable team (4-3-3): Benitez – Burner, Dante, Sarr, Coly – Makengo, Mendy, Seri – Srarfi, Balotelli, Lees-Melou.

Direct meetings
So far there have been 21 such confrontations and Nice is a small advantage.
She has 9 wins, and Metz has 6 and six times finished in tie.
Balotelli’s band is unbeaten in the last four of these disputes and two of them won.
She also took the last meeting on Stade Saint-Symphorien with a score of 4-2.
My tip for Metz vs Nice
Both teams need victory, the hosts to try to get close to the places that avoid relegation, and the guests to climb 5, the band that’s there, Nantes, having a difficult move to Guingamp and in conclusion I expect both to attack .
In 4 of Metz’s last 5 home games in Ligue 1 he scored at least one goal in the first 45 minutes.
And in the previous 5 games of Nice in the championship was scored each time until the minimum break one goal.
And in three of the last five direct meetings between these two bands we have had at least one success in the first half.
Both have very good strikers from my point of view, Riviere from the hosts having good seasons in England, and Balotelli knows everyone.

Prediction: DRAW @ 2.05