Metz vs Lyon prediction and betting tips on February 23, 2024
Game Prediction
The French Ligue 1, although being considered a top championship, still remains in the shadow of its “colleagues”. Traditionally, there are few fights on Friday. For instance, the duel between Metz and Lyon is rightfully considered one of the most exciting. Who will win and improve the situation in the struggle for survival? The team of the website authors has prepared their own version of the prediction for the match on February 23, 2024.
Metz risks not staying in the top division of the country again
“The Maroons” were able to show decent results in the previous season, becoming one of the leaders in the competition. Only then they played in the Ligue 2, and they were promoted directly to the elite division from 2nd place – for the umpteenth time in recent years. And now the so-called “football elevator”, despite all the efforts of Laszlo Boloni, is heading down the well-trodden road towards relegation. There were continuous defeats during winter, and only the battle against Marseille, which was experiencing a decline, playing in the minority, gave the opportunity to “cling” to a draw. Still, nothing worked out against Montpellier; the team lost devastatingly – 0-3.
Lyon is slowly climbing out of the hole
“The Weavers”, when the ambitious team could not rise to the European tournament zone again, considered the previous seasons unsuccessful. Still, now it had to get stuck in the relegation zone. And only under the leadership of the current coach, or rather the “acting” one, Pierre Sage, the results stabilized, and Olympique began to move away from the danger zone in the championship, while beating such a strong opponent as Lille in the cup confrontation. Nice, which had even more status in the current cycle, “fell” in the previous round of the championship. The ambitious opponent did not respond to Mangala’s goal in the middle of the first half and the game ended with a 1-0 result in favour of Olympique.
Previous head-to-head matches
A year ago, “the Weavers” beat this opponent in the cup confrontation – 2-1. Still, there was a draw in the championship in November, and this is already the fourth head-to-head match, which “the Maroons” have not lost, in the format.
Free prediction for the match Metz vs Lyon on February 23:
Lacazette and the company have finally gained momentum, and it’s too early for them to stop – we bet on an away victory for the glorious club over an outsider (odd: 1.85).